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1	The High Priest Written-By – Curtis Fuller	5:55
2	Never Never Land Written-By – Green*, Comden*, Styne*	5:50
3	Wellington's Blues Vocals – Wellington BlakeyWritten-By – Art Blakey	5:03
4	Nihon Bash Written-By – Sadao Watanabe	8:30
5	Kyoto Written-By – Freddie Hubbard	7:03

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Universal Music K.K.

Credits

• Artwork – Sam Alexander
• Bass – Reggie Workman
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Phil De Lancie
• Photography By – Lee Tanner
• Piano – Cedar Walton
• Producer – Orrin Keepnews
• Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trombone – Curtis Fuller
• Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes

Recorded in New York, February 20th, 1954.

Digitally mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley in 1990.

Rereleased in May 2008 as part of the "Jazz The Best" Series by Universal Japan. But release uses artwork from original Riverside release, including the CD designed to match the Riverside record sticker

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RM 493	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*	Kyoto ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Riverside Records	RM 493	US	1966
OJC-145, RLP-9493	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*	Kyoto ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC-145, RLP-9493	US	1984
SMJ-6287	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Kyoto ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Riverside Records	SMJ-6287	Japan	1981
673 013, LPV-4324 Riv.	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*	Kyoto ‎(LP, Album)	Riverside Records, PGP RTB	673 013, LPV-4324 Riv.	Yugoslavia	1968
OJC-145, RLP-9493	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*	Kyoto ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records	OJC-145, RLP-9493	US	2008

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