Tracklist

1	Cranky Spanky
2	Stella By Starlight
3	My Heart Stood Still
4	Little Melonae
5	Stanley's Stiff Chickens

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
• Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Spanky DeBrest
• Bass, Cello – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 5)
• Congas – Candido (tracks: 5), Sabu Martinez (tracks: 5)
• Drums – Art Blakey, Jo Jones (tracks: 5)
• Drums, Timpani, Gong – Charles "Specs" Wright* (tracks: 5)
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Photography By [Cover] – Rudy De Harak*
• Piano – Ray Bryant (tracks: 5), Sam Dockery
• Producer – Alan Douglas
• Trumpet – Bill Hardman

Notes

Recorded December 12 & 13, 1956 at Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988009 712925

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1040	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Mic)	Columbia	CL 1040	US	1957
BBL.7220	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Philips	BBL.7220	UK	1957
CL 1040	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CL 1040	US	Unknown
SICP 4245	The Jazz Messengers*	Hard Bop ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP 4245	Japan	2014
CBS 54302	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Hard Bop ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	CBS	CBS 54302	UK	1980

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