Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Chess Players Written-By – Wayne Shorter
2	Sakeena's Vision Written-By – Shorter*
3	Politely Written-By – Bill Hardman
4	Dat Dere Written-By – Bobby Timmons
5	Lester Left Town Written-By – Shorter*
6	It's Only A Paper Moon Written-By – Rose*, Harburg*, Arlen*

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Bass – Jymie Merritt
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Bobby Timmons
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trumpet – Lee Morgan

Notes

Recorded on March 6, 1960.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 685024
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4029	US	1960
CDP 7 46400 2	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	CDP 7 46400 2	US	1987
4BN 84029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(Cass, Album, RM)	Blue Note	4BN 84029	US	1985
BLP 4029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4029	Japan	Unknown
BST-84029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST-84029	US	1971

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