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1	Straight Ahead	5:23
2	Violets For Your Furs Written-By – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair	2:46
3	Green Street Scene	6:15
4	Chafic	5:10
5	You Know That	6:45
6	I Remember Clifford Written-By – Benny Golson	5:37
7	Short Bridge	6:26

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Venus Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Jaro International
• Copyright (c) – Jaro International

Credits

• Bass – Jimmy Garrison
• Drums – Pete La Roca
• Liner Notes [Original] – Nat Hentoff
• Liner Notes [Reissue Liner Notes In Japanese] – 岡崎正通*
• Photography By [Cover] – Jules Alexander
• Piano – Tommy Flanagan
• Tenor Saxophone – JR Monterose*
• Written-By – JR Monterose* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7)

Notes

Recorded 24th November 1959, New York.
Originally released as LP on Jaro International.
Comes with a 8-page booklet.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JAM-5004	JR Monterose*	The Message ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Jaro International	JAM-5004	US	1960
FSR-CD 201	JR Monterose*	The Message ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Fresh Sound Records	FSR-CD 201	Spain	1992
32DIW 303CD	J.R. Monterose	Straight Ahead ‎(CD, Album, Mono, RE)	DIW	32DIW 303CD	Japan	1986
FSR-678, JAS-8004	JR Monterose*	The Message ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Fresh Sound Records, Jaro International	FSR-678, JAS-8004	Spain	1989
FSRCD 7001	JR Monterose*	The Message ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Gol)	Fresh Sound Records	FSRCD 7001	Spain	1995

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