Tough!

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tough!

| type = Studio

| artist = Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

| cover = Tough!.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1966{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=art+blakey+tough&pg=PA52|title=Billboard|date=January 15, 1966}}

| recorded = Spring, 1957

| venue =

| studio = Swedien Recording Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Cadet
LP 4049

| producer =

| prev_title = Soul Finger

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Like Someone in Love

| next_year = 1967

}}

Tough! is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1957 but not released on the Cadet label until 1966.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/album-index/#cadet-lp-4049 Art Blakey discography] accessed June 4, 2013[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology] accessed June 4, 2013

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

}}

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/tough%21-mw0000874203 Allmusic Review], accessed June 4, 2013

Track listing

  1. "Scotch Blues" (Duke Jordan) - 7:55
  2. "Flight to Jordu" (Jordan) - 7:20
  3. "Transfiguration" (Gigi Gryce) - 5:08
  4. "Exhibit A" (Gryce) - 6:37
  5. "Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Summertime/Someone to Watch Over Me/The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:57

Personnel

References