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
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/tough%21-mw0000874203 Allmusic Review], accessed June 4, 2013
Track listing
- "Scotch Blues" (Duke Jordan) - 7:55
- "Flight to Jordu" (Jordan) - 7:20
- "Transfiguration" (Gigi Gryce) - 5:08
- "Exhibit A" (Gryce) - 6:37
- "Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Summertime/Someone to Watch Over Me/The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:57
Personnel
- Art Blakey - drums
- Bill Hardman - trumpet
- Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
- Sam Dockery - piano
- Spanky DeBrest - bass