Soul Finger (Art Blakey album)

Soul Finger
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	End of August 1965[1]
Recorded	May 12 & 13, 1965 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:42
Label	Limelight LM 82018
Producer	Jack Tracy
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Buttercorn Lady (1966)

Soul Finger is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Limelight label.^[2][3] On the 2009 CD edition, Gary Bartz, whose recording debut this was, was left off the credits - he is the saxophonist (alto) for five of the six cuts. Lucky Thompson is on only one cut, playing soprano sax on "Spot Session" with the quartet of Blakey, Hicks and Sproles. A sixth cut from the Bartz sessions was used on the later Hold On, I'm Coming album. This was trumpeter Lee Morgan's last recording with Art Blakey after a seven-year association; Freddie Hubbard would return to tour with Blakey's group again in the 1980s.