Nobody had expected the extraordinary success of this album and its funky title track. When Blue Note released trumpeter Lee Morgan's “The Sidewinder” in 1964, the label “only” pressed 4,000 copies, but they were completely sold out within three days. The instrumental album reached number 25 in the pop charts and number 10 in the rhythm'n'blues charts, while the soul-jazzy title track, which was shortened for that, was also successful as a single. The album, recorded with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Barry Harris, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Billy Higgins, is now a classic album that should be in every jazz collection.

BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL EDITION: Mono, mastered from a digital source by Kevin Gray, manufactured at Optimal (180 g), padded inner sleeves.

Tracklist:

A1: The Sidewinder
A2: Totem Pole       
B1: Gary's Notebook            
B2: Boy, What A Night          
B3: Hocus-Pocus