Tough!

Tough!
Studio album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Released	January 1966[1]
Recorded	Spring, 1957
Studio	Swedien Recording Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre	Jazz
Label	Cadet LP 4049
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers chronology
Soul Finger (1965) Tough! (1966) Like Someone in Love (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.^[2][3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

1. "Scotch Blues" (Duke Jordan) - 7:55
2. "Flight to Jordan" (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

• Art Blakey - drums
• Bill Hardman - trumpet
• Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
• Sam Dockery - piano
• Spanky DeBrest - bass