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A1	Sam's Tune Written-By – Sam Dockery	5:50
A2	Scotch Blues Written-By – Art Blakey, Duke Jordan	8:40
A3	Once Upon A Groove Written-By – Owen Marshall	8:36
B1	Comments By Art Blakey	1:54
B2	Ritual Written-By – Art Blakey	9:59
B3	Touche Written-By – Mal Waldron	6:15
B4	Wake Up Written-By – Art Blakey	5:03

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean
• Bass – Spanky DeBrest
• Design [Cover] – William Claxton
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Liner Notes – Ed Michel
• Painting [Cover] – John Altoon
• Photography By – Lee Friedlander
• Piano – Sam Dockery
• Producer – George Avakian
• Trumpet – Bill Hardiman*

Notes

This album was produced for Pacific Jazz by George Avakian in exchange for a Chet Baker album produced for Columbia Records by Richard Bock

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
M-402	The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey*	Ritual ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Dee)	Pacific Jazz Records	M-402	US	1957
CDP 7 46858 2, CDP 0777 7 46858 2 5	The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey*	Ritual ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RP)	Blue Note, Blue Note	CDP 7 46858 2, CDP 0777 7 46858 2 5	US	1995
PJ-0402	The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey*	Ritual ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Pacific Jazz, World Pacific Records	PJ-0402	Japan	1992
PJ-15	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Ritual! ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Pacific Jazz	PJ-15	US	1960
WP 5474	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Ritual Volume Three ‎(7")	World Pacific Records	WP 5474	Europe	Unknown