This set from 1955 was both the debut of the Jazz Messengers and the first significant Horace Silver album. The original and best recordings of two of Silvers most popular and enduring originals, The Preacher and Doodlin, are among the many memorable highpoints. The fiery and lyrical playing of Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley ranks with the very best of their careers, and the explosive drumming of Art Blakey is frequently unbelievable.