 While lesser known in comparison to "The Sidewinder" and other albums, it features several of Morgan's contemporary Blue Note recording artists such as McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, and Jackie McLean.After "The Sidewinder"s huge commercial success, "Tom Cat" and "Search for the New Land" from earlier in 1964 were both shelved.Instead, Alfred Lion, Blue Note's producer, encouraged Morgan to record a new funky theme, (now dubbed, "the Sidewinder lineage") and brought him back in the studio to record "The Rumproller".