Holiday for Skins
1959 studio album by Art Blakey
Holiday for Skins | ||||
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Studio album by Art Blakey | ||||
Released | Early June 1959[1] | |||
Recorded | November 9, 1958 | |||
Studio | Manhattan Towers, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:58 (Vol. 1) 33:16 (Vol. 2) 67:14 (CD) | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 4004 (Vol. 1) BLP 4005 (Vol. 2) | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Art Blakey chronology | ||||
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Holiday for Skins | ||||
![]() Volume 2 (BLP 4005) | ||||
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Holiday for Skins, Volumes 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz drummer Art Blakey, recorded on November 9, 1958 and released on Blue Note the following year.
Release history
They were reissued together on a single CD in 2006.[4]
Track listing
Holiday for Skins, Volumes One
All tracks are written by Art Blakey
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Feast" | 8:52 |
2. | "Aghano" | 6:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Lamento Africano" | 8:22 |
2. | "Mirage" | 10:27 |
Holiday for Skins, Volumes Two
All tracks are written by Art Blakey except as noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "O'Tinde" | 6:14 | |
2. | "Swingin' Kilts" | Ray Bryant | 8:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dinga" | 8:57 | |
2. | "Reflection" | Bryant | 9:06 |
2006 CD reissue
All tracks are written by Art Blakey
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Aghano" | 6:07 | |
2. | "The Feast" | 8:56 | |
3. | "Mirage" | 10:30 | |
4. | "Lamento Africano" | 8:25 | |
5. | "O'Tinde" | 6:17 | |
6. | "Swingin' Kilts" | Ray Bryant | 8:53 |
7. | "Dinga" | 9:00 | |
8. | "Reflection" | Bryant | 9:06 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Art Blakey – drums, chants
- Philly Joe Jones – drums, timpani, chants
- Art Taylor – drums, gong
- Sabu Martinez – bongos, congas, chants
- Ray Barretto, Chonguito Vincente – congas
- Victor Gonzales – bongos
- Andy Delannoy – maracas, cencerro
- Julio Martinez – congas, tree log
- Fred Pagani, Jr. – timbales
- Donald Byrd – trumpet
- Ray Bryant – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Austin Cromer, Hal Rasheed – chanting
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Joe Goldberg – liner notes
References
- ^ Billboard June 15, 1959
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Allmusic
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
as leader
- Blakey (1954)
- A Night at Birdland (1954)
- Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
- Big Band (1957)
- Holiday for Skins (1958)
- Drums Around the Corner (1958/59)
- A Jazz Message (Art Blakey Quartet, 1963)
- Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
Messengers
Studio albums |
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Live albums |
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Soundtracks |
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other groups,
etc.
- New Sounds (compilation, 1947)
- Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu (1952/53)
- The African Beat (Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
- Killer Joe (w/ George Kawaguchi, 1981)
- Feel the Wind (w/ Freddie Hubbard, 1988)
- Bluesiana Triangle (group of same name, 1990)