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Released
  
Early June 1959

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Artist
  
Art Blakey

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 9, 1958Manhattan Towers, New York City

Length
  
33:58 Volume 133:16 Volume 267:14 CD reissue

Holiday for Skins(1958)
  
1958 - Paris Olympia(1958)

Similar
  
Art Blakey albums, Jazz albums

Holiday for Skins is a 1959 album by jazz drummer Art Blakey. Originally recorded for Blue Note Records in November 1958, the album was released in two volumes before being reissued together on CD in 2006.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Art Blakey except as indicated

Holiday for Skins Volume 1 (BLP 4004)

  1. "Aghano" - 6:07
  2. "The Feast" - 8:56
  3. "Mirage" - 10:30
  4. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25

Holiday for Skins Volume 2 (BLP 4005)

  1. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
  2. "Swingin' Kilts" (Ray Bryant) - 8:53
  3. "Dinga" - 9:00
  4. "Reflection" (Bryant) - 9:06

CD reissue

  1. "The Feast" - 8:56
  2. "Aghano" - 6:07
  3. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25
  4. "Mirage" - 10:30
  5. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
  6. "Swingin' Kilts" - 8:53
  7. "Dinga" - 9:00
  8. "Reflection" - 9:06

Personnel

  • Art Blakey - drums, chanting
  • Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
  • Ray Bryant - piano
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Philly Joe Jones - drums, chanting, vocals
  • Ray Barretto, Victor Gonzales, Julio Martinez, Sabu Martinez, Chonguito Vincente - bongos, congas
  • Fred Pagani - timbales
  • Andy Delannoy - maracas
  • Austin Cromer, Hal Rasheed - chanting

    • Songs

    1The Feast8:54
    2Aghano6:05
    3Lament Africano8:24

    References

    Holiday for Skins Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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