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Artist
  
Art Blakey

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Released
  
End of May 1957 (Volume 1)Early October 1957 (Volume 2)

Recorded
  
March 7, 1957Manhattan Towers, New York City

Length
  
38:54 Vol. 129:14 Vol. 268:08 CD reissue

Orgy in Rhythm(1957)
  
A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers(1957)

Similar
  
Art Blakey albums, Jazz albums

Orgy in Rhythm is an album by drummer Art Blakey. It is one of the first percussion-oriented jazz records. It was originally recorded in 1957 for Blue Note Records, and released as two LPs, Volume One and Volume Two, the same year as BLP 1554/1555. In the 1997 limited edition CD reissue by Blue Note, it was consolidated into a single volume.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Art Blakey

Volume One

  1. "Buhaina Chant" – 10:30
  2. "Ya Ya" – 7:06
  3. "Toffi" – 12:20
  4. "Split Skins" – 8:58

Volume Two

  1. "Amuck" – 6:49
  2. "Elephant Walk" – 6:56
  3. "Come Out and Meet Me Tonight" – 5:43
  4. "Abdallah's Delight" – 9:46

Personnel

  • Art Blakey – drums, vocals (#3)
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Jo Jones – drums, tympani
  • Herbie Mann – flute
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Sabu Martinez – percussion, vocals (#1, 6, 7)
  • Ubaldo Nieto – percussion, timbales
  • Evilio Quintero – percussion, maracas, cencerro
  • Arthur Taylor – drums
  • Carlos "Patato" Valdes – percussion
  • Specs Wright – drums, tympani

    • Songs

    1Buhaina Chant10:31
    2Ya Ya7:07
    3Toffi12:20

    References

    Orgy in Rhythm Wikipedia
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