Drums Around the Corner

Drums Around the Corner
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released 1999
Recorded November 2, 1958,
March 29, 1959
Genre Jazz
Length 72:08
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
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Art Blakey chronology
Moanin'
(1958)		 Drums Around the Corner
(1958)		 Holiday for Skins
(1958)

Drums Around the Corner is a jazz album by Art Blakey, mostly recorded in 1958 but only released in 1999.

The album is composed of two separate sessions. The main session, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at the Manhattan Towers, NYC on 2 November 1958, is a showcase for an all-star drumming lineup of Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes and Ray Barretto (congas). They are supported by regular Jazz Messenger members Lee Morgan (trumpet), Bobby Timmons (piano) and Jymie Merritt (bass).

The second session is a two-track duet between Blakey and bassist Paul Chambers, recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ on 29 March 1959.

Track listing

All songs by Art Blakey except where indicated.

  1. "Moose the Mooche'" (Charlie Parker) – 15:16
  2. "Blakey's Blues" – 11:04
  3. "Lee's Tune" (Lee Morgan) – 8:23
  4. "Let's Take 16 Bars" – 6:11
  5. "Drums in the Rain" – 11:11
  6. "Lover" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:21
  7. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 7:09
  8. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 5:43

Personnel

Tracks 1-6, the Manhattan Towers, 2 November 1958

Tracks 7-8, the Rudy Van Gelden Studio, 29 March 1959