Holiday for Skins

Holiday for Skins is a 1958 album by jazz drummer Art Blakey. Recorded for Blue Note Records, the album was produced by Rudy Van Gelder and released in two volumes before being reissued together on CD in 2006.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Blakey except as indicated

1. "The Feast" - 8:54
2. "Aghano" - 6:05
3. "Lamento Africano" - 8:23
4. "Mirage" - 10:28
5. "O'Tinde" - 6:15
6. "Swingin' Kilts" (Ray Bryant) - 8:51
7. "Dinga" - 8:58
8. "Reflection" (Bryant) - 9:06

• Recorded at Manhattan Towers, NYC, November 9, 1958
• Tracks 1-4 originally released as Holiday for Skins Vol. 1 and tracks 5-8 originally released as Holiday for Skins Vol. 2

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

References