Holiday for Skins
1959 studio album by Art Blakey
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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.
| Holiday for Skins | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Volume 1 (BLP 4004) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Feast" | 8:52 |
| 2. | "Aghano" | 6:03 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "O'Tinde" | 6:14 | |
| 2. | "Swingin' Kilts" | Ray Bryant | 8:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dinga" | 8:57 | |
| 2. | "Reflection" | Bryant | 9:06 |
2006 CD reissue
All tracks are written by Art Blakey.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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