This article is about the album by Art Blakey. For the album by Slide Hampton, see
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album). For the album by the Manny Albam-Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, see
The Drum Suite.
Drum Suite is an album by drummer
Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers and the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and originally released on
Columbia in April 1957.[2][3] It was the first of several albums recorded by Blakey in the 1950s and 1960s that explored percussion-oriented jazz. It was followed by
Orgy in Rhythm,
Holiday for Skins, and
The African Beat.
The 2005 CD reissue added three tracks from a June 1956 session, two of them previously released on
Originally in 1982.[4]
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "Groundbreaking for its time, and still sounding vital, powerful, and visionary, the Drum Suite album is somewhat of a lost masterpiece that deserves a fresh audience".[5]
This article is about the album by Art Blakey. For the album by Slide Hampton, see
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album). For the album by the Manny Albam-Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, see
The Drum Suite.
Drum Suite is an album by drummer
Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers and the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and originally released on
Columbia in April 1957.[2][3] It was the first of several albums recorded by Blakey in the 1950s and 1960s that explored percussion-oriented jazz. It was followed by
Orgy in Rhythm,
Holiday for Skins, and
The African Beat.
The 2005 CD reissue added three tracks from a June 1956 session, two of them previously released on
Originally in 1982.[4]
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "Groundbreaking for its time, and still sounding vital, powerful, and visionary, the Drum Suite album is somewhat of a lost masterpiece that deserves a fresh audience".[5]