Holiday for Skins

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Holiday for Skins
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Volume 1 (BLP 4004)
Studio album by
ReleasedEarly June 1959 [1]
RecordedNovember 9, 1958
StudioManhattan Towers, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length33:58 (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
Drums Around the Corner
(1958)
Holiday for Skins
(1959)
1958 - Paris Olympia
(1958)
Holiday for Skins
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Volume 2 (BLP 4005)
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

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

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Aghano"6:07
2."The Feast"8:56
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Mirage"10:30
2."Lamento Africano"8:25

Holiday for Skins, Volumes Two

All tracks are written by Art Blakey except as noted

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O'Tinde" 6:17
2."Swingin' Kilts" Ray Bryant 8:53
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dinga" 9:00
2."Reflection"Bryant9:06

2006 CD reissue

All tracks are written by Art Blakey

No.TitleWriter(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"Bryant9:06

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. Billboard June 15, 1959
  2. Allmusic Review
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 135. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. Allmusic