| Drum Suite | ||||
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| Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | April 1957[1] | |||
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| Studio | Columbia 30th Street Studio New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:57 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1002 | |||
| Producer | George Avakian | |||
| Art Blakey chronology | ||||
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| The Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
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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]
- ^ Billboard, April 29, 1957.
- ^ "Art Blakey Catalog - album index", JazzDisco.org; accessed June 5, 2013.
- ^ Schwartz, Steve, and Michael Fitzgerald, "Chronology of Art Blakey (and the Jazz Messengers)", May 1996-July 6, 2008; accessed June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* – Drum Suite" at Discogs.