The Drum Suite

This article is about the album by the Manny Albam-Ernie Wilkins Orchestra. For the album by Art Blakey, see Drum Suite. For the album by Slide Hampton, see Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album).
The Drum Suite
Studio album by
Manny Albam-Ernie Wilkins and Their Orchestra
Released1956
RecordedMarch 5, 6 & 7, 1956
Webster Hall, NYC
GenreJazz
Length36:52
LabelRCA Victor
LPM 1279
ProducerJack Lewis
Ernie Wilkins chronology
Top Brass
(1955) 		The Drum Suite
(1956) 		The Big New Band of the 60's
(1960)

The Drum Suite (subtitled A Musical Portrait of Eight Arms from Six Angles) is an album by American jazz composers and arrangers Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins featuring performances recorded in 1956 and first released on the RCA Victor label.[1] The album was followed by Al Cohn's Son of Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1960).

  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed February 5, 2016