Holiday for Skins

Holiday for Skins
Volume 1 (BLP 4004)
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	Early June 1959[1]
Recorded	November 9, 1958 Manhattan Towers, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:58 Volume 1 33:16 Volume 2 67:14 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note BLP 4004, BLP 4005 BST 84004, BST 84005
Producer	Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
Drums Around the Corner (1958) Holiday for Skins (1958) 1958 - Paris Olympia (1958) Alternative cover Volume 2 (BLP 4005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Holiday for Skins is a 1959 album by jazz drummer Art Blakey. Originally recorded for Blue Note Records in November 1958, the album was released in two volumes before being reissued together on CD in 2006.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Blakey except as indicated

Holiday for Skins Volume 1 (BLP 4004)

1. "Aghano" - 6:07
2. "The Feast" - 8:56
3. "Mirage" - 10:30
4. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25

Holiday for Skins Volume 2 (BLP 4005)

1. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
2. "Swingin' Kilts" (Ray Bryant) - 8:53
3. "Dinga" - 9:00
4. "Reflection" (Bryant) - 9:06

CD reissue

1. "The Feast" - 8:56
2. "Aghano" - 6:07
3. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25
4. "Mirage" - 10:30
5. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
6. "Swingin' Kilts" - 8:53
7. "Dinga" - 9:00
8. "Reflection" - 9:06

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums, chanting
• Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
• Ray Bryant - piano
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• Art Taylor - drums
• Philly Joe Jones - drums, chanting, vocals
• Ray Barretto, Victor Gonzales, Julio Martinez, Sabu Martinez, Chonguito Vincente - bongos, congas
• Fred Pagani - timbales
• Andy Delannoy - maracas
• Austin Cromer, Hal Rasheed - chanting

References

1. Billboard June 15, 1959
2. Allmusic Review
3. Allmusic