Orgy in Rhythm
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Orgy in Rhythm is a 1957 record by the drummer Art Blakey. It is one of the first percussion-oriented jazz records. Catalog numbers BLP-1554/1555 for Blue Note Records
. It was originally released as two LPs, but, in CD re-issue by Blue Note, was consolidated into a single volume.
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
. It was originally released as two LPs, but, in CD re-issue by Blue Note, was consolidated into a single volume.
Track listing
- "Buhaina Chant" – 10:30
- "Ya Ya" – 7:06
- "Toffi" – 12:20
- "Split Skins" – 8:58
- "Amuck" – 6:49
- "Elephant Walk" – 6:56
- "Come Out and Meet Me Tonight" – 5:43
- "Abdallah's Delight" – 9:46
- All compositions by Art Blakey
- Recorded at Manhattan Towers, NYC, March 7, 1957
Personnel
- Art BlakeyArt BlakeyArthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
– drums - Ray BryantRay BryantRaphael Homer "Ray" Bryant was an American Jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ray Bryant began playing the piano at the age of six, also performing on bass in junior High School...
– piano - Jo JonesJo JonesJo Jones was an American jazz drummer.Known as Papa Jo Jones in his later years, he was sometimes confused with another influential jazz drummer, Philly Joe Jones...
– drums, tympani - Herbie MannHerbie MannHerbert Jay Solomon , better known as Herbie Mann, was a Jewish American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music...
– flute - Wendell MarshallWendell MarshallWendell Marshall was an American jazz double-bassist.Marshall was Jimmy Blanton's cousin. He studied at Lincoln University, then served in the Army during World War II. Following his discharge, he played with Stuff Smith, then relocated to New York City, where he began playing with Mercer Ellington...
– bass - Sabu MartinezSabu MartinezLouis "Sabu" Martinez was an American conguero and percussionist. A prominent player in the Cubop movement in the 1950s, Martinez appeared on many important recordings and live performances during that period...
– percussion - Ubaldo Nieto – percussion, timbales
- Evilio Quintero – percussion, maracas, cencerro
- Arthur TaylorArt TaylorArthur S. Taylor, Jr. was an American jazz drummer of the hard bop school.After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy DeFranco, Bud Powell, and George Wallington from 1948 to 1957, he formed his own group, the Wailers...
– drums - Carlos "Patato" Valdes – percussion
- Specs WrightSpecs WrightCharles "Specs" Wright was an American jazz drummer born in Philadelphia.Wright played drums in an Army band until his discharge in 1947. Following this he played in a group with Jimmy Heath and Howard McGhee. In 1949 he joined Dizzy Gillespie's band alongside John Coltrane, remaining until it...
– drums, tympani