Drum Suite

Drum Suite is an album by drummer Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers and the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, recorded in late 1956 and early 1957 and originally released on the Columbia label.[2][3] The 2005 CD reissue added three tracks from a June 1956 session, two of them previously released on Originally in 1982.[4]

This article is about the album by Art Blakey. For the album by Slide Hampton, see Drum Suite (Slide Hampton album). For the album by the Manny Albam-Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, see The Drum Suite.
Drum Suite
Studio album by
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
ReleasedApril 1957[1]
RecordedJune 25, 1956 (#7-9)
December 13, 1956 (#4-6)
February 22, 1957 (#1-3)
Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York
GenreJazz
Length40:57
LabelColumbia
CL 1002
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Art Blakey chronology
Ritual
(1957)		 Drum Suite
(1957)		 Orgy in Rhythm
(1957)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Hard Bop
(1956)		 Drum Suite
(1956–57)		 Ritual
(1957)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, calling it "Groundbreaking for its time, and still sounding vital, powerful, and visionary, the Drum Suite album is somewhat of a lost masterpiece that deserves a fresh audience".[5]

Track listing
  1. "The Sacrifice" (Art Blakey) - 5:16
  2. "Cubano Chant" (Ray Bryant) - 4:01
  3. "Oscalypso" (Oscar Pettiford) - 8:48
  4. "Nica's Tempo" (Gigi Gryce) - 8:24
  5. "D's Dilemma" (Mal Waldron) - 8:32
  6. "Just for Marty" (Bill Hardman) - 5:56
Bonus tracks on 2005 Legacy CD:
  1. "Lil' T (a.k.a. The Third)" - 8:12
  2. "The New Message (a.k.a. Little T)" (Take 1) - 8:39
  3. "The New Message (a.k.a. Little T)" (Take 3) - 5:32

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard, April 29, 1957.
  2. "Art Blakey Catalog - album index", JazzDisco.org; accessed June 5, 2013.
  3. Schwartz, Steve, and Michael Fitzgerald, "Chronology of Art Blakey (and the Jazz Messengers)", May 1996-July 6, 2008; accessed June 5, 2013.
  4. "Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* – Drum Suite" at Discogs.
  5. Leggett, Steve, Allmusic Review; accessed June 5, 2013.
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