Drum Suite

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. 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.

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
Recorded
  • June 25, 1956
  • December 13, 1956
  • February 22, 1957
StudioColumbia 30th Street Studio
New York City
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)

The 2005 CD reissue added three tracks from a June 1956 session, two of them previously released on Originally in 1982.

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