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Holiday For Skins Vol. 1

Art Blakey

Recorded	Nov 9, 1958
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BLP 4004
Released	1958
Personnel	14 credited players
Discogs	master 299938

The record

A crowd of congueros and bongo players stacks up behind Bryant's piano and Byrd's trumpet on this Blue Note date, chasing the Afro-Cuban fever of Orgy in Rhythm.

Session personnel

Wendell Marshall — bass
Victor Gonzalez — bongos
Sabu Martinez — bongos, congas, vocals [chants]
Chonguito Vincente — congas
Ray Barretto — congas
Julio Martinez — congas, percussion [tree log]
Art Taylor — drums, gong
"Philly" Joe Jones — drums, timpani [tympani], vocals [chants]
Art Blakey — drums, vocals [chants]
Ray Bryant — piano
Fred Pagani — timbales
Donald Byrd — trumpet
Austin Cromer — vocals [chants]
Hal Rasheed — vocals [chants]

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1966	Blue Note · BST 84004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue earliest on file
1993	Blue Note · TOCJ-4004 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
—	Blue Note · BLP 4004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear
—	Blue Note · BLP 4004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear
1973	Blue Note — STEREO
1973	Blue Note · BST 84004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1999	Blue Note · TOCJ-9128 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper Sleeve
2005	Blue Note · TOCJ-6536 — CD, Album, Reissue
2010	Heavenly Sweetness · HSV038VL — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram
2019	Blue Note · UCCQ-9526 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2024	Rat Pack Records (2) · 3700477836795 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release, 180g
—	Blue Note · BST 84004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo