Orgy in Rhythm, Volumes One & Two are a pair of separate but related albums by American jazz drummer Art Blakey, recorded on March 7, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that same year in May and October respectively.
Background
Style It is an early example of a percussion-oriented jazz record, a format Blakey had first explored on the A-side to Drum Suite released on Columbia the month before Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One.
Release history In the 1997 limited-edition CD reissue by Blue Note, it was consolidated into a single volume.
Track listing
Orgy in Rhythm, Volume One
Orgy in Rhythm, Volume Two
1997 CD reissue
Personnel Art Blakey – drums, vocals ("Toffi") Herbie Mann – flute Ray Bryant – piano Wendell Marshall – bass Sabu Martinez – percussion, vocals ("Buhaina Chant," "Elephant Walk" & "Come Out and Meet Me Tonight") Ubaldo Nieto – percussion, timbales Evilio Quintero – percussion, maracas, cencerro Carlos "Patato" Valdes – percussion Jo Jones – drums, tympani Arthur Taylor – drums Specs Wright – drums, tympani
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