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Holiday for Skins is a 1959 album by jazz drummer Art Blakey. Recorded for the Blue Note label in November 1958, the album was released in two volumes before being reissued together in a CD set in 2006.[4]

Holiday for Skins
Volume 1 (BLP 4004)
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	Early June 1959[1]
Recorded	November 9, 1958 Manhattan Towers, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:58 Volume 1 33:16 Volume 2 67:14 CD reissue
Label	Blue Note BLP 4004, BLP 4005 BST 84004, BST 84005
Producer	Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
Drums Around the Corner (1958) Holiday for Skins (1959) 1958 - Paris Olympia (1958)
Alternative cover
Volume 2 (BLP 4005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Blakey except as indicated

Holiday for Skins Volume 1 (BLP 4004)

1. "Aghano" - 6:07
2. "The Feast" - 8:56
3. "Mirage" - 10:30
4. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25

Holiday for Skins Volume 2 (BLP 4005)

1. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
2. "Swingin' Kilts" (Ray Bryant) - 8:53
3. "Dinga" - 9:00
4. "Reflection" (Bryant) - 9:06

CD reissue

1. "The Feast" - 8:56
2. "Aghano" - 6:07
3. "Lamento Africano" - 8:25
4. "Mirage" - 10:30
5. "O'Tinde" - 6:17
6. "Swingin' Kilts" - 8:53
7. "Dinga" - 9:00
8. "Reflection" - 9:06

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums, chanting
• Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8)
• Ray Bryant - piano
• Wendell Marshall - bass
• Art Taylor - drums
• Philly Joe Jones - drums, chanting, vocals
• Ray Barretto, Victor Gonzales, Julio Martinez, Sabu Martinez, Chonguito Vincente - bongos, congas
• Fred Pagani - timbales
• Andy Delannoy - maracas
• Austin Cromer, Hal Rasheed - chanting

References

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