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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | April 13th 17 |
Art Blakey is one of the greatest drummers to come out of jazz music at large, and his work with his very own band The Jazz Messengers and stalwarts like Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Cannonball Adderley proves that. The man was no slouch when it came to leading and to songwriting, so it's no surprise that he'd pen one of the very first percussion-based jazz albums in Orgy In Rhythm, Volume 1. Sure, some piano or bass or flute may pop up here and there, but mostly it's just very intense and heavily African-influenced drumming from Blakey and parter in crime Art Taylor, along with bongos and multiple timpani. The emphasis is nearly entirely rhythmic; very few melodies are heard anywhere, and harmony is almost nowhere to be found. It's the notion that the drumming is just so entertaining to hear, coupled with the sheer intensity of moments like the end of opener "Buhaina Chant", that makes this album a must-listen. Mesmerizing stuff, indeed.
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