Drums Around the World

1959 studio album by Philly Joe Jones

Drums Around the World

Studio album by

Philly Joe Jones

Released| 1959
Recorded| May 4, 11 & 28, 1959
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 47:20
Label| Riverside
RLP 12-302
Producer| Orrin Keepnews
Philly Joe Jones chronology
| Blues for Dracula
(1958)  | Drums Around the World
(1959)  | Showcase
(1959)

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Drums Around the World (subtitled Philly Joe Jones Big Band Sounds) is the second album led by American jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones. It was recorded in 1959 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

The AllMusic review states: "There is some strong playing but this set is primarily recommended to fans of Philly Joe Jones's drum solos."[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Philly Joe Jones except as indicated

1. "Blue Gwynn" - 7:29
2. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) - 5:56
3. "Stablemates" [alternate take] (Golson) - 4:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
4. "Carioca ('El Tambores')" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) - 4:29
5. "The Tribal Message" [Drum Solo] - 2:51
6. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 8:17
7. "Land of the Blue Veils" (Golson) - 3:38
8. "Philly J.J." (Tadd Dameron) - 10:13

* Recorded in New York City on May 4 (tracks 4, 7 & 8), May 11 (tracks 1-3 & 6) and May 28 (track 5), 1959.

## Personnel

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* Philly Joe Jones – drums
* Blue Mitchell (tracks 1-3 & 6), Lee Morgan (tracks 1-4 & 6-8) – trumpet
* Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 1-4 & 6-8)
* Herbie Mann – flute, piccolo (tracks 4, 7 & 8)
* Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 6-8)
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 6-8)
* Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone (tracks 1-4 & 6-8)
* Wynton Kelly – piano (tracks 1-4 & 6-8)
* Jimmy Garrison (tracks 4, 7 & 8), Sam Jones (tracks 1-3 & 6) – bass

## References

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1. ^ Philly Joe Jones discography accessed November 2, 2012
2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott, Allmusic Review, accessed September 26, 2012
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 796\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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* t
* e

Philly Joe Jones

Studio albums|

* Blues for Dracula (1958)
* Drums Around the World (1959)
* Showcase (1959)
* Philly Joe's Beat (1960)
* Together! (1961)
* Advance! (1978)
* Drum Song (1978)

Live albums|

* Round Midnight (1969)

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* t
* e

Blue Mitchell

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader

co-leader|

* Big 6 (1958)
* Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958)
* Out of the Blue (1959)
* Blue Soul (1959)
* Blue's Moods (1960)
* Smooth as the Wind (1960–61)
* A Sure Thing (1962)
* The Cup Bearers (1962)
* Step Lightly (1963)
* The Thing to Do (1964)
* Down with It! (1965)
* Bring It Home to Me (1966)
* Boss Horn (1966)
* Heads Up! (1967)
* Collision in Black (1968)
* Bantu Village (1969)
* Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971)
* Vital Blue (1971)
* Blues' Blues (1972)
* The Last Tango = Blues (1973)
* Graffiti Blues (1973)
* Many Shades of Blue (1974)
* Stratosonic Nuances (1975)
* Funktion Junction (1976)
* African Violet (1977)
* Mapenzi (1977)
* Stablemates (1977)
* Summer Soft (1977)

With
Lou
Donaldson|

* Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952)
* The Time Is Right (1959)
* Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
* Midnight Creeper (1968)
* Say It Loud! (1968)
* Everything I Play Is Funky (1970)
* Pretty Things (1970)

With
Philly
Joe
Jones|

* Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961)
* Drums Around the World (1959)
* Showcase (1959)
* Advance! (1978)
* Drum Song (1978)

With
Sam
Jones|

* The Soul Society (1960)
* The Chant (1961)
* Down Home (1962)
* Something in Common (1974–77)
* Changes & Things (1977)

With
Jimmy
McGriff|

* The Worm (1968)
* Step 1 (1968)
* A Thing to Come By (1969)
* Electric Funk (1969)

With
Horace
Silver|

* Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
* Finger Poppin' (1959)
* Horace-Scope (1960)
* Doin' the Thing (1961)
* The Tokyo Blues (1962)
* Silver's Serenade (1963)
* Song for My Father (1963–64)

With
Stanley
Turrentine|

* A Chip off the Old Block (1963)
* In Memory Of (1964)
* Rough 'n' Tumble (1966)
* The Spoiler (1966)
* A Bluish Bag (1967)
* The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
* The Sugar Man (1971)

With
others|

* Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958)
* Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960)
* My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970)
* True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
* Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976)
* Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976)
* California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976)
* Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961)
* Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972)
* Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962)
* Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970)
* Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966)
* Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961)
* Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975)
* The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969)
* The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)
* Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968)
* Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971)
* Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973)
* Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961)
* Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976)
* Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960)
* Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960)
* Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
* Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970)
* Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968)
* Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965)
* Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
* Images (Sonny Red, 1961)
* Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963)
* Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960)
* Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
* Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962)
* Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960)
* Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963)
* The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966)
* Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968)
* The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969)
* Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976)
* Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)

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* e

Lee Morgan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
* Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
* Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
* Dizzy Atmosphere (1957)
* Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957)
* City Lights (1957)
* The Cooker (1957)
* Candy (1957–58)
* Peckin' Time (1958)
* Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
* Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
* Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
* Lee-Way (1960)
* Expoobident (1960)
* The Young Lions (1960)
* Take Twelve (1962)
* The Sidewinder (1963)
* Search for the New Land (1964)
* Tom Cat (1964)
* Cornbread (1965)
* Infinity (1965)
* The Gigolo (1965)
* The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
* The Rumproller (1965)
* Delightfulee (1966)
* Charisma (1966)
* The Rajah (1966)
* Standards (1967)
* Sonic Boom (1967)
* The Procrastinator (1967–69)
* The Sixth Sense (1967)
* Taru (1968)
* Caramba! (1968)
* Live at the Lighthouse (1970)
* The Last Session (1971)

With
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers|

* Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957)
* Drums Around the Corner (1958–59)
* Moanin' (1958)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958)
* Africaine (1959)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
* Paris Jam Session (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1960)
* Like Someone in Love (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* The Freedom Rider (1961)
* The Witch Doctor (1961)
* Roots & Herbs (1961)
* Pisces (1961–64)
* Indestructible (1964)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* 'S Make It (1964)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)

With
Hank
Mobley|

* Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
* Jazz Message No. 2 (1956)
* No Room for Squares (1963)
* Dippin' (1965)
* A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
* A Slice of the Top (1966)
* Straight No Filter (1966)
* Third Season (1967)

With
others|

* Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958)
* Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957)
* Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
* The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959)
* Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
* Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958)
* A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
* Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
* Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957)
* Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
* Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969)
* Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959)
* The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)
* Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957)
* Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959)
* Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970)
* Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963)
* Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)
* Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964)
* House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964)
* Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967)
* Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
* Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969)
* Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)

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