As someone with a lot of Latin/African/World percussion albums, this is IMO better than the Blakey drum albums, because the drums groove on this one. On the Blakey albums, Blakey plays like he is fighting against the percussionists. I was able to compile a decent Blakey percussion comp with the best tracks from across the releases. And I am really talking bout the Blue Note albums, because The Drum Suite on Columbia grooves much better. IMO, of course.