The African Beat
1962 studio album by Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble
The African Beat | ||||
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Studio album by Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble | ||||
Released | November 1962[1] | |||
Recorded | January 24, 1962 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:15 | |||
Label | Blue Note BLP 4097 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Art Blakey chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The African Beat is a jazz album by Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble recorded for Blue Note on January 24, 1962 and released later that year.[5]
Background
He described it as the first opportunity he had to work with drummers from Africa; as a blend of American jazz with the traditional rhythms and tonal colors in the percussion of that continent. The album features compositions by African and American musicians, all based on aspects of West African (especially Nigerian) music.[6]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Prayer by Solomon G. Ilori" – 0:55
- "Ife L'ayo (There Is Happiness in Love)" (Solomon G. Ilori) – 5:31
- "Obirin African (Woman of Africa)" (Garvin Masseaux) – 3:45
- "Love, The Mystery of" (Guy Warren) – 9:22
Side 2
- "Ero Ti Nr'Ojeje" (Ilori) – 7:33
- "Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling)" (Ilori) – 7:13
- "Tobi Ilu" (James H. Bey) – 5:56
Personnel
The Afro-Drum Ensemble
- Art Blakey – drums, timpani, telegraph drum, gong
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
- Yusef Lateef – cow horn, flute, tenor saxophone, mbira, oboe
- Curtis Fuller – timpani
- Chief Bey – double gong, conga, telegraph drum
- Robert Crowder – Batá drum, conga
- James Ola. Folami – conga
- Solomon G. Ilori – vocals, talking drum, pennywhistle
- Montego Joe – corboro drum, log drum, bambara drum, double gong
- Garvin Masseaux – shekere, African maracas, conga
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Nat Hentoff – liner notes
References
- ^ Billboard Dec 1, 1962
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ^ Billboard, 1 Dec 1962, p. 20.
- ^ Original liner notes by Nat Hentoff
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
- Jazz for the Thinker (1957)
- Jazz Mood (1957)
- Before Dawn (1957)
- Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957)
- Prayer to the East (1957)
- The Sounds of Yusef (1957)
- Other Sounds (1957)
- Lateef at Cranbrook (1958)
- The Dreamer (1959)
- The Fabric of Jazz (1959)
- Cry! – Tender (1959)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef|Contemplation (1960)
- The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960)
- Lost in Sound (1961)
- Eastern Sounds (1961)
- Into Something (1961)
- Jazz 'Round the World (1963)
- Live at Pep's (1964)
- 1984 (1965)
- Psychicemotus (1965)
- A Flat, G Flat and C (1966)
- The Golden Flute (1966)
- The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968)
- Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969)
- The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969)
- Suite 16 (1970)
- The Gentle Giant (1971)
- Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
- Part of the Search (1973)
- 10 Years Hence (1974)
- The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)
- Autophysiopsychic (1977)
- In a Temple Garden (1979)
- In Nigeria (1983)
- Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
album
- Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)
others
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s)
- Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955)
- Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963)
- That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960)
- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960)
- 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960)
- Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
- Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960)
- Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960)
- Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
- Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961)
- The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962)
- Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962)
- Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
- Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964)
- Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971)
- Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974)
- Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977)
- Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)