Africa in America: Rock, Jazz & Calypso 1920-1962

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Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Stranded in the Jungle	The Cadets		3:07
2	Ubangi Stomp	Warren Smith		2:01
3	Two for Timbuktu	Sonny Stitt		3:23
4	Kucheza Blues	Randy Weston		8:08
5	Signifyin' Monkey	Oscar Brown, Jr.		4:04
6	The Lion Sleeps Tonight recording of: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (in 1961) lyricist: George David Weiss (in 1961) writer: Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and Albert Stanton (pseudonym for Al Brackman) composer: Solomon Linda publisher: Abilene Music Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Luigi Creatore Music (ASCAP) and Memory Lane Music Ltd. is based on: Mbube is based on: Wimoweh version of: Wimoweh part of: The Lion King (stage musical) part of: The Lion King (2019 film soundtrack)	The Takens	5	2:43
7	La Ikbey (Don't Cry)	Ahmed Abdul‐Malik		5:52
8	Afrique	Art Blakey		6:58
9	Ayiko Ayiko	Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble		7:14
10	Moose the Mooche	Joe Harriott & Count Ossie and the Wareikas		9:10
11	Africa recording engineer: Rudy van Gelder (on 1961-06-07) producer: Creed Taylor alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute: Eric Dolphy (on 1961-06-07) baritone saxophone: Pat Patrick (American jazz musician) (on 1961-06-07) double bass: Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (on 1961-06-07) and Reggie Workman (on 1961-06-07) drums (drum set): Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1961-06-07) euphonium: Carl Bowman (on 1961-06-07) French horn: Bob Northern (aka Brother Ah, French hornist and radio host) (on 1961-06-07), Donald Corrado (on 1961-06-07), Robert Swisshelm (on 1961-06-07) and Julius Watkins (on 1961-06-07) piano: McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1961-06-07) tenor saxophone: John Coltrane (on 1961-06-07) trombone: Britt Woodman (on 1961-06-07) trumpet: Booker Little (on 1961-06-07) tuba: Bill Barber (Jazz tuba player) (on 1961-06-07) conductor: Eric Dolphy (on 1961-06-07) instruments arranger and orchestrator: Eric Dolphy arranger: John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) phonographic copyright (℗) by: MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1995) recorded at: Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1961-06-07) recording of: Africa (on 1961-06-07) composer: John Coltrane publisher: Jowcol Music	John Coltrane		16:30
12	Garvey's Ghost	Max Roach		7:52

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purchase for download and streaming page:	https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/africa-in-america-rock-jazz-calypso-1920-1962-various-artists/3561302539720 [info]
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Release group

part of:	Frémeaux & Associés : Compilation (various artists) (order: 81)

other databases:	https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/827564/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002486796 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 3561302539720
Format:: 3×Digital Media
Length:: 3:46:45

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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Frémeaux Heritage

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[Worldwide]
2013-01-01

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