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Count Basie & His Orchestra - Afrique

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Afrique

Musician: Count Basie & His Orchestra
Album title: Afrique
Style: Big Band
Released: 1971
Country: Canada
Size MP3 version: 1231 mb
Size APE version: 1997 mb
Size WMA version: 1176 mb
Rating ✫: 4.6
Votes: 146
Format: MP1 AHX APE ASF RA WAV MP3
Genre: Jazz

Count Basie & His Orchestra - Afrique


Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Step Right Up
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
6:25
A2 Hobo Flats
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
6:10
A3 Gypsy Queen
Written-By – Gabor Szabo
5:25
A4 Love Flower
Written-By – Albert Ayler
2:44
B1 Afrique
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
3:15
B2 Kilimanjaro
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
7:02
B3 African Sunrise
Written-By – Oliver Nelson
5:07
B4 Japan
Written-By – Pharoah Sanders
4:58

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Oliver Nelson (tracks: A1, A4)
  • Arranged By – Oliver Nelson
  • Bass – Norman Keenan (tracks: A1)
  • Bongos – Sonny Morgan
  • Conductor – Oliver Nelson
  • Congas – Richard Pablo Landrum*
  • Cover – Ray Ross*
  • Drums – Harold Jones
  • Electric Bass – John B. Williams* (tracks: A2 to B4)
  • Engineer – Bob Simpson
  • Flugelhorn – Paul Cohen, Pete Minger, George Cohn*, Waymon Reed
  • Flute – Hubert Laws
  • Guitar – Freddy Green*
  • Harmonica – Buddy Lucas (tracks: A2)
  • Marimba – Warren Smith (tracks: B1)
  • Photography By – Ray Ross*
  • Piano – Count Basie
  • Producer – Bob Thiele
  • Producer [Assistant] – Lillian Seyfert
  • Saxophone – Bill Adkins, Bob Plater*, Cecil Payne, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B4), Eric Dixon
  • Tenor Saxophone – Bob Ashton* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)
  • Trombone – Bill Hughes , John Watson, Sr.*, Melvin Wanzo*, Steven Galloway*
  • Trumpet – Paul Cohen, Pete Minger, George Cohn*, Waymon Reed

Notes

White Promotional Copy Not For Sale label.
Kilimanjaro, Hobo Flats, Gypsy Queen, African Sunrise recorded 12/22/70.

Step Right Up, Afrique, Love Flower, Japan recorded 12/23/70.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
FD 10138 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Afrique ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Flying Dutchman FD 10138 US 1971
CL 42784 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Afrique ‎(LP, Album, RE) RCA CL 42784 Germany 1979
74321796182 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Afrique ‎(CD) RCA 74321796182 Europe 2000
6369 408 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Arranged & Conducted By Oliver Nelson Count Basie & His Orchestra* Arranged & Conducted By Oliver Nelson - Afrique ‎(LP, Album, Promo, Gat) Philips 6369 408 Europe 1971
74321375082 Count Basie & His Orchestra* Afrique ‎(CD) RCA 74321375082 France 1996



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