Accent on Africa is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.[3][4]
| Accent on Africa | ||||
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| Released | October 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | June 13–14, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | David Axelrod | |||
| Cannonball Adderley chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars and states "this is one of the best and most overlooked of the Cannonball Adderley Capitols, a rumbling session that bursts with the joy of working in an unfamiliar yet vital rhythmic context".[5]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "Ndolima" (Joe Zawinul) – 3:48
- "Hamba Nami" – 3:32
- "Khutsana" – 3:58
- "Up and At It" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:36
- "Gumba" – 5:25
- "Marabi" – 2:50
- "Gun-Jah" – 4:16
- "Lemadima" – 3:38
- Recorded in San Francisco, CA on September 23 (tracks 2–4) & October 7 (tracks 1 & 5–8), 1968
Personnel
edit- Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (3, 4, 6), soprano saxophone (1, 3, 7, 8), varitone (2, 5)
- Nat Adderley – cornet
- H.B. Barnum – arranger, conductor
- Unidentified brass, reeds and vocals
- Unknown – piano, harpsichord
- Carol Kaye – guitar
- Ray Brown – bass[6]
- Earl Palmer - drums
- Unknown – percussion
References
edit- ^ "Billboard". October 19, 1968.
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 28 October 2009
- ^ Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
- ^ Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed 28 October 2009
- ^ Japanese 2011 CD booklet notes, TOCJ-50202 (ST2987)