Randy Weston Music from the New African Nations Featuring the Highlife Import LP
Genre: Jazz
Size: 12"
Format: 33RPM,

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Randy Weston Music from the New African Nations Featuring the Highlife Import LP

Randy Weston

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SKU:
HONLPI071
UPC:
7427252391381
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Classic 1963 Homage to African Music & Heritage on Vinyl LP!

Recorded in 1963 and originally released on Colpix, Highlife was one of Randy Weston's first declared homages to African music and heritage. A direct fruit of his first trip to Nigeria in 1961, the album is considered one the highpoints in Weston's long and articulated career. Beautifully arranged by the great Melba Liston, the music reveals the unbroken relationship between the African ancestral sensibility and the Afro-American jazz experience. Under the direction of Melba Liston and pianist Randy Weston, here we have a first-class group of musicians including heavyweights such as Ray Copeland (trumpet), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Julius Watkins (French horn), Aaron Bell (tuba), Budd Johnson (saxophone), Booker Ervin (saxophone), Peck Morrison (bass), Charlie Persip (drums), Frankie Dunlop (drums), Archie Lee (percussion), and George Young (percussion). One of the greatest Pan-African vision examples in music!

Features

  • Vinyl LP
  • Import

Musicians

Peck Morrison bass
Archie Lee congas
Charlie Persip drums
Julius Watkins French horn
Frankie Dunlop, George Young percussion
Randy Weston piano
Booker Ervin tenor saxophone
Budd Johnson tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Quentin Jackson trombone
Ray Copeland trumpet, flugelhorn
Aaron Bell tuba

Selections

Side 1:

  1. Caban Bamboo Highlife
  2. Niger Mambo
  3. Zulu
  4. In Memory Of

Side 2:

  1. Congolese Children
  2. Blues to Africa
  3. Mistery of Love

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