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Asante (album)

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Released
  
April 1974

Asante (1974)
  
Sama Layuca (1974)

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
41:53

Artist
  
McCoy Tyner

Producer
  
Duke Pearson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
10 September 1970 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
McCoy Tyner albums, Jazz albums

Asante is an album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in 1970 and features performances by Tyner with Andrew White, Ted Dunbar, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Mtume and "Songai" Sandra Smith providing vocals on two tracks. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Asante is a bit unusual for the emphasis is on group interplay rather than individual solos". The CD release adds three tracks that originally appeared on the album Cosmos (1976).

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by McCoy Tyner

Original LP

1. "Malika" - 14:02 2. "Asante" - 6:12 3. "Goin' Home" - 7:39 4. "Fulfillment" - 14:00

Bonus tracks on CD release from Cosmos, recorded on July 21, 1970

5. "Forbidden Land" - 13:46 6. "Asian Lullaby" - 8:30 7. "Hope" - 14:11

Personnel

  • McCoy Tyner - piano, wooden flute
  • Andrew White - alto saxophone (tracks 1-4), oboe (tracks 5-7)
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar (tracks 1-4)
  • Buster Williams - bass (tracks 1-4)
  • Billy Hart - drums, African percussion (tracks 1-4)
  • Mtume - congas, percussion (tracks 1-4)
  • "Songai" Sandra Smith - vocals (tracks 1-2)
  • Herbie Lewis - bass (tracks 5-7)
  • Freddie Waits - drums, timpani, chimes (tracks 5-7)
  • Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute (tracks 5-7)
  • Gary Bartz - alto sax, soprano sax (tracks 5-7)

    • Songs

    1Malika14:03
    2Asante6:13
    3Goin' Home7:40

    References

    Asante (album) Wikipedia
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