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Bantu Village

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Released
  
1969

Bantu Village (1969)
  
Soul Village (1971)

Release date
  
1969

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
May 22 & 23, 1969

Artist
  
Blue Mitchell

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Similar
  
Blue Mitchell albums, Jazz albums

Blue mitchell bantu village


Bantu Village is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by Monk Higgins recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1969.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Dee Ervin and Monk Higgins except as indicated
  1. "H.N.I.C." (Dee Ervin, Monk Higgins, Blue Mitchell) -
  2. "Flat Backing" -
  3. "Na Ta Ka" (Fred Robinson) -
  4. "Heads Down" -
  5. "Bantu Village" -
  6. "Blue Dashiki" (Robinson) -
  7. "Bush Girl" (Virginia P. Bland, Dee Ervin) -
  • Recorded at RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California on May 22 (tracks 2, 4 & 6) and May 23 (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7), 1969.

    • Personnel

  • Blue Mitchell, Bobby Bryant - trumpet
  • Monk Higgins - piano, percussion, conducting, arrangement
  • Buddy Collette - flute
  • Bill Green - flute, alto saxophone
  • Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Loper - trombone
  • Freddy Robinson, Al Vescovo - guitar
  • Dee Ervin - piano, percussion
  • Bob West (tracks 2, 4 & 6) - bass
  • Wilton Felder (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7) - electric bass
  • John Guerin (tracks 2, 4 & 6), Paul Humphrey (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7) - drums
  • King Errisson (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7), Alan Estes (tracks 2, 4 & 6) - conga

    • Songs

    1Hnic5:17
    2Flat Backing4:18
    3Na Ta Ka4:08

    References

    Bantu Village Wikipedia
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