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Jazz Africa

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
44:17

Release date
  
1986

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 1986

Jazz Africa (1987)
  
Perfect Machine (1988)

Label
  
Verve Records

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Artists
  
Herbie Hancock, Foday Musa Suso

Jazz Africa is a live album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock and Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso. The recording took place in Los Angeles, California's Wiltern Theatre as part of the 1986 concert series Jazzvisions. The performance was released on videotape and laserdisc with additional concert performances.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Kumbasora" – 6:15
  2. "Debo" – 17:06
  3. "Cigarette Lighter" – 13:05
  4. "Jimbasing" – 7:51
All compositions by Foday Musa Soso
  • Recorded live at the Wiltern Theatre, LA in December 1986

    • Personnel

  • Herbie Hancock: keyboards
  • Foday Musa Suso: kora, vocals
  • Aïyb Dieng: percussion
  • Armando Peraza: percussion
  • Adam Rudolph: percussion
  • Joe Thomas: bass
  • Hamid Drake: drums, percussion
  • Abdul Hakeem: guitar

    • Songs

    1Kumbasora (Live At The Wiltern Theatre/1986)6:47
    2Debo (Live At The Wiltern Theatre/1986)17:17
    3Cigarette Lighter (Live At The Wiltern Theatre/1986)13:15

    References

    Jazz Africa Wikipedia
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