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Trains to Taung

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Released
  
1997

Producer
  
Andrew Smith

Release date
  
1997

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
109:45

Artist
  
Paul Hanmer

Label
  
Sheer Sound

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Trains to Taung (1997)
  
Window to Elsewhere (1998)

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Trains to Taung is the debut album of jazz pianist Paul Hanmer, containing a mixture of minimalist jazz and African umbaqanga sounds. Named for the home of Taung Child, the album was an immediate hit upon its release in 1997.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Meeting of the Women" – 5:07
  2. "Consciencelessness" – 7:12
  3. "Prop Hat" – 9:00
  4. "Umhlangano" – 5:31
  5. "Chef's Groove" – 9:20
  6. "Trains to Taung" – 11:25
  7. "Tempo Di Bhutto" – 4:55
  8. "Slow Samba" – 8:07
  9. "Meeting of the Women" (Reprise) – 9:04

Personnel

  • Paul Hanmer - piano
  • Denis Lalouette - electric bass
  • Jethro Shasha - drums
  • Louis Mhlanga - electric guitars
  • Neill Ettridge - drums on 8
  • Basi Mahlasela - percussion
  • André Abrahamse - fretless bass on 5 & 6

    • References

    Trains to Taung Wikipedia
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