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Released
  
1986

Water from an Ancient Well (1986)
  
South Africa (1986)

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
Bellaphon Records

Length
  
46:27

Artist
  
Abdullah Ibrahim

Producer
  
Sathima Bea Benjamin

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 1985 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Mannenberg–Is Where It's Happening
  
Water from an Ancient Well (1986)

Similar
  
Abdullah Ibrahim albums, Jazz albums

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Water from an Ancient Well is a jazz album by South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim that was first released in 1986. It is notable for "Mannenberg Revisited", which includes a horn arrangement of Basil Coetzee's solo on this song from 1974.

Contents

Water from an ancient well


Track listing

All tracks written by Ibrahim

  1. "Mandela" - 4:58
  2. "Song for Sathima" - 6:10
  3. "Mannenberg Revisited (Cape Town Fringe)" - 6:09
  4. "Tuang Guru" - 5:24
  5. "Water from an Ancient Well" - 11:55
  6. "The Wedding" - 2:38
  7. "The Mountain" - 3:19
  8. "Sameeda" - 5:56

Personnel

  • Abdullah Ibrahim – piano
  • Carlos Ward – alto flute
  • Ricky Ford – tenor saxophone
  • Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
  • David Williams – bass
  • Ben Riley – drums
  • Dick Griffin – trombone

    • Songs

    1Mandela4:59
    2Song for Sathima6:12
    3Manenberg Revisited6:11

    References

    Water from an Ancient Well Wikipedia
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