Water from an Ancient Well

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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

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.

Water from an ancient well

Track listing

All tracks written by Ibrahim

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