Accent on Africa
1968 studio album by Cannonball Adderley
Accent on Africa | ||||
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Studio album by Cannonball Adderley | ||||
Released | October 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | June 13–14, 1968 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | David Axelrod | |||
Cannonball Adderley chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [2] |
Accent on Africa is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.[3][4]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars and states "this is one of the best and most overlooked of the Cannonball Adderley Capitols, a rumbling session that bursts with the joy of working in an unfamiliar yet vital rhythmic context".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated
- "Ndolima" (Joe Zawinul) – 3:48
- "Hamba Nami" – 3:32
- "Khutsana" – 3:58
- "Up and At It" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:36
- "Gumba" – 5:25
- "Marabi" – 2:50
- "Gun-Jah" – 4:16
- "Lemadima" – 3:38
- Recorded in San Francisco, CA on September 23 (tracks 2–4) & October 7 (tracks 1 & 5–8), 1968
Personnel
- Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (3, 4, 6), soprano saxophone (1, 3, 7, 8), varitone (2, 5)
- Nat Adderley – cornet
- H.B. Barnum – arranger, conductor
- Unidentified brass, reeds and vocals
- Unknown – piano, harpsichord
- Carol Kaye – guitar
- Ray Brown – bass
- Earl Palmer - drums
- Unknown – percussion
References
- v
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- Presenting Cannonball
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
- Julian Cannonball Adderley and Strings
- In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley
- Sophisticated Swing
- Cannonball Enroute
- Cannonball's Sharpshooters
- Somethin' Else
- Portrait of Cannonball
- Jump for Joy
- Things Are Getting Better
- Blue Spring
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago
- Cannonball Takes Charge
- Them Dirty Blues
- Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
- Know What I Mean?
- African Waltz
- Plus
- Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
- Cannonball's Bossa Nova
- Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof
- Domination
- Great Love Themes
- Accent on Africa
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet & Orchestra
- Love, Sex, and the Zodiac
- Inside Straight
- Pyramid
- Phenix
- Lovers
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
- The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
- The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York
- Cannonball in Europe!
- Jazz Workshop Revisited
- Autumn Leaves
- Nippon Soul
- Cannonball Adderley Live!
- Live Session!
- Money in the Pocket
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club"
- Cannonball in Japan
- Radio Nights
- 74 Miles Away
- Why Am I Treated So Bad!
- In Person
- Country Preacher
- The Price You Got to Pay to Be Free
- The Happy People
- The Black Messiah
- Music You All
- Discoveries
- The Japanese Concerts