Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble - The African Beat
  • Author: Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble
  • Album: Drum Ensemble - The African Beat
  • Size: 1286 mb
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
  • Label: Blue Note ‎– BN 4097, Blue Note ‎– BST 84097, Blue Note ‎– ST-84097, Blue Note ‎– 84097
    Series: Blue Note The 4000 Series Collection – 96
    Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
    Country: Japan
    Date of released: 26 Apr 1991
    Category: Jazz
    Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz
Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble - The African Beat

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Tracklist

A1 Prayer By Solomon G. Ilori 0:51
A2 Ife L'Ayo (There Is Happiness In Love) 7:51
A3 Obirin African (Woman Of Africa) 3:22
A4 Love, The Mystery Of 8:03
B1 Ero Ti Nr'ojeje 9:37
B2 Ayiko Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) 9:27
B3 Tobi Ilu 6:24

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Capitol Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
  • Licensed From – Capitol Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Artwork By [Design] – Reid Miles
  • Bass – Ahmed Abdul-Malik
  • Bata, Congas – Robert Crowder
  • Congas – James Ola Folami
  • Congas, Drums [Telegraph Drum], Percussion [Double Gong] – Chief Bey
  • Drums [Bambara Drum, Log Drum, Corboro Drum], Percussion [Double Gong] – Montego Joe
  • Drums, Timpani, Gong, Drums [Telegraph Drum] – Art Blakey
  • Oboe, Flute, Saxophone [Tenor], Horns [Cow Horn], Kalimba – Yusef Lateef
  • Percussion [Chekere], Maracas [African Maracas], Congas – Garvin Masseaux
  • Photography By – Francis Wolff
  • Producer – Alfred Lion
  • Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
  • Timpani – Curtis Fuller
  • Vocals, Whistle [Penny Whistle], Talking Drum – Solomon G. Ilori

Notes

Comes with Obi strip and foldout insert.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A [Label]): BNST 84097-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B [Label]): BNST 84097-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A [Stamped]): BNST-84097-A 1S A 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B [Stamped]): BNST-84097-B 1S A 1

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
BLP 4097 Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble The African Beat ‎(LP, Mono) Blue Note BLP 4097 US 1962
BST 84097 Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble The African Beat ‎(LP) Blue Note BST 84097 Unknown
BST 84097, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097 Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble The African Beat ‎(LP, RE) Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note BST 84097, BLP-4097 / 84097, 84097 US 1976
BST 84097-U Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble The African Beat ‎(LP, Album, RE) Blue Note BST 84097-U France Unknown
BLP 4097/84097 Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble The African Beat ‎(LP) Blue Note BLP 4097/84097 US Unknown


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