The spirits of our ancestors / Randy Weston.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Weston, Randy, 1926-2018.

Contributor:

Big Black, 1934- performer.

Blake, Alex, performer.

Chadly, Yassir, performer.

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993, performer.

Harper, Billy, performer.

Kibwe, Talib, performer.

Liston, Melba, arranger of music.

Idrīs, Muḥammad, performer.

Nasser, Jamil, performer.

Powell, Benny, performer.

Redman, Dewey, performer.

Sanders, Pharoah, performer.

Sulieman, Idrees, performer.

Weston, Azzedin, performer.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Jazz music library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--1991-2000.

Jazz.

Piano music (Jazz).

Genre:

Piano music (Jazz)

Sound recordings.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Antilles, [1992]

Contents:

African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1 (3:16)

The healers (10:44)

African cookbook (17:13)

La Elaha-Ella Allah/Morad Allah (6:39)

The call (6:12)

African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2 (8:26)

The seventh queen (16:35)

Blue Moses (11:57)

African sunrise (19:50)

A prayer for us all (5:16).

Participant:

Randy Weston, piano ; Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet ; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone & gaita ; Idrees Sulieman, trumpet ; Benny Powell, trombones ; Talib Kibwe, alto saxophone & alto flute ; Billy Harper, tenor saxophone ; Dewey Redman, tenor saxophone ; Alex Blake, bass ; Jamil Nasser, bass ; Idris Muhammad, drums ; Big Black, percussion ; Azzedin Weston, percussion ; Yassir Chadly, genbri, karkaba, clapping & vocals.

Notes:

1st, 4th, and 10th works arr. by Yassir Chadly ; 8th work arr. by the composer ; all other works arr. by Melba Liston.

Antilles: 314-511 896-2 (314-511 897-2--314-511 898-2).

Eds. recorded: Tempo Music (5th work), Tarik Music/Mayflower Music (remaining works).

Jazz music.

Program notes in English, in part by the composer, and discography (17 p. : ill.).

The 4th work is a traditional song of the Gnaoua, healer-musicians of Morocco ; all other compositions by Randy Weston.

Recorded on May 20, 21 & 22, 1991 at BMG Studios, New York City.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

314-511 896-2

314-511 897-2

314-511 898-2

731451189623

OCLC:

689532505

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.