Blue Note
The African Beat
| Recorded | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84097 |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
| Discogs | master 176743 |
The record
Percussion is the architecture here rather than the accompaniment. Chief Bey, Montego Joe, Robert Crowder, James Ola Folami and Garvin Masseaux ring Art Blakey with bata, log drum, chekere and double gong, while Solomon G. Ilori sings and works a talking drum. Yusef Lateef carries most of the melody, moving between oboe, flute, tenor and kalimba, with Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass. Blue Note BST 84097.
Tracks
- Prayer By Solomon G. Ilori
- Ife L'Ayo (There Is Happiness In Love)
- Obirin African (Woman Of Africa)
- Love, The Mystery Of
- Ero Ti Nr'ojeje
- Ayiko Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling)
- Tobi Ilu
Session personnel
- Reid Miles — Artwork By [Design]
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik — Bass
- Robert Crowder — Bata, Congas
- James Ola Folami — Congas
- Chief Bey — Congas, Drums [Telegraph Drum], Percussion [Double Gong]
- Montego Joe — Drums [Bambara Drum, Log Drum, Corboro Drum], Percussion [Double Gong]
- Art Blakey — Drums, Timpani, Gong, Drums [Telegraph Drum]
- Yusef Lateef — Oboe, Flute, Saxophone [Tenor], Horns [Cow Horn], Kalimba
- Garvin Masseaux — Percussion [Chekere], Maracas [African Maracas], Congas
- Francis Wolff — Photography By
- Alfred Lion — Producer
- Solomon G. Ilori — Vocals, Whistle [Penny Whistle], Talking Drum
- Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1962 US mono BLP 4097 on Blue Note with deep groove both sides, RVG stamp, Plastylite ear and a laminated sleeve. Same-year variants include a deep-groove-side-one mono and a stereo 84097 with the ear but no groove, so the groove count is what separates them. Stereo BST 84097 represses start in 1966; nothing later than the 1991 Japanese BN 4097 is listed.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 32 pressings on file.
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove both sides earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · 84097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Non-Deep Groove · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove side 1 · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove side 1, "VAN GELDER" both sides. · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4097 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1994 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4097 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22666 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22666 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 2005 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6507 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2019 | Blue Note · UCCQ-9535 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · BST-84097 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Reid Miles also plays on
Ahmed Abdul-Malik also plays on
Robert Crowder also plays on