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Bantu Village

Recorded	May 22-23, 1969
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84324
Released	1969
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 344217

The record

A 1969 session thick with percussion -- twin drummers, dual congas, a crowded rhythm section pushing Latin-tinged grooves under Mitchell's horn. Far removed from his Riverside blowing dates, it catches Blue Note chasing the moment's popular currents.

Session personnel

William Green — alto saxophone, flute
Bob West — bass
Wilton Felder — bass
Alan Estes — congas
King Errisson — congas
John Guerin — drums
Paul Humphrey — drums
Buddy Collette — flute
Albert Vescovo — guitar
Freddie Robinson — guitar
Dee Ervin — percussion, piano
Monk Higgins — percussion, piano
Plas Johnson — tenor saxophone
Charles Loper — trombone
Blue Mitchell — trumpet
Bobby Bryant — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1969	Blue Note · BST 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, All Disc Press. earliest on file
1969	Blue Note · BST 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969	Blue Note · BST 84324 K — Vinyl, LP, Album
1969	Blue Note · BLC 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1969	Blue Note · BST 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Blue Note · BNTJ(M) 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album
2007	Blue Note · BST 84324 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Scorpio
2011	Soul Brother Records (3) · CD SBCS 47 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2011	Clinck Records · CRCD3271 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2019	Blue Note · UCCQ-9566 — CD, Album, Reissue
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