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Count Basie Orchestra
Afrique

Album US 1971 on Flying Dutchman label
Jazz (Big Band)

Kilimanjaro, Hobo Flats, Gypsy Queen, African Sunrise recorded 12/22/70. Step Right Up, Afrique, Love Flower, Japan recorded 12/23/70.

     
Musicians
PortraitCount Basie Orchestra , 1935-1950 US
album by
PortraitOliver Nelson ts, as, 1932-1975 US
alto saxophone, arranged by, conductor, written by
PortraitNorman Keenan b, cb, 1916-1980 US
bass
PortraitSonny Morgan dr, cwb,
bongos
PortraitRichard Landrum cng, perc, US
congas
PortraitHarold Jones dr, *1940 US
drums
PortraitJohn Williams b, *1941 US
electric bass
PortraitPaul Cohen tr,
flugelhorn, trumpet
PortraitPete Minger tr, fh, 1943-2000 US
flugelhorn, trumpet
PortraitSonny Cohn tr, 1925-2006 US
flugelhorn, trumpet
PortraitWaymon Reed tr, 1940-1983 US
flugelhorn, trumpet
PortraitHubert Laws fl, *1939 US
flute
PortraitFreddie Green g, 1911-1987 US
guitar
PortraitBuddy Lucas h, 1914-1983 US
harmonica
PortraitWarren Smith perc, dr, vib, *1934 US
marimba
PortraitCount Basie p, 1904-1984 US
piano
PortraitBill Adkins sax,
saxophone
PortraitBobby Plater sax, as, 1914-1982 US
saxophone
PortraitCecil Payne bs, 1922-2007 US
saxophone
PortraitEddie "Lockjaw" Davis ts, 1922-1986 US
saxophone
PortraitEric Dixon sax, ts, fl, 1930-1989 US
saxophone
PortraitRobert Ashton ts, cl,
tenor saxophone
PortraitBill Hughes tb, *1930 US
trombone
PortraitJohn Watson tb, *1937 US
trombone
PortraitMel Wanzo tb, 1930-2005 US
trombone
PortraitSteve Galloway tb, perc,
trombone
Producers
Raymond Ross cover, photography by
Bob Simpson engineer
Bob Thiele producer
Lillian Seyfert producer, assistant
Composers
Oliver Nelson
Gabor Szabo
Albert Ayler
Pharoah Sanders
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Step Right UpCount Basie OrchestraOliver Nelson6:25
2Hobo FlatsCount Basie OrchestraOliver Nelson6:10
3Gypsy QueenCount Basie OrchestraGabor Szabo5:25
4Love FlowerCount Basie OrchestraAlbert Ayler2:44
5AfriqueCount Basie OrchestraOliver Nelson3:15
6KilimanjaroCount Basie OrchestraOliver Nelson7:02
7African SunriseCount Basie OrchestraOliver Nelson5:07
8JapanCount Basie OrchestraPharoah Sanders4:58
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