Album US 1953 on Tempo label
Jazz, Latin, Folk, World and (African, Hindustani, Mambo, Pacific, Batucada)
From distant French Equatorial Africa — from the far Cameroons and Angola — from the East Coast of Brazil — from Tanganyika — Yemen and Saudi Arabia — from the Island of Zanzibar to the Society Islands — Pakistan and far-off Nepal come these authentic PERCUSSION Native THEMES — captured and preserved for all times by Thurston Knudson, Supreme Master of the Drums — brilliantly recorded by the new Super Sound Process in true audio fidelity.
![]() | Thurston Knudson dr, voc, US vocals, native chants, drums, bare hand solo on 5 drums, album by |
![]() | Paul Toenniges bass |
![]() | Ben Kantor cl, clarinet, alto saxophone, piccolo flute |
![]() | Milt Holland perc, dr, 1917-2005 US drums, cymbal |
![]() | James Briggs flute, alto flute |
![]() | Brother Bones , maracas |
![]() | Gordon Schoneberg ob, oboe |
![]() | Don Ferris p, piano |
![]() | Jules Jacob , GB saxophone |
![]() | Joe Venuti vn, 1903-1978 US strings, string effects |
![]() | Francis Howard tb, trombone |
![]() | Lloyd Ulyate tb, 1927-2004 US trombone |
![]() | Cecil Read trumpet |
![]() | Paul Geil tr, trumpet |
![]() | Charles Opumui vocals, native chants |
![]() | Danny Stewart stg, vocals, native chants |
![]() | Sam Koki b, stg, vocals, native chants |
![]() | Ogden Nash , 1902-1971 US lyrics by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Modern Themes | Thurston Knudson | ||
2 | The Vamp | Thurston Knudson | Byron Gay | 3:05 |
3 | Yank In Kariachi | Thurston Knudson | Frank J. Worth | 3:08 |
4 | Speak Low | Thurston Knudson | Ogden Nash | 2:52 |
5 | Tahitian War Chant | Thurston Knudson | 2:45 | |
6 | Hymn To The Sun | Thurston Knudson | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 3:17 |
7 | Native Dagger Dance | Thurston Knudson | Frank J. Worth | 4:15 |
8 | N'Gomba Ruanda | Thurston Knudson | 4:03 | |
9 | Ju-Ju | Thurston Knudson | 2:16 | |
10 | Joruba Quimbombe | Thurston Knudson | 2:43 | |
11 | Warrior's Incantation | Thurston Knudson | Frank J. Worth | 2:42 |