Accent on Africa
Studio album by
Cannonball Adderley
ReleasedOctober 1968[1]
RecordedJune 13–14, 1968
GenreJazz
LabelCapitol
ProducerDavid Axelrod
Cannonball Adderley chronology
In Person
(1968) 		Accent on Africa
(1968) 		Country Preacher
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Accent on Africa is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.[3][4]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars and states "this is one of the best and most overlooked of the Cannonball Adderley Capitols, a rumbling session that bursts with the joy of working in an unfamiliar yet vital rhythmic context".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated

  1. "Ndolima" (Joe Zawinul) – 3:48
  2. "Hamba Nami" – 3:32
  3. "Khutsana"  – 3:58
  4. "Up and At It" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:36
  5. "Gumba" – 5:25
  6. "Marabi" – 2:50
  7. "Gun-Jah" – 4:16
  8. "Lemadima" – 3:38
    • Recorded in San Francisco, CA on September 23 (tracks 2–4) & October 7 (tracks 1 & 5–8), 1968

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Billboard". October 19, 1968.
  2. ^ Allmusic Review
  3. ^ Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 28 October 2009
  4. ^ Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
  5. ^ Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed 28 October 2009
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