The African Beat

The African Beat Artist: Art Blakey
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724352266623
EAN: 0724352266623
ASIN: B000042OQV


Release Date: 2000-01-25

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Tracks:

  1. Prayer
  2. Ife L'ayo (There Is Happiness In Love)
  3. Obirin African (Woman Of Africa)
  4. Love, The Mystery Of
  5. Ero Ti Nr'ojeje
  6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling)
  7. Tobi Ilu

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Long lost friend finally found.......2002-04-17

In the mid-60's, my college roomate and I would let his reel-to-reel tape deck run overnite, recording the late night jazz station out of New York. One morning as we reviewed the recordings we heard a fantastic song only identified by the D.J. as "The Prayer" by Art Blakey. Many years later, when CDs began to appear, I starting looking for such a recording to no avail. Then as search engines became available, I continued to search.
For some reason, I was never able to find what I was looking for.
I told my office mate about this and when I came in to work this morning, he said he thought he had located what I was looking for. I brought it up and listened to a sample. BRAVO!!!!
What I actually had recorded was Prayer followed by Ife L'Ayo.
The one minute sample was as fantastic as I had remembered. Needless to say the album is now on the way to my home....

5 out of 5 stars Remarkable!.......2000-05-12

Hats off to Blakey for assembling this intense drum ensemble. This is perhaps the first jazz record that I know of that successfully combined authentic african rhythms in a jazz setting. The album opens with a traditinal Nigerian prayer spoken in native tongue by Solomon G. Ilori. This prayer sets the stage for what follows; a diverse, engaging, authentic musical experience that travels from Nigeria to Senegal to Jamaica and back to America employing a vast array of percussion instruments and the immense talents of Yusef Lateef. Highly recommended.

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