Afrique (album)

Afrique
Afrique
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1971
Recorded	December 22 & 23, 1970
Studio	RCA Studio A, New York
Genre	Jazz/Swing
Length	37:36
Label	Flying Dutchman
Producer	Bob Thiele
Count Basie chronology

Afrique is a 1971 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson released by the Flying Dutchman label^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "In late 1970, more than 35 years into his career as a bandleader, Count Basie, working with producer Bob Thiele and arranger/conductor/saxman Oliver Nelson, went into the studio and cut this album of big band blues built on recent compositions -- and they made it sound cutting-edge and as urgent as anything the man had ever turned his talent toward. ... Afrique is one of a handful of absolutely essential post-big band-era albums by him".^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Oliver Nelson except where noted

"Step Right Up" – 4:15
"Hobo Flats" – 6:13
"Gypsy Queen" – 4:00 (Gabor Szabo)
"Love Flower" – 2:53 (Albert Ayler)
"Afrique" – 3:06
"Kilimanjaro" – 6:52
"African Sunrise" – 5:11
"Japan" – 5:05 (Pharoah Sanders)

Personnel[]

The Count Basie Orchestra

- alto sax
- alto, baritone & tenor sax, flute
Count Basie - organ, piano
Paul Cohen - trumpet, flugelhorn
- trumpet, flugelhorn
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor sax
Eric Dixon - flute, tenor sax
Steven Galloway - trombone
Freddie Green - guitar
Bill Hughes - trombone
Harold Jones - drums
Norman Keenan - bass
- percussion
Hubert Laws - flute
Buddy Lucas - harmonica
Pete Minger - trumpet, flugelhorn
- bongos
Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor, tenor sax
Bobby Plater - alto sax, flute
Cecil Payne - baritone sax, flute
Waymon Reed - trumpet, flugelhorn
- drums, percussion, vibes
Mel Wanzo - trombone
John Watson - trombone
John Williams - bass

References[]

^ Jazzlists: Flying Dutchman 10100 series discography, accessed November 11, 2019
^ Both Sides Now: Flying Dutchman Label Discography, accessed November 11, 2019
^ Payne, D. Oliver Nelson: A Discography 1967-1975, accessed November 11, 2019
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Eder, Bruce. Count Basie: Afrique – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[1] Jazzlists: Flying Dutchman 10100 series discography, accessed November 11, 2019

[BSN-2] Both Sides Now: Flying Dutchman Label Discography, accessed November 11, 2019

[3] Payne, D. Oliver Nelson: A Discography 1967-1975, accessed November 11, 2019

[AllMusic-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Eder, Bruce. Count Basie: Afrique – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 20. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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1961–1970	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (with Duke Ellington) (1961, Columbia) The Legend (1961, Roulette) Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan (with Sarah Vaughan) (1961, Roulette) Basie at Birdland (live) (1961, Roulette) On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1963) Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First (with Frank Sinatra) (1962, Reprise) Li'l Ol' Groovemaker...Basie! (1963, Verve) This Time by Basie! (1963, Verve) Ella and Basie! (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1963, Verve) Basie Land (1964, Verve) It Might as Well Be Swing (with Frank Sinatra) (1964, Reprise) Basie Picks the Winners (1965, Verve) Our Shining Hour (with Sammy Davis Jr.) (1965, Verve) Arthur Prysock and Count Basie (with Arthur Prysock) (1965, Verve) Basie's Beatle Bag (1965, Verve) Broadway Basie's...Way (1966, Command) Basie Meets Bond (1966, United Artists) Hollywood...Basie's Way (1966, Command) Sinatra at the Sands (live, with Frank Sinatra) (1966, Reprise) Basie's Beat (1967, Verve) Half a Sixpence (1967, Dot) The Board of Directors (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) The Board of Directors Annual Report (with The Mills Brothers) (1968, Dot) Basie Straight Ahead (1969, Dot) Standing Ovation (1969, Dot) Afrique (1970, RCA Victor)
1971–1980	Bing 'n' Basie (with Bing Crosby) (Daybreak, 1972) Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (live) (1972, Pablo) The Bosses (with Big Joe Turner) (1973, Pablo) Basie Big Band (1975, Pablo) Fun Time (1975, Pablo) I Told You So (1976, Pablo) Prime Time (1977, Pablo) Montreux '77 (live) (1977, Pablo) Live in Japan '78 (live) (1978, Pablo) On the Road (1979, Pablo) Digital III at Montreux (live) (1979, Pablo) A Classy Pair (with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) A Perfect Match (live, with Ella Fitzgerald) (1979, Pablo) Kansas City Shout (1980, Pablo)
1981–1990	Warm Breeze (1981, Pablo) Send in the Clowns (Sarah Vaughan) (1981, Pablo) Farmer's Market Barbecue (1982, Pablo) 88 Basie Street (1983, Pablo) Me and You (1983, Pablo) Fancy Pants (final album with Count Basie) (1983, Pablo) Long Live the Chief (1987, Denon) Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra (live, with Diane Schuur) (1987, GRP) The Legend, the Legacy (1990, Denon)
1991–2000	The George Benson Big Boss Band featuring The Count Basie Orchestra (1991, Warner Bros.) The Count Basie Orchestra Live at El Morocco (1992, Telarc) Joe Williams and the Count Basie Orchestra (1993, Telarc) Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: The Count Basie Orchestra (1997, Blue Jackel) At Long Last (with Rosemary Clooney) (1998, Concord) Count Plays Duke (1998, MAMA) Swing Shift (1999, MAMA)
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