Middle Passage
by Ginger Baker
- Type: Album
- Released: 1990
- Label: Axiom
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 35:25
- Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Bill Laswell, 'Middle Passage' finds the legendary Cream drummer exploring intricate, global rhythms alongside musicians like Jah Wobble and Nicky Skopelitis. The dense, atmospheric fusion heavily incorporates North African and Middle Eastern percussion traditions into a mesmerizing, world-jazz journey.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion
Tracklist
- Mektoub (7:07)
- Under The Black Skies (6:58)
- Time Be Time (5:02)
- Alamout (5:49)
- Basil (5:23)
- South To The Dust (5:04)
Credits
- Ginger Baker - primary artist, drums, written-by
- Jah Wobble - bass, written-by
- Nicky Skopelitis - guitar, sitar, banjo, synthesizer [fairlight], written-by
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek - ney, zurna
- Bernie Worrell - organ
- Aiyb Dieng - percussion
- Magette Fall - percussion
- Mar Gueye - percussion