Uhuru Afrika
by Randy Weston
- Type: Album
- Released: April 1961
- Label: Roulette
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:45
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A monumental conceptual suite celebrating the wave of African independence movements, 'Uhuru Afrika' features lyrics by Langston Hughes and complex arrangements by Melba Liston. Randy Weston utilizes a massive ensemble to seamlessly integrate traditional African polyrhythms with advanced progressive jazz orchestration.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, orchestral, suite, piano, vocal, political
Tracklist
- 1st Movement: Introduction (2:43)
- 1st Movement: Uhuru Kwanza (5:53)
- 2nd Movement: African Lady (8:41)
- 3rd Movement: Bantu (8:22)
- 4th Movement: Kucheza Blues (8:05)
Credits
- Randy Weston - piano
- Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Benny Bailey - trumpet
- Richard Williams - trumpet
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Slide Hampton - trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
- Quentin Jackson - trombone
- Julius Watkins - french horn
- Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, flute
- Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
- Sahib Shihab - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone, piccolo
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
- Les Spann - guitar, flute
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- George Duvivier - bass
- Ron Carter - bass
- Max Roach - drums, percussion
- Charlie Persip - drums, percussion
- Wilbert Hogan - drums
- Candido Camero - congas
- Babatunde Olatunji - percussion
- Armando Peraza - bongos
- Martha Flowers - vocals
- Brock Peters - vocals
- Tuntemeke Sanga - narrator
- Melba Liston - arranger