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The African Beat
By Art Blakey
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Prayer by Solomon G. Ilori; Ife L
Article: Album Review
Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat
by Jim Santella
Bridging cultures, Art Blakey combined powerful African rhythms and American jazz melodies on a session that Blue Note reissued recently because the album explores roots common to all of jazz. Blakey’s ensemble for this 1962 project included artists from both worlds: Solomon G. Ilori and James Ola. Folami are from Nigeria, Chief Bey is from Senegal, ...
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