Accent on Africa is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.Cannonball Adderley discography accessed 28 October 2009Capitol Records discography accessed August 18, 2015
Reception The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars and states "this is one of the best and most overlooked of the Cannonball Adderley Capitols, a rumbling session that bursts with the joy of working in an unfamiliar yet vital rhythmic context".Ginell, R. S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed 28 October 2009
Track listing All compositions by Julian "Cannonball" Adderley except as indicated "Ndolima" (Joe Zawinul) – 3:48 "Hamba Nami" – 3:32 "Khutsana" – 3:58 "Up and At It" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:36 "Gumba" – 5:25 "Marabi" – 2:50 "Gun-Jah" – 4:16 "Lemadima" – 3:38 Recorded in San Francisco, CA on September 23 (tracks 2–4) & October 7 (tracks 1 & 5–8), 1968
Personnel Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone (3, 4, 6), soprano saxophone (1, 3, 7, 8), varitone (2, 5) Nat Adderley – cornet H.B. Barnum – arranger, conductor Unidentified brass, reeds and vocals Unknown – piano, harpsichord Carol Kaye – guitar Ray Brown – bassJapanese 2011 CD booklet notes, TOCJ-50202 (ST2987) Earl Palmer - drums Unknown – percussion
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