African Children
1978 studio album by Lester Bowie
African Children | ||||
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Studio album by Lester Bowie | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | April 16, 1978 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Horo | |||
Producer | Aldo Sinesio | |||
Lester Bowie chronology | ||||
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African Children is a double LP by Lester Bowie recorded for the Italian Horo label and released in 1978. It features performances by Bowie, Arthur Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers, Malachi Favors and Phillip Wilson.
Track listing
Side One
- "Amina" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 19:28
Side Two
- "Captain Courageous" -10:40
- "Tricky Slicky" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 10:32
Side Three
- "Chili MacDonald (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 20:00
Side Four
- "For Fela" – 20:16
- All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated
- Recorded on 16 April 1978 at Mama Dog Studio, Rome, Italy
Personnel
- Lester Bowie – trumpet
- Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
- Amina Claudine Myers – piano, vocals
- Malachi Favors – bass
- Phillip Wilson – drums
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Numbers 1 & 2 (1967)
- Gittin' to Know Y'All (1967)
- Fast Last! (1974)
- Rope-A-Dope (1975)
- Bugle Boy Bop (with Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 1977)
- African Children (1978)
- Duet (with Phillip Wilson, 1978)
- The Great Pretender (1981)
- All the Magic! (1982)
- Duet (with Nobuyoshi Ino, 1985)
- I Only Have Eyes for You (1985)
- Avant Pop (1986)
- Twilight Dreams (1987)
- Serious Fun (1989)
- My Way (1990)
- The Organizer (1991)
- Funky T. Cool T. (1991)
- The Fire This Time (1992)
- The Odyssey of Funk & Popular Music (1997)
- The 5th Power (1978)
- Live at the 6th Tokyo Music Joy (1990)