African River

African River
Studio album by
Abdullah Ibrahim
Released1989
RecordedJune 1, 1989
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length45:07
LabelEnja[1]
ProducerAbdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim chronology
Blues for a Hip King
(1988) 		African River
(1989) 		No Fear, No Die
(1990)

African River is a 1989 album by South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim..[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

The AllMusic reviewer praised the album, commenting: "more important than the individual players are the colorful ensembles and the frequently memorable compositions".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "absolutely superb and a vivid extension of the kind of arrangements Ibrahim had attempted on African Space Program".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Toi-Toi" – 3:27
  2. "African River" – 9:44
  3. "Joan – Capetown Flower" – 5:46
  4. "Chisa" – 4:24
  5. "Sweet Samba" – 5:52
  6. "Duke 88" – 8:27
  7. "The Wedding" – 3:54
  8. "The Mountain Of The Night" – 3:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley; Charles Alexander (19 December 2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. ISBN 9780312278700 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Sterling, Cheryl (18 March 2019). Transnational Trills in the Africana World. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527531536 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Ekaya / Abdullah Ibrahim: African River". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Album Reviews : *** ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & EKAYA "African River" Enja : ** 1/2 VARIOUS ARTISTS "African Horns" Kaz Import : Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic)". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 1990.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 558. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.


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