Randy Weston • The Spirits of Our Ancestors

 

The Spirits of Our Ancestors is a studio album by jazz pianist Randy Weston, recorded in May 1991 at BMG Studios in New York and released in 1992 on the Antilles/Verve label. The album is a collaborative work between Weston and arranger Melba Liston and features an expanded ensemble including major jazz figures such as Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Dewey Redman and Idris Muhammad. The concept of the recording was to celebrate African musical roots and honor musical ancestors, blending African, Moroccan and American jazz traditions.

 

Tracks
CD 1
1 - African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 1 – 3:21
2 - The Healers – 10:48
3 - African Cookbook – 17:17
4 - La Elaha-Ella Allah / Morad Allah – 6:43
5 - The Call – 6:12
CD 2
1 - African Village Bedford-Stuyvesant 2 – 8:30
2 - The Seventh Queen – 16:29
3 - Blue Moses – 12:01
4 - African Sunrise – 19:54
5 - A Prayer for Us All – 5:16 


Credits
Randy Weston – piano
Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Benny Powell – trombone, bass trombone
Talib Kibwe – alto saxophone, alto flute
Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, gaita
Alex Blake – bass
Jamil Nasser – bass
Idris Muhammad – drums
Azzedin Weston – percussion
Big Black – percussion
Yassir Chadly – percussion, karkaba, vocals
Melba Liston – arranger
Talib Kibwe – musical director
Jean-Philippe Allard, Brian Bacchus – producers
Jay Newland – engineer 

Label: Antilles / Verve
Catalog number: 314-511 896-2
Recorded: May 20-22, 1991, BMG Studios, New York
Released: 1992
Genre: Jazz / African Jazz / Post-Bop

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