UHURU AFRIKA Randy Weston/Langston Hughes Freedom Africa Roulette R-65001 Lp

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UHURU AFRIKA 
By Randy Weston / Langston Hughes

Record in very good condition, possibly unplayed; jacket with blind-stamped initials ("MA"), small hole punch and light edge and ring-wear, but otherwise in very good condition.

Artist: Randy Weston ?
Label: Roulette ?– R 65001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country: US
Released: May 1961
Genre: Jazz   Tracklist:
1st Movement A1 Introduction Written-By – Langston Hughes 2:38 A2 Uhuru Kwanza Written-By – Randy Weston 5:52 2nd Movement A3 African Lady Written-By – Hughes*, Weston* 8:35 3rd Movement B1 Bantu Written-By – Randy Weston 8:02 4th Movement B2 Kucheza Blues Written-By – Randy Weston 7:52 Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne, Sahib Shihab Alto Saxophone, Flute – Gigi Gryce Arranged By – Melba Liston Baritone Vocals – Brock Peters Bass – George Duvivier, Ron Carter Design, Photography By – Arnold Meyers Drums – Charlie Persip, G.T. Hogan*, Max Roach Flute, Guitar – Les Spann, Jr.* French Horn – Julius Watkins Guitar – Kenny Burrell Lyrics By – Langston Hughes Music By – Randy Weston Narrator – Tuntemeke Sanga Percussion – Armando Peraza, Babatunde Olatunji, Candido Producer – Teddy Reig Saxophone, Clarinet – Budd Johnson Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Jerome Richardson Soprano Vocals – Martha Flowers Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Oboe – Yusef Lateef Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson, Slide Hampton Trumpet – Benny Bailey, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams
Notes:
Uhuru Afrika (subtitled/translated as Freedom Africa) is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Roulette label. The album features lyrics and liner notes by the poet Langston Hughes and was banned in South Africa in 1964, at the same time as was Lena Horne's Here's Lena Now! (Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite had been the victim of an earlier banning order), with copies of the albums being seized in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Allmusic awarded the album 5 stars, stating: "Uhuru Afrika is one of the finest (and earliest) combinations of African rhythms with advanced jazz and it features Weston utilizing a 24-piece big band".

creditseleased July 1, 1981 All music by Storm Bugs, sleeve design by Yann Farcy of L'invitation au Suicide.

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