''Accent on Africa'' is an album by

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saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the

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label featuring performances by Adderley with

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.Cannonball Adderley discography
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Reception

The

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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.

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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" (

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) – 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),

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(2, 5) *

– cornet *

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– arranger, conductor * Unidentified

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, reeds and vocals * Unknown – piano, harpsichord * Carol Kaye – guitar * Ray Brown – bass *

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- drums * Unknown – percussion

References

{{Authority control 1968 albums Capitol Records albums Cannonball Adderley albums Albums produced by David Axelrod (musician) Albums arranged by H. B. Barnum Albums conducted by H. B. Barnum