''Mapenzi'' is a studio album by American jazz musician

Harold Land Harold de Vance Land (December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001) was an American hard bop and post-bop tenor saxophonist. Land developed his hard bop playing with the Max Roach/ Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style, often rivalling Cliffor ...

and

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...

quintet. The album was released in 1977 by Concord label.

Reception

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awarded the album 4½ stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating "this is an excellent example of 1977 hard bop".Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Harold Land except as indicated'' # "Mapenzi" - 5:15 # "Rapture" - 5:08 # "Habiba" (

Kirk Lightsey Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (born February 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Biography Lightsey had piano instruction from the age of five and studied piano and clarinet through high school. After service in the Army, Lights ...

) - 10:19 # "Blue Silver" (Blue Mitchell) - 4:58 # "Everything's Changed" (Kirk Lightsey) - 5:13 # "Inner Voice" - 6:08 # "Tres Senderos" - 5:29 *Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on April 14, 1977.

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

, flugelhorn *

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* Reggie Johnson - bass * Albert Heath -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control Concord Records albums Blue Mitchell albums Harold Land albums 1977 albums Albums produced by Carl Jefferson