''Twelve Tribes'' is an album by the American musician
Richard Souther
Richard Douglas Trowbridge Souther is an American keyboardist who played on several albums of contemporary Christian and chant-based music. He also placed an album in the Top 10 of ''Billboard's'' New Age Albums chart.
In the mid to late 1970s, ...
, released in 1990 on the Narada Equinox label.
Reception
In a contemporaneous review, Jim Aikin described the album as "terrific". He also noted that "Souther's compositional touch is unfaltering", giving specific praise to the "Compañero" track.
[Aikin, Jim, "In Review" ''Keyboard'' Volume 17, Number 7 (Issue #181) May 1991, page 17]
Linda Kohanov's review at AllMusic noted a "marked evolution in style" from previous albums, and commented that "Souther's creative use of ethnic rhythms and instruments adds a new level of sophistication to his accessibility".
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AllMusic review
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Track listing
(all songs written by Richard Souther except as noted)
#City Lights/Western Sky - 4:19
#Simple Joys - 4:13
#Trade Winds - 5:15
#Native Shores - 2:50
#Compañero (Richard Souther / Eric Persing) - 3:55
#Go The Distance - 3:31
#Twelve Tribes - 4:36
#All in Good Time - 4:54
#The Summit - 5:21
#Hands Held Apart - 3:17
Personnel
*Richard Souther
Richard Douglas Trowbridge Souther is an American keyboardist who played on several albums of contemporary Christian and chant-based music. He also placed an album in the Top 10 of ''Billboard's'' New Age Albums chart.
In the mid to late 1970s, ...
- piano, synthesizers, samplers
*Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...
- bass
* Efrain Toro - percussion
*Justo Almario
Justo Pastor Almario Gómez (born 18 February 1949) is a Colombian-born, Los Angeles-based flutist, saxophonist and Latin jazz group leader. "Justo Almario: saxophonist, originally from Colombia, who has performed with Freddy Hubbard, Poncho Sanche ...
- saxophone
*Steve Tavaglione
Steve Tavaglione, sometimes known as "Tav", is a woodwind and EWI musician best known for his work as a co-founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo del Barrio, his work with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John Pi ...
- EWI, violin
*Randy Mitchell - guitar
References
External links
Richard Souther/Twelve Tribes at AllMusicRichard Souther/Twelve Tribes at Discogs
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1990 albums
Narada Productions albums