''Accent on Africa'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol Records, Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.Cannonball Adderley discography
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Reception

The Allmusic 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. [ Allmusic Review] 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" (Wes Montgomery) – 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), varitone (2, 5) * Nat Adderley – cornet * H.B. Barnum – arrangement (music), arranger, conductor * Unidentified brass instrument, brass, reed instrument, reeds and vocals * Unknown – piano, harpsichord * Carol Kaye – guitar * Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown – bass * Earl Palmer - 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