Accent on Africa is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded in 1968 for the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley and unidentified percussion section, vocalists, and big band.(by wikipedia)
Though labeled as a Cannonball Adderley Quintet session, this is actually a workout with a percussion section loaded with African drums, a big band, and in spots, voices — all unidentified. Nevertheless, 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. Cannonball turns in one of his swinging-est solos through a Varitone electronic attachment on Caiphus Semenya’s “Gumba Gumba” and “Marabi” is a real hip-jiggler; you can’t sit still through it. Other highlights include Cannon preaching blue smoke in his own Afro-Cuban-blues-flavored “Hamba Nami,” a dignified trip through Wes Montgomery’s “Up and At It,” and Nat Adderley’s commanding work on cornet at all times. (by Richard S. Ginell)
Personnel:
Cannonball Adderley (saxophone, varitone)
Nat Adderley (cornet)
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a bunch of unknown musicians
Tracklist:
01. Ndo Lima (Zawinul) 3.48
02. Hamba Nami (C.Adderley) 3.32
03. Khutsana (C.Adderley) 3.58
04. Up And At It (Montgomery) – 3:36
05. Gumba (C.Adderley) 5.25
06. Marabi (C.Adderley) 2.50
07. Gun-Jah (C.Adderley) 4.16
08. Lemadima (C.Adderley) 3.38
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