Companionship (album)

Companionship
Compilation album by Sahib Shihab
Released	1971
Recorded	1964-1970 Cologne, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	78:26
Label	Vogue Schallplatten LDVS 17243
Producer	Gigi Campi
Sahib Shihab chronology
Seeds (1968) Companionship (1964-70) Sentiments (1972)

Companionship (subtitled Jazz Joint 2) is a double album compiling recordings from 1964 to 1970 by American jazz saxophonist/flautist Sahib Shihab which was released on the German Vogue Schallplatten label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic gave the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Om Mani Padme Hum" (Francy Boland) - 5:41
2. "Bohemia After Dark" (Oscar Pettiford) - 3:40
3. "Companionship" (Sahib Shihab, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) - 3:33
4. "Stoned Ghosts" (Benny Bailey) - 5:04
5. "Jay - Jay" (Kenny Clarke) - 2:52
6. "Dijdar" (Jimmy Woode) - 4:24
7. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:05
8. "CT + CB" (Bailey) - 5:22
9. "The Turk's Bolero" (Boland) - 2:50
10. "Talk Some Yak-Ee-Dak" (Woode) - 3:32
11. "Calypso Blues" (Nat King Cole) - 4:07
12. "Balafon" (Boland) - 3:06
13. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel Herron) - 4:23
14. "Insensatez" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) - 2:42
15. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) - 4:39
16. "Yah-Yah Blues" (Shihab) - 4:01
17. "Serenata" (Leroy Anderson) - 3:26
18. "Just Give Me Time" (Boland) - 3:13
19. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:49
20. "Sconsolato" (Woode) - 2:30

Personnel

• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone, flute
• Benny Bailey - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 3, 4 & 8)
• Idrees Sulieman - trumpet (track 9)
• Åke Persson - trombone (tracks 6 & 9)
• Francy Boland - piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 14-20)
• Jimmy Woode - bass, vocals
• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Fats Sadi - vibraphone percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12 & 14-20)
• Joe Harris - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 11, 12 & 14-20)
• Milt Jackson - vocals (track 13)

References