Jazz Africa

Live album by Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso

Released

1987

Recorded

December 1986

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:17

Label

Polydor

Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso chronology

The Other Side of Round Midnight
(1986)

Jazz Africa
(1987)

Perfect Machine
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Jazz Africa is a live album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock and Gambian kora player Foday Musa Suso. The recording took place in Los Angeles, California's Wiltern Theatre as part of the 1986 concert series Jazzvisions. The performance was released on videotape and laserdisc with additional concert performances.^[1]

Track listing

"Kumbasora" – 6:15
"Debo" – 17:06
"Cigarette Lighter" – 13:05
"Jimbasing" – 7:51

All compositions by Foday Musa Soso

Recorded live at the Wiltern Theatre, LA in December 1986

Personnel

Herbie Hancock: keyboards
Foday Musa Suso: kora, vocals
Aïyb Dieng: percussion
Armando Peraza: percussion
Adam Rudolph: percussion
Joe Thomas: bass
Hamid Drake: drums, percussion
Abdul Hakeem: guitar

References

1 2 Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Jazzvisions: Jazz Africa - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

Herbie Hancock

Discography

Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions and Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1 + 1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project

Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Dedication Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago

with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of this World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective

with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It

with Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland	Parallel Realities

with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing

with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay

with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul

Compilations	Treasure Chest The Best of Herbie Hancock The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock

Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

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