Album: Afro
Afro is an Afro-Cuban, jazz hybrid album by Dizzy Gillespie that was released in 1954.
According to Mark Smotroff at Analog Planet, “Afro is in some ways part of a trilogy of albums produced by Norman Granz exploring the then-emerging genre, the first being Machito’s Afro-Cuban Suite in 1950, with Charlie Parker, Chino Pozo, and Mario Bauzá.”
The Track List for the album is Manteca, Contraste, Guarachi Guaro, Afrosamba, Ool-Ya-Koo, Jungla and Rhumba Finale.
Further information about the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin experience is found here.
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Other musicians on the recording are Gilbert Valdez (flute), Quincy Jones (trumpet), Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Leon Comegys (trombone), J. J. Johnson (trombone), George Matthews (trombone), George Dorsey (alto sax), Hilton Jefferson (alto sax), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Lucky Thompson (tenor sax), Danny Bank (baritone sax), Réne Hernandez (piano), Lou Hackney (bass), Roberto Rodríguez (bass), Charlie Persip (drums), Cándido Camero (congas), Mongo Santamaria (congas), José Mangual (bongos), Ubaldo Nieto (timbales), Ralph Miranda (percussion) and Chico O'Farrill (arranger).
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Afro - Dizzy Gillespie 1954
