- free jazz
- 35 min
- 4 tracks
- BYG Records
Homage to Africa is an album by American free jazz drummer Sunny Murray. It was recorded in Paris in August 1969, and released on the BYG Actuel label in 1970. On the album, Murray is joined by saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell, Archie Shepp and Kenneth Terroade, trumpeter Lester Bowie, cornetist Clifford Thornton, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, vocalist Jeanne Lee, pianist Dave Burrell, bassist Alan Silva, and percussionists Malachi Favors, Earl Freeman, and Arthur Jones.
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Character
Grave, character-led, earnest and prestige.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1Suns of Africa, Part 115:15
- A2Suns of Africa, Part 22:40
- B1R.I.P.10:35
- B2Unity6:55
4 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sunny Murray
- Label
- BYG Records
- Released
- 1970
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- FR
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