Afrikan Song
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| Afrikan Song | |
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| Studio album by Famoudou Don Moye and Enoch Williamson with the Sun Percussion Summit & More | |
| Released | 1996 |
| Recorded | 1995 and 1996 |
| Studio | Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago, Illinois |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 1:04:04 |
| Label | AECO Records 3009 Southport Records 3009 |
Afrikan Song is an album by percussionists Famoudou Don Moye and Enoch Williamson. It was recorded in 1995 and 1996 at Sparrow Sound Design in Chicago, Illinois, and was released on CD in 1996 by AECO Records, a label founded by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Southport Records. On the album, Moye and Williamson are joined by members of a group called Sun Percussion Summit & More.[1][2][3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
In a review for Jazz Times, Willard Jenkins called the album "an organic recording preaching, teaching, and celebrating the Motherland," and wrote: "this recording is in the manner of a percussion discussion on Africana... The imagery is rife on this outing."[5]
Writing for the Chicago Tribune, Howard Reich commented: "the recording evokes distant eras in the pre-history of jazz. The intricate African rhythms and polyrhythms, fervent passages of solo and ensemble chant and astonishing array of percussion color offer a world of sound rarely heard on recordings... these artists say a great deal about the flow of black music through the ages. By any measure, a haunting and indelible recording."[6]