THE AFRICAN BEAT

ART BLAKEY

AND

THE AFRO-DRUM ENSEMBLE

ART BLAKEY, drums, tympani, gong, telegraph drum; SOLOMON G. ILORI, vocal, penny whistle, talking drum; CHIEF BEY, conga, telegraph dum, double gong; MONTEGO JOE, bambara drum, double gong, corboro drum, log drum; GARVIN MASSEAUX, chekere, African maracas, conga; YUSEF LATEEF, oboe, flute tenor sax, cow horn, thumb piano; AHMED ABDUL-MALIK, bass.

1. Prayer by Solomon G. Ilori
2. IFE L'AYO
(There Is Happiness in Love)
(Solomon Ilori)
3. ORBIRIN AFRICAN
(Woman Of Africa)
(Garvin Masseaux)
4. Love, The Mystey Of (Guu Warren)
5. ERO TI NR'OJEJE
(Solomom G. Ilori)
6. AYIKO, AYIKO
(Welcome, Welcome My Darling)
(Solomom G. Ilori)
7. TOBU ILu (James H. Bey)

Recorded January 24, 1962