1973 studio album by Albert Heath
Kwanza (The First) Albert Heath featuring performances recorded in 1973 and originally released on the Muse label.[1] [2]
Reception Andrew Gilbert of KQED says, "Kwanza captures a mid-career master with a long-established reputation as one of the most eloquent and adaptable drummers in jazz ... Heath wasn’t content to organize an all-star jam session. He’d been collaborating and studying composition with multi-instrumental explorer Yusef Lateef , and he used Kwanza to investigate some of the chamber music concepts he’d been working on".[3] [4]
Track listing All compositions by Albert Heath, except Oops! by Percy Heath.
"Tafadhali" – 6:56
"A Notion" – 5:29
"Dr. JEH" – 6:22
"Dunia" – 4:01
"Oops!" – 6:33
"Sub-Set" – 10:11 Personnel References
^ Muse LP series discography: 5000 to 5049 accessed January 9, 2017^ Albert Heath discography , accessed January 9, 2017^ Gilbert, A., Tootie Heath’s ‘Kwanza’: A Reissue That Deserves Another Spin accessed August 2, 2015
^ Myer, E., Jazz Views Review , accessed January 9, 2017
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader WithArt Farmer WithMilt Jackson With
That's Right! Nat Adderley , 1960)Up with Donald Byrd Regeneration Stanley Cowell , 1975)Miles Davis Volume 2 Kenny Dorham Quintet Showboat Kenny Dorham , 1960)Black Drops Charles Earland , 1970)Soul Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1961)Smokin' The Quota Red Garland , 1971)Kwanza (The First) Albert Heath , 1973)Homecoming! Elmo Hope , 1961)Hub Cap Freddie Hubbard , 1961)Jay Hawk Talk Carmell Jones , 1965)The Soul Society Sam Jones , 1960)The Chant Down Home Latin Mann Blue Soul Blue Mitchell , 1959)A Sure Thing MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Keep Swingin' Julian Priester , 1960)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)Music Inc. Charles Tolliver , 1970)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)Turned to Blue Nancy Wilson , released 2006)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
Albums
You Had Better Listen Jimmy Owens , 1967)Sunset to Dawn Peruvian Blue In Tandem Ted Dunbar , 1975)Lucifer Innocence Together Tommy Flanagan , 1978)Golden Lotus Kenny Barron at the Piano Imo Live Spiral Green Chimneys 1+1+1 Autumn in New York Landscape Scratch The Red Barron Duo Red Mitchell , 1986)Two as One Buster Williams , 1986)What If? Live at Fat Tuesdays Rhythm-a-Ning John Hicks , 1989)Invitation Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten The Only One Confirmation Barry Harris , 1991)Lemuria-Seascape The Moment Quickstep Sambao Other Places Wanton Spirit Swamp Sally Mino Cinelu , 1995)Things Unseen Live at Bradley's Live at Bradley's II Night and the City Charlie Haden , 1996)Spirit Song Canta Brasil Freefall Regina Carter , 2000)Images Super Standard The Traveler Minor Blues Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights The Art of Conversation Dave Holland , 2014)Book of Intuition Concentric Circles Without Deception Dave Holland , 2020)The Source Member ofSphere WithBill WithRon WithStan WithDizzy WithFreddie WithYusef WithJames WithBuddy With
Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein Karrin Allyson , 2015)Live at the Blue Note Franco Ambrosetti , 1992)Mustang Curtis Amy , 1967)Old Bottles - New Wine Ray Anderson , 1985)The Best Thing for You Chet Baker , 1977)You Can't Go Home Again Studio Trieste Chet Baker and Hubert Laws , 1982)Bad Benson George Benson , 1974)Code Red Cindy Blackman , 1990)The Oracle Shining Hour Larry Coryell , 1989)Quicksand Ted Curson , 1974)Continuum Ray Drummond , 1994)Booker 'n' Brass Booker Ervin , 1967)Tex Book Tenor All That Jazz Ella Fitzgerald , 1989)Awakening Sonny Fortune , 1975)Two for the Blues Frank Foster and Frank Wess , 1983)Frankly Speaking Tiger in the Rain Michael Franks , 1978)Man & Woman George Freeman , 1974)Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard Jim Hall , 1996)Light and Lively Louis Hayes , 1989)Una Max The Gap Sealer Albert Heath , 1972)Kwanza (The First) Jimmy Heath , 1973)Now! Bobby Hutcherson , 1969)In the Vanguard New Agenda Elvin Jones , 1975)Time Capsule The Bassist! Sam Jones , 1979)We're Goin' Up Eric Kloss , 1967)Jazz Nocturne Lee Konitz , 1992)Number Two Express Christian McBride , 1995)Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown Helen Merrill , 1995)Never Never Land Jane Monheit , 2000)Peace and Rhythm Idris Muhammad , 1971)A Time for Love Arturo Sandoval , 2010)This Bud's for You... Bud Shank , 1984)Solid Woody Shaw , 1986)Kamau Charles Sullivan , 1995)Pure Dynamite Buddy Terry , 1972)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Jazz French Horn Tom Varner , 1985)Listen Here Roseanna Vitro , 1982)Natural Essence Tyrone Washington , 1967)Two at the Top Frank Wess and Johnny Coles , 1983)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)
