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Big Black-Lion Walk-'68 US Afrobeat, Funk-NEW LP
Long-awaited reissue for this cult percussive funk album from 1968, consisting of a 20 minutes bluesy suite on side A backed by 3 Latin-jazz flavoured dancefloor fillers on side B: an absolute smasher for all Afro-funk connoisseurs! Comes on 180 gram purple vinyl.
Big Black (2) – Lion Walk
Label:
Future Shock (4) – FS4461
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Purple
Country:
UK
Released:
2021
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Style:
Afrobeat, Funk
Tracklist
A Lion Walk
B1 Tell Me, Do Your Conscience Bother You?
B2 Love, Sweet Like Sugar Cane
B3 Come On Down To The Beach
Arranged By – Phil Moore, III*
Credits
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piano [African Thumb Piano] – Curtis Peagler
Bass – Ron Johnson
Congas [African Kongo Drums], Tambourine, Vocals – Big Black (2)
Drums – John Boudreaux, Soko (2)
Engineer – Rudy Hill (2)
Guitar – Brother Soul (2), Bruce Langhorn*
Illustration [Liner] – Jay Rothman
Performer [Hose-A-Phone, Dropsticks, Can], Fiddle [1-String Bass], Trumpet, Gong, Bells [Tinkle] – Owen Marshall
Photography By [Cover] – Gene Brownell
Piano – Phil Moore, III*
Producer – James Davis (2)
Tenor Saxophone – Chester Washington, Herman Riley
Trombone – Thurman A. Green*
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 0634438407331
Big Black
Real Name:
Danny Ray
Percussionist from Savannah Georgia, born in 1934. Big Black was William "Fish" Ray's younger brother who was a Vauderville performer. He started playing percussion in Miami in the 50's and performed with various salsa and calypso bands until he moved to New York in the 60's. He got connected with various Bebop artists and bands there and soon was a regular percussionist for Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard and Randy Weston. He was dubbed "The king of Congas" and is a highly regarded institute of the african culture in Harlem. Over the years he has worked with Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, B.B. King, Hugh Masekela, Harvey Mandel and Thelonious Monk to name a few.