Ernest Dawkins - Afro Straight (2012)

Tracklist

01. Mr. PC
02. United
03. Afro Straight
04. Central Park West
05. Woody 'n' You
06. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
07. God Bless the Child
08. Footprints
09. Old Man Blues
10. Juju

After five Delmark albums with his New Horizons Ensemble and three as co-leader of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, saxophonist, composer, arranger Ernest Dawkins leads this brand new, specially chosen group for a program of straight ahead jazz featuring African, Afro-Latin and African-American percussion. The personnel is Ernest Dawkins, alto, tenor saxophone; Corey Wilkes, trumpet; Willerm Delisfort, piano; Junius Paul, bass; Isaiah Spencer, drums; Ruben Alvarez, congas, bongos, chimes, shaker; Greg Carmouche, Greg Penn, congas; and on the intimate ballad rendition of God Bless The Child, Ben Paterson on Hammond B3 organ.

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