Kwanza (The First)
Studio album by
Albert Heath
Released1973
RecordedJune 14, 1973
StudioRCA Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:22
LabelMuse
MR 5031
ProducerDon Schlitten
Albert Heath chronology
Kawaida
(1969)		 Kwanza (The First)
(1973)		 Live at Smalls
(2009)

Kwanza (The First) is an album by drummer 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] Jazz Views' Eddie Myer observed, "This album come replete with all kinds of modish innovations, from Swahili titles to 4/4 straight-8 rock rhythms, to guitar and rhodes from the youngest members".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Albert Heath, except Oops! by Percy Heath.

  1. "Tafadhali" – 6:56
  2. "A Notion" – 5:29
  3. "Dr. JEH" – 6:22
  4. "Dunia" – 4:01
  5. "Oops!" – 6:33
  6. "Sub-Set" – 10:11

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Muse LP series discography: 5000 to 5049 accessed January 9, 2017
  2. ↑ Albert Heath discography, accessed January 9, 2017
  3. ↑ Gilbert, A., Tootie Heath’s ‘Kwanza’: A Reissue That Deserves Another Spin accessed August 2, 2015
  4. ↑ Myer, E., Jazz Views Review, accessed January 9, 2017
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