Album · 1993
Tracklist
1. Exploration (5:12)
2. Gumbo (5:41)
3. African Shells - First Interlude - Strength (1:16)
4. Macho (Para Machito) (7:06)
5. African Shells - Second Interlude - The Dream (4:14)
6. Beautiful India (11:21)
7. Toreador (8:24)
8. African Shells - Third Interlude - Happiness (2:12)
9. Sanctified Shells (4:30)
10. Spirit Man (7:26)
Total Time: 57:27
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Andy Gonzalez (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Bass Drum [Gome] – Kimati Dinizulu (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10)
Bells – Ignacio Berroa (tracks: 4), Steve Turre (tracks: 1, 6)
Castanets – Carmen Turre (tracks: 7)
Caxixi [Caxéxé] – Kimati Dinizulu (tracks: 8)
Claves – Andy Gonzalez (tracks: 4), Milton Cardona (tracks: 1)
Conch [Shells] – Reynaldo Jorge (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10), Robin Eubanks (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10), Steve Turre (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Congas – Milton Cardona (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7)
Cowbell – Herlin Riley (tracks: 2)
Djembe – Kimati Dinizulu (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 10)
Drums – Herlin Riley (tracks: 1, 2, 9), Ignacio Berroa (tracks: 4, 7)
Drums [Krin] – Kimati Dinizulu (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10)
Guiro – Milton Cardona (tracks: 4)
Horn [Kudo Horn, African Antelope Horn] – Steve Turre (tracks: 8)
Maracas – Reynaldo Jorge (tracks: 1)
Other [Grooming] – Quietfire
Percussion – Kimati Dinizulu, Milton Cardona
Percussion [Jun-jun] – Claude Thomas (tracks: 10)
Percussion [Llama Hooves] – Steve Turre (tracks: 1)
Percussion [Sankofa Akyene] – Kimati Dinizulu (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10)
Shaker – Steve Turre (tracks: 1)
Shekere [Shakere] – Milton Cardona (tracks: 1, 2)
Tabla – Badal Roy (tracks: 6)
Tambourine – Herlin Riley (tracks: 9)
Timbales – Ignacio Berroa (tracks: 4)
Trombone – Clifton Anderson (tracks: 4, 7), Reynaldo Jorge (tracks: , 7), Robin Eubanks (tracks: 2, 4, 7), Steve Turre (tracks: 4, 7, 9)
Trombone [Bass] – Douglas Purviance (tracks: 4, 7)
Trumpet – Charlie Sepulveda (tracks: 4, 7)
Trumpet [Special Guest] – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 7)
About this release
Antilles – 314 514 186-2 (US)
Tracks 4 and 7 recorded January 31, 1992 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York City.
Tracks 1, 2 and 9 recorded March 11, 1992 at East Side Sound, New York City.
Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 ad 10 recorded May 11, 1992 at East Side Sound, New York City.
Thanks to snobb for the updates