| African High Life | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1963 |
| Recorded | April 25, 1963 |
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewoood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre | Highlife, Afro-Cuban jazz, hard bop |
| Length | 35:05 |
| Label | Blue Note |
| Producer | Alfred Lion |
African High Life is the debut album by Nigerian drummer and percussionist Solomon Ilori recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The album was reissued on CD in 2006 with three bonus tracks recorded at a later session.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars and reviewer Brandon Burke stated "this is a very enjoyable if not essential album of traditional African highlife music set to dance tempos".[2] The All About Jazz review by Chris May called the original album "pleasant, if unspectacular, palm-wine highlife outings from the West African tradition, distinguished by some masterful drumming, but diminished by strangely inept alto saxophone contributions" but stated the bonus tracks "anticipate—with great brio and deep grooves—the astral jazz of the late '60s and early '70s, and the world jazz which has in turn followed".[3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
