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Monk Montgomery in Africa...Live!
Live album by
Released1975
RecordedNovember 9, 1974
VenueOrlando Stadium, Soweto
GenreJazz
LabelPhiladelphia International
ProducerHilton Rosenthal, Peter Thwaites
Monk Montgomery chronology
Reality
(1974)
Monk Montgomery in Africa...Live!
(1975)

Monk Montgomery in Africa...Live! is the fourth and final solo album of American bassist Monk Montgomery. It was recorded at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa, on November 9, 1974, and released in 1975 on Philadelphia International Records.

Background[edit]

In 1970 Montgomery recorded in Los Angeles with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, on Masekela’s album Reconstruction. In 1974 Monk toured South Africa with a group including singer Lovelace Watkins, and at the end of the tour he recorded this live album in Soweto.[1]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) (11:18)
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) (6:00)
  3. "Blues for Nkwe" (Al Hall, Jr.) (11:12)
  4. "Testing One, Two" (Rudolph Johnson) (5:48)

Personnel[edit]

Technical personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Obituaries".

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