title: Afrique (album)
text: # Afrique (album)
  
  Afrique is a 1971 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson released by the Flying Dutchman label
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "In late 1970, more than 35 years into his career as a bandleader, Count Basie, working with producer Bob Thiele and arranger/conductor/saxman Oliver Nelson, went into the studio and cut this album of big band blues built on recent compositions -- and they made it sound cutting-edge and as urgent as anything the man had ever turned his talent toward. ... Afrique is one of a handful of absolutely essential post-big band-era albums by him".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Oliver Nelson except where noted
  
  * "Step Right Up" – 4:15
  * "Hobo Flats" – 6:13
  * "Gypsy Queen" – 4:00 (Gabor Szabo)
  * "Love Flower" – 2:53 (Albert Ayler)
  * "Afrique" – 3:06
  * "Kilimanjaro" – 6:52
  * "African Sunrise" – 5:11
  * "Japan" – 5:05 (Pharoah Sanders)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### The Count Basie Orchestra
  
  * Bill Adkins - alto sax
  * Bob Ashton - alto, baritone & tenor sax, flute
  * Count Basie - organ, piano
  * Paul Cohen - trumpet, flugelhorn
  * George Cohn - trumpet, flugelhorn
  * Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - tenor sax
  * Eric Dixon - flute, tenor sax
  * Steven Galloway - trombone
  * Freddie Green - guitar
  * Bill Hughes - trombone
  * Harold Jones - drums
  * Norman Keenan - bass
  * Richard Landrum - percussion
  * Hubert Laws - flute
  * Buddy Lucas - harmonica
  * Pete Minger - trumpet, flugelhorn
  * Sonny Morgan - bongos
  * Oliver Nelson - arranger, conductor, tenor sax
  * Bobby Plater - alto sax, flute
  * Cecil Payne - baritone sax, flute
  * Waymon Reed - trumpet, flugelhorn
  * Warren Smith, Jr. - drums, percussion, vibes
  * Mel Wanzo - trombone
  * John Watson - trombone
  * John Williams - bass
  