Water from an Ancient Well

Water from an Ancient Well
Studio album by Abdullah Ibrahim
Released 1986
Recorded October 1985 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 46:27
Label Tiptoe
Producer Sathima Bea Benjamin
Abdullah Ibrahim chronology
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Water from an Ancient Well is a jazz album by South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim that was first released in 1986. It is notable for "Mannenberg Revisited", which includes a horn arrangement of Basil Coetzee's solo on this song from 1974.

The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ibrahim

  1. "Mandela" - 4:58
  2. "Song for Sathima" - 6:10
  3. "Mannenberg Revisited (Cape Town Fringe)" - 6:09
  4. "Tuang Guru" - 5:24
  5. "Water from an Ancient Well" - 11:55
  6. "The Wedding" - 2:38
  7. "The Mountain" - 3:19
  8. "Sameeda" - 5:56

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. Review: Water from an Ancient Well. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2012-08-07.
  2. ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5.
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