ART BLAKEY & THE AFRO-DRUM ENSEMBLE - AFRICAN BEAT

• Format: (LP) Vinyl record 12"
• Executor: ART BLAKEY & THE AFRO-DRUM ENSEMBLE
• Title: AFRICAN BEAT
• Catalog number: BST-84097
• A country: USA
• Label: Blue Note
• Year of issue: 1962
• Complictation: STEREO
• Type of publication: ORIGINAL PRESS 1976
• Condition (record/cover): NMint/NMint
• Style: Jazz
• Rarity: star_rate

African Beat is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble in November 1962 on Blue Note Records . The album features compositions by African and American musicians based on aspects of West African (especially Nigerian ) music.