Album · 1976
Birth / Speed / Merging
Tracklist
1
Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 1. Aomawa
Birth / Speed / Merging
5:29
2
Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 2. Birth / Speed / Merging
Birth / Speed / Merging
7:40
3
Birth / Speed / Merging Suite: Part 3. Reaffirmation
Birth / Speed / Merging
7:33
4
Jamaican Carnival
Birth / Speed / Merging
6:39
5
Black Man and Woman of the Nile
Birth / Speed / Merging
16:22
In print
First pressed 1976, still pressed 2022 — 6 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
Gero Loferer
Design
John Dean (15)
Design
Mari Bianca
Design
John Vieria
Engineer
Augusta Lee Collins
Instrument · drums, talking drum, percussion
Bruce Baker
Instrument · alto saxophone, bongos, zither [ku cheung], flute [bamboo], talking drum, percussion, vocals
Kenneth Nash
Instrument · congas, bongos, other [rosenbow], percussion, drum [guatemalan stick], vocals
Margo Ackamoor
Instrument · flute, piccolo flute, percussion, vocals
Mark Anthony Williams
Instrument · acoustic bass, vocals
Chris de Luca
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Francesco Donadello
Mastering · remastered by
原浩一
Mastering · remastered by
江村幸紀
Mastering · remastered by
Leonard L. White
Photography
Idris Ackamoor
Producer
Kimathi Asante
Producer
Mark Heshima Williams
Producer
The Pyramids
Producer
Jim Furman
Recording