The Cry of My People

Who played on The Cry of My People

• Archie Shepp saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone all tracks
• Guilherme Franco berimbau, percussion all tracks
• Charles Greenlee trombone on 6 tracks
• Charles McGhee trumpet on 6 tracks
• Harold Mabern piano on 6 tracks
• Jimmy Garrison bass on 6 tracks
• Nene DeFense tambourine, percussion on 6 tracks
• Charles Stephens trombone on 5 tracks
• Esther Mellon cello on 5 tracks
• Gayle Dixon violin on 5 tracks
• Jerry Little violin on 5 tracks
• Leroy Jenkins violin on 5 tracks
• Pat Dixon cello on 5 tracks
• Andre Franklin vocals on 4 tracks
• John Blake violin on 4 tracks
• The Patterson Singers vocals on 4 tracks
• Beaver Harris drums (drum set) on 3 tracks
• Noel DaCosta violin on 3 tracks
• Ron Carter electric upright bass on 3 tracks
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie drums (drum set) on 2 tracks
• Cornell Dupree guitar on 2 tracks
• Dave Burrell piano on 2 tracks
• Lois Siessinger violin on 2 tracks

Tracklist

1. A1 Rest Enough (Song to Mother) 4:41
2. A2 A Prayer 6:30
3. A3 All God's Children Got a Home in the Universe 2:59
4. A4 The Lady 5:32
5. B1 The Cry of My People 5:45
6. B2 African Drum Suite, Part 1 0:36
7. B3 African Drum Suite, Part 2 7:34
8. B4 Come Sunday standard — Duke Ellington 9:30

Production

• Baker Bigsby mix
• Ed Michel producer
• Tony May engineer

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