{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album| | name = African River | type = Album | artist = Abdullah Ibrahim | cover = African River.jpeg | alt = | released = 1989 | recorded = June 1, 1989 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Jazz | length = 45:07 | label = Enja<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5wrGL-a-Q8C&q=african+river+ibrahim+1989&pg=RA2-PR44|title=The Rough Guide to Jazz|first1=Ian|last1=Carr|author-link=Ian Carr|author2=Digby Fairweather|author3=Brian Priestley|author4=Charles Alexander|date=December 19, 2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9780312278700|via=Google Books}}</ref> | producer = Abdullah Ibrahim | prev_title = Blues for a Hip King | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = No Fear, No Die | next_year = 1990 }} '''''African River''''' is a 1989 album by South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2iPDwAAQBAJ&q=african+river+ibrahim+1989&pg=PA30|title=Transnational Trills in the Africana World|first=Cheryl|last=Sterling|date=March 18, 2019|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781527531536|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/african-river-mw0000689909 |title=Ekaya / Abdullah Ibrahim: African River |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Los Angeles Times'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-19-ca-2665-story.html|title=Album Reviews : *** ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & EKAYA "African River" Enja : ** 1/2 VARIOUS ARTISTS "African Horns" Kaz Import : Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic).|date=August 19, 1990|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev3Score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin1">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist)| author2= Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=558 }}</ref> }} The AllMusic reviewer praised the album, commenting: "more important than the individual players are the colorful ensembles and the frequently memorable compositions".<ref name="AM" /> ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described it as "absolutely superb and a vivid extension of the kind of arrangements Ibrahim had attempted on ''African Space Program''".<ref name="Penguin1" />
== Track listing == # "Toi-Toi" – 3:27 # "African River" – 9:44 # "Joan – Capetown Flower" – 5:46 # "Chisa" – 4:24 # "Sweet Samba" – 5:52 # "Duke 88" – 8:27 # "The Wedding" – 3:54 # "The Mountain Of The Night" – 3:33
== Personnel == * Abdullah Ibrahim – piano, leader * Horace A. Young – alto saxophone * John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone * Robin Eubanks – trombone * Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone. tuba, trumpet * Buster Williams – bass * Brian Abrahams – drums
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