# Katanga!

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Katanga!
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Curtis Amy](/source/Curtis_Amy) & [Dupree Bolton](/source/Dupree_Bolton)
| cover      = Katanga!.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1963
| recorded   = February 3, 1963
| studio = Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA
| venue      =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Pacific Jazz](/source/Pacific_Jazz_Records)<br /><small>PJ 70</small>
| producer   = Richard Bock
| chronology = [Curtis Amy](/source/Curtis_Amy)
| prev_title = [Tippin' on Through](/source/Tippin'_on_Through)
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = [The Sounds of Broadway / The Sounds of Hollywood](/source/The_Sounds_of_Broadway_%2F_The_Sounds_of_Hollywood)
| next_year  = 1965
}}

'''''Katanga!''''' is an album by saxophonist [Curtis Amy](/source/Curtis_Amy) recorded in early 1963 for the [Pacific Jazz](/source/Pacific_Jazz_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-10000-20000-series/#pj-70 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series] accessed January 13, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Pacific_Jazz_10000.htm Pacific Jazz 10000/20000 series discography], accessed December 15, 2015</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}
[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) reviewer [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) observed: "Amy had a fine hard bop-oriented style with a soulful sound. […] Obscure but rewarding music that was overshadowed during the era and was previously long out of print."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000040331 |title=''Katanga!'' – Review |accessdate=January 13, 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing==
''All compositions by Curtis Amy, except as indicated''
# "Katanga" (Dupree Bolton) - 3:02
# "Lonely Woman" - 3:47
# "Native Land" - 10:18
# "Amyable" (Jack Wilson) - 6:11
# "[You Don't Know What Love Is](/source/You_Don't_Know_What_Love_Is)" ([Don Raye](/source/Don_Raye), [Gene de Paul](/source/Gene_de_Paul)) - 5:57
# "A Shade of Brown" (Clifford Solomon) - 5:57

== Personnel ==
*[Curtis Amy](/source/Curtis_Amy) - [tenor saxophone](/source/tenor_saxophone), [soprano saxophone](/source/soprano_saxophone)
*[Dupree Bolton](/source/Dupree_Bolton) - [trumpet](/source/trumpet)
*[Jack Wilson](/source/Jack_Wilson_(jazz_pianist)) - [piano](/source/piano)
*[Ray Crawford](/source/Ray_Crawford_(musician)) - [guitar](/source/guitar)
*[Victor Gaskin](/source/Victor_Gaskin) - [bass](/source/Double_bass) 
*[Doug Sides](/source/Doug_Sides) - [drums](/source/drum_kit)

== References ==
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{{Curtis Amy}}

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Category:1963 albums
Category:Pacific Jazz Records albums
Category:Curtis Amy albums

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