| Afrique | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Count Basie |
| Cover: | Afrique_-_The_Album_by_Count_Basie_&_His_Orchestra.jpg |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | December 22 & 23, 1970 |
| Studio: | RCA Studio A, New York |
| Genre: | Jazz/Swing |
| Length: | 37:36 |
| Label: | Flying Dutchman |
| Producer: | Bob Thiele |
| Prev Title: | Basie on the Beatles |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Have a Nice Day |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Afrique is a 1971 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson released by the Flying Dutchman label[1] [2] [3]
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "In late 1970, more than 35 years into his career as a bandleader, Count Basie, working with producer Bob Thiele and arranger/conductor/saxman Oliver Nelson, went into the studio and cut this album of big band blues built on recent compositions -- and they made it sound cutting-edge and as urgent as anything the man had ever turned his talent toward. ... Afrique is one of a handful of absolutely essential post-big band-era albums by him".
All compositions by Oliver Nelson except where noted