| Village Life | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso |
| Cover: | Village Life (album).jpg |
| Released: | December 1985 (Japan) |
| Recorded: | August 7–9, 1984 |
| Studio: | CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio, Shinanomachi, Tokyo |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion, Mandé music |
| Length: | 40:38 |
| Label: | CBS/Sony, Columbia |
| Producer: | Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock |
| Chronology: | Herbie Hancock |
| Prev Title: | Sound-System |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Round Midnight |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
Village Life is an album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Mandinka griot Foday Musa Suso.[1] [2] It was recorded in Japan and released in 1985. Hancock and Suso had worked together as part of a larger ensemble for Hancock's 1984 album Sound-System, and Village Life was recorded shortly after a world tour. There are no overdubs, Village Life was recorded live in the studio. The album was coproduced by Bill Laswell.[3]
The Globe and Mail wrote that "Hancock generally adds color in four pieces that move lightly when they move at all... Pretty, but ultimately a curio."[4] The Christian Science Monitor wrote that "Hancock traces lacy patterns around Suso's native vamps, underscoring the latter's vocals."[5]
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