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African Ascension
A1	Part 1 • The Gods Of The Yoruba	6:02
A2	Part 2 • The Sun God Of The Masai	4:00
A3	Part 3 • The Spirit Of The Zulu	10:06
The Great American Indian Uprising
B1	Part 1 • The Idols Of The Incas	5:02
B2	Part 2 • The Aztec Sun God	7:01
B3	Part 3 • The Mohican And The Great Spirit	6:11

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• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey – GP-3157
• Edited At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Remixed At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Published By – Ecaroh Music Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – United Artists Music And Records Group, Inc.

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter
• Art Direction – Bill Burks
• Design [Album] – Jeffrey Lancaster*
• Directed By [Voices], Voice – Chapman Roberts
• Drums – Al Foster
• Edited By [Sweetening] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Engineer, Remix – Rudy Van Gelder
• Percussion [African] – M. Babatunde Olatunji* (tracks: A1, A2), Ladji Camara (tracks: A1, A2)
• Percussion [American Indian] – Omar Clay (tracks: B1 to B3)
• Photography By – Gary Regester
• Producer, Written-By [Music & Vocal Chants], Arranged By [Instrumental], Piano – Horace Silver
• Tenor Saxophone – Larry Schneider
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell
• Voice – Bobby Clay, Fred Gripper, Fred Hardy, Lee C. Thomas, Peter Oliver-Norman, Rob Barnes

Notes

Recorded November 12 and 17, 1977 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Remixed December 1, 1977 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): BNLA 853-1x (etched) VAN GELDER (Stamped) -2 (Etched)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): BNLA 853-2x (etched) VAN GELDER (Stamped) -2 (Etched)
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Other (On Spine): BN-LA 853-H –

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BN-LA 853-H	Horace Silver	Silver 'N Percussion ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BN-LA 853-H	US	1978
BN-LA 853-H	Horace Silver	Silver 'n' Percussion ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note/United Artists	BN-LA 853-H	Canada	1978
BN-LA 853-H	Horace Silver	Silver 'n' Percussion ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BN-LA 853-H	US	1978
TOCJ-50564	Horace Silver	Silver 'n' Percussion ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note	TOCJ-50564	Japan	2013
TOCJ-1626, LP-1626	Horace Silver	Silver 'n Percussion ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-1626, LP-1626	Japan	1996