African Children is a double LP by Lester Bowie recorded for the Italian Horo label and released in 1978. It features performances by Bowie, Arthur Blythe, Amina Claudine Myers, Malachi Favors and Phillip Wilson.

African Children
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedApril 16, 1978
GenreJazz
LabelHoro
ProducerAldo Sinesio
Lester Bowie chronology
Rope-A-Dope
(1976)
African Children
(1978)
Duet
(1978)

Track listing edit

Side One edit

  1. "Amina" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 19:28

Side Two edit

  1. "Captain Courageous" -10:40
  2. "Tricky Slicky" (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 10:32

Side Three edit

  1. "Chili MacDonald (Bowie, Blythe, Myers, Favors, Wilson) – 20:00

Side Four edit

  1. "For Fela" – 20:16
All compositions by Lester Bowie except as indicated
    • Recorded on 16 April 1978 at Mama Dog Studio, Rome, Italy

Personnel edit