Kwamina (album)
| Kwamina | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | September 12–14, 1961 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:41 | |||
| Label | Mercury MG 20654 | |||
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Kwamina is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring jazz interpretations of compositions from the Broadway musical Kwamina written by Richard Adler which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Mercury label.
The album was recorded about a month before Kwamina premiered on Broadway, while it was still in tryouts in Toronto. The song "Happy Is the Cricket" was subsequently cut from the show, but a version of this song is nevertheless included on the album.