Fo Deuk Revue is an album by David Murray

David Murray (jazz musician)

David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...

 released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997 the album features performances by Murray with Darryl Burgee, Ousseynou Diop, Assane Diop, Craig Harris

Craig S. Harris (trombonist)

Craig S. Harris is a Jazz trombonist and composer who has been a major figure in the jazz avant-garde movement since his stint with Sun Ra in 1976. Subsequently, Harris has worked with such notable jazz artists as Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Muhal...

, Robert Irving III

Robert Irving III

Robert Irving III is an American pianist, composer, arranger and music educator.A native of Chicago, Irving was one of a group of young Chicago musicians that in the late '70s and early '80s formed the nucleus of Miles Davis' recording and touring bands...

, Abdou Karim Mané, Oumar Mboup, Hugh Ragin

Hugh Ragin

Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.Ragin was raised in Houston and began on trumpet when he was in eighth grade. After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet...

, Doudou N'Diaye Rose

Doudou N'Diaye Rose

Doudou N'Diaye Rose , born Mamadou N'Diaye in Dakar, is Senegalese drummer composer and band leader, and is the recognized modern master of Senegal's traditional drum, the sabar...

, Moussa Séné, El Hadji Gniancou Sembène and Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

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. The album features a wide array of vocalists including Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism...

, Amiri Baraka Jr., Didier Awadi

Didier Awadi

Didier Awadi is a Senegalese rapper and the most visible figure of Francophone West African Hip Hop. As a founding member of Positive Black Soul with Duggy Tee, Awadi toured around the world contributing to the international popularity of Hip Hop Galsen. Awadi works as a solo artist accompanied by...

 and Amadou Barry from Positive Black Soul

Positive Black Soul

Positive Black Soul is a hip hop group based in Dakar, Senegal, one of the first such collectives in the country. Founded in 1989, the group is composed of Didier Sourou Awadi and Amadou Barry , both of whom had previously been in other hip hop groups...

, Tidiane Gaye, Hamet Maal and Junior Soul.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2.5 stars.

Track listing

1. "Blue Muse" (Irving, Murray) - 8:59
2. "Evidence" (Murray) - 5:58
3. "One World Family" (Awadi, Barry, Gaye, Murray) - 8:42
4. "Too Many Hungry People" (Irving) - 5:16
5. "Chant Africain" (Traditional) - 6:59
6. "Abdoul Aziz Sy" (Dieuf Dieul, Gaye) - 6:29
7. "Village Urbana" (Awadi, Barry, Irving) - 7:15
8. "Thilo" (Dieuf Dieul, Gaye) - 6:20
   • Rec. June 3 & 4, 1997 at Studio 2000, Senegal

Personnel

• David Murray
  David Murray (jazz musician)
  David Murray is an American jazz musician. Murray plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet. He has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.-Biography:...
  
   - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
• Didier Awadi
  Didier Awadi
  Didier Awadi is a Senegalese rapper and the most visible figure of Francophone West African Hip Hop. As a founding member of Positive Black Soul with Duggy Tee, Awadi toured around the world contributing to the international popularity of Hip Hop Galsen. Awadi works as a solo artist accompanied by...
  
   (Positive Black Soul
  Positive Black Soul
  Positive Black Soul is a hip hop group based in Dakar, Senegal, one of the first such collectives in the country. Founded in 1989, the group is composed of Didier Sourou Awadi and Amadou Barry , both of whom had previously been in other hip hop groups...
  
  ) - rap
• Amiri Baraka
  Amiri Baraka
  Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones, is an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism...
  
   - poetry reading
• Amiri Baraka Jr. - voice
• Amadou Barry (Positive Black Soul
  Positive Black Soul
  Positive Black Soul is a hip hop group based in Dakar, Senegal, one of the first such collectives in the country. Founded in 1989, the group is composed of Didier Sourou Awadi and Amadou Barry , both of whom had previously been in other hip hop groups...
  
  ) - rap and voice
• Darryl Burgee - drums
• Ousseynou Diop - drums
• Assane Diop - guitar and xalam
• Tidiane Gaye - voice
• Craig Harris
  Craig S. Harris (trombonist)
  Craig S. Harris is a Jazz trombonist and composer who has been a major figure in the jazz avant-garde movement since his stint with Sun Ra in 1976. Subsequently, Harris has worked with such notable jazz artists as Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Muhal...
  
   - trombone
• Robert Irving III
  Robert Irving III
  Robert Irving III is an American pianist, composer, arranger and music educator.A native of Chicago, Irving was one of a group of young Chicago musicians that in the late '70s and early '80s formed the nucleus of Miles Davis' recording and touring bands...
  
   - piano
• Hamet Maal - voice
• Abdou Karim Mané - bass
• Oumar Mboup - djembe and percussion
• Hugh Ragin
  Hugh Ragin
  Hugh Ragin is an American jazz trumpeter.Ragin was raised in Houston and began on trumpet when he was in eighth grade. After playing in the Houston All-City High School Orchestra, which toured the UK, he took his bachelor's in music education at the University of Houston and his master's in trumpet...
  
   - trumpet
• Doudou N'Diaye Rose
  Doudou N'Diaye Rose
  Doudou N'Diaye Rose , born Mamadou N'Diaye in Dakar, is Senegalese drummer composer and band leader, and is the recognized modern master of Senegal's traditional drum, the sabar...
  
   - sabar and voice
• El Hadji Gniancou Sembène - keyboard
• Moussa Séné - background vocals and percussion
• Junior Soul - voice
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma
  Jamaaladeen Tacuma
  -External links:*...
  
  - bass