Village Life

Studio album by Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso

Released

1985

Recorded

7–9 August 1984

Genre

Jazz fusion, Mandé music

Length

40:38

Label

Columbia

Herbie Hancock chronology

Sound-System
(1984)

Village Life
(1985)

Round Midnight
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Village Life is an album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Mandinka griot Foday Musa Suso, recorded live in studio in Japan.

Track listing

"Moon/Light" (Hancock, Suso) - 7:57
"Ndan Ndan Nyaria" (Suso) - 9:50
"Early Warning" (Hancock) - 2:52
"Kanatente" (Hancock, Suso) - 19:59

Personnel

Herbie Hancock: detunable Yamaha DX1 synthesizer, drum machine
Foday Musa Suso: kora, talking drum, vocals

References

↑ Ginell, Richard S. (2011). "Village Life - Herbie Hancock | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

Herbie Hancock

Discography

Studio albums	Takin' Off My Point of View Inventions and Dimensions Empyrean Isles Maiden Voyage Speak Like a Child The Prisoner Fat Albert Rotunda Mwandishi Crossings Sextant Head Hunters Thrust Man-Child Secrets Third Plane Herbie Hancock Trio Sunlight Directstep The Piano Feets, Don't Fail Me Now Monster Mr. Hands Magic Windows Herbie Hancock Trio Lite Me Up Quartet Future Shock Sound-System Village Life Perfect Machine A Tribute to Miles Dis Is da Drum The New Standard 1+1 Gershwin's World Future 2 Future Possibilities River: The Joni Letters The Imagine Project

Live albums	Hear, O Israel - A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz Dedication Flood V.S.O.P. The Quintet (V.S.O.P.) Tempest in the Colosseum (V.S.O.P.) An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Live Under the Sky (V.S.O.P.) Jazz Africa Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall Live: Detroit/Chicago

with Bob Brookmeyer	Bob Brookmeyer and Friends

with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams	Out of this World (Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet) Chant Royal Flush Free Form A New Perspective

with Miles Davis	Seven Steps to Heaven My Funny Valentine Four & More E.S.P. Miles Smiles Sorcerer Nefertiti Miles in the Sky Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Jack Johnson On the Corner Big Fun Get Up with It

with Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland	Parallel Realities

with Joe Farrell	Moon Germs Penny Arcade Upon This Rock Night Dancing

with Freddie Hubbard	Hub-Tones Straight Life Red Clay

with Joe Zawinul	Zawinul

Compilations	Treasure Chest The Best of Herbie Hancock The Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock

Soundtracks	Blow-Up Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert The Spook Who Sat by the Door Death Wish A Soldier's Story Round Midnight Action Jackson

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