Ancestral Homeland

Ancestral Homeland
Studio album by Roy Campbell
Released	1998
Recorded	February 12, 1998
Studio	Strobe-Light Sound, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	72:43
Label	No More
Producer	Alan Schneider
Roy Campbell chronology

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Ancestral Homeland is the fourth album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Campbell, the second by Pyramid Trio, and the first by the original lineup with bassist William Parker and drummer Zen Matsuura. The album was recorded and released in 1998 on No More. According to Campbell, "the music of the Pyramid Trio is based on World Universal Music, composed and improvised".^[1] "Song for Alan" is dedicated to jazz trumpeter Alan Shorter, while "Brother Yusef" is a tribute to Campbell's teacher Yusef Lateef.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Down Beat	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "each listen to these performances reveals more secrets and shows how well these three master players communicate with each other".^[2]

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The Down Beat review by Jon Andrews says that the album "frequently brings Don Cherry's work to mind. Campbell's tart, somewhat terse playing on trumpet and pocket trumpet, suggest Cherry, as do the world-music influences that color the trio's performances."^[3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Roy Campbell except as indicated

"Song for Alan" - 11:42
"Ancestral Homeland" - 11:56
"The Positive Path"- 14:35
"Oglala Eclipse" (William Parker)- 9:20
"Bean Dance" (William Parker)- 5:08
"Brother Yusef (intro)" - 3:26
"Brother Yusef" - 6:10
"Camel Caravan" - 10:26

Personnel

Roy Campbell - trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, argol, recorder, wood flute, percussion
William Parker - bass, percussion
Zen Matsuura - drums, gong, percussion

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The flugelhorn is a brass instrument that is usually pitched in B♭ but occasionally found in C. It resembles a trumpet, and the tube has the same length but a wider, conical bore. A type of valved bugle, the flugelhorn was developed in Germany from a traditional English valveless bugle, with the first version sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. The valved bugle provided Adolphe Sax with the inspiration for his B♭ soprano (contralto) saxhorns, on which the modern-day flugelhorn is modeled.

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References

↑ Original Liner Notes by Roy Campbell
1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roy Campbell – Ancestral Homeland: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 4, 2014.
1 2 Andrews, Jon. Ancestral Homeland review. Down Beat April 99: page 59. Print.

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[Liner_notes-1] Original Liner Notes by Roy Campbell

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roy Campbell – Ancestral Homeland: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 4, 2014.

[Downbeat-3] 1 2 Andrews, Jon. Ancestral Homeland review. Down Beat April 99: page 59. Print.