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Released on Verve, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), Too Darn Hot (Ella Fitzgerald) and Baby I’m a Fool (Melody Gardot)
Engineered by Robert Musso, also Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) (Ramones), Pet Sematary (Ramones) and Clap Hands (Tom Waits)
Produced by Bill Laswell, also Deaf Forever (Motörhead), Orgasmatron (Motörhead) and Doctor Rock (Motörhead)
Part of Message From Home, also Nozipho, Country Mile and Kumba
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Robert Musso engineered 113 songs on fono
Bill Laswell produced 107 songs on fono
Robert Musso’s most frequent co-engineer is James Dellatacoma (38 songs together)
Danny Kadar’s most frequent co-engineer is Michael Stern (14 songs together)
Credits
All 17 credits
- Written by
- Pharoah Sanders
- Produced by
- Bill Laswell
- Performed by
- Aïyb Dieng, Bernie Worrell, Charnett Moffett, Dominic Kanza, Foday Musa Suso, Hamid Drake, Michael White, Pharoah Sanders, Steve Neil and William Henderson
- Engineered by
- Danny Kadar, Jean-Pierre Sluys and Robert Musso
- Part of
- Message From Home
- Released on
- Verve
- Written by
- Pharoah Sanders
- Produced by
- Bill Laswell
- Performed by
- Aïyb Dieng, Bernie Worrell, Charnett Moffett, Dominic Kanza, Foday Musa Suso, Hamid Drake, Michael White, Pharoah Sanders, Steve Neil and William Henderson
- Engineered by
- Danny Kadar, Jean-Pierre Sluys and Robert Musso
- Part of
- Message From Home
- Released on
- Verve
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Robert Musso
Same producer: Bill Laswell
Same engineer: Danny Kadar
Same engineer: Jean-Pierre Sluys
Same label: Verve
Same release: Message From Home
Same engineer: Robert Musso
Same producer: Bill Laswell
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Aïyb Dieng
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Aïyb Dieng
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Bernie Worrell
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Bernie Worrell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Charnett Moffett
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Charnett Moffett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Dominic Kanza
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Dominic Kanza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Foday Musa Suso
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Foday Musa Suso
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Hamid Drake
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Hamid Drake
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Michael White
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Michael White
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Pharoah Sanders
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Pharoah Sanders
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Steve Neil
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by Steve Neil
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by William Henderson
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was performed by William Henderson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was produced by Bill Laswell
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was produced by Bill Laswell
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was written by Pharoah Sanders
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was written by Pharoah Sanders
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) is part of the release Message From Home
Our Roots (Began in Africa) is part of the release Message From Home
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Verve is the label of the song Our Roots (Began in Africa)
Verve is the label of the song Our Roots (Began in Africa)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Danny Kadar
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Danny Kadar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Jean-Pierre Sluys
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Jean-Pierre Sluys
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Robert Musso
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was engineered by Robert Musso
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz Our Roots (Began in Africa) was released on 1996-03-19
Our Roots (Began in Africa) was released on 1996-03-19
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026