Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Album by Quincy Jones

Released 1977

Tracklist

  • 1
    Motherland
    Quincy Jones featuring Bill Summers
    0:29
  • 2
    Roots Mural Theme
    The Quincy Jones Orchestra
    2:10
  • 3
    Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode)
    Quincy Jones featuring Bill Summers, The Wattsline, Caiphus Semenya & Letta Mbulu
    1:03
  • 4
    Behold, the Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth)
    Quincy Jones featuring Letta Mbulu
    1:30
  • 5
    Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme)
    Quincy Jones featuring The Wattsline Choir & Letta Mbulu
    2:28
  • 6
    Boyhood to Manhood
    Quincy Jones featuring Bill Summers solo Zak Diouf
    0:53
  • 7
    The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture)
    1:06
  • 8
    Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing)
    Quincy Jones solo Alex Hassilev & The Wattsline
    1:15
  • 9
    You in Americuh’ Now, African
    Quincy Jones featuring Lou Gossett & Quincy Jones Orchestra
    0:32
  • 10
    Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction)
    Quincy Jones featuring The Quincy Jones Orchestra & Auctioneers
    0:15
  • 11
    Ole Fiddler
    Quincy Jones featuring Lou Gossett
    1:12
  • 12
    Jumpin’ de Broom (Marriage Ceremony)
    Quincy Jones solo Bobby Bruce
    0:42
  • 13
    What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name)
    Quincy Jones featuring The Wattsline Choir, Richard Tee, Charles May & Mortonette Jenkins
    2:17
  • 14
    Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life)
    The Quincy Jones Orchestra
    1:25
  • 15
    Oh Lord, Come by Here
    Quincy Jones featuring The Wattsline Choir & Reverend James Cleveland
    3:25
  • 16
    Free at Last? (The Civil War)
    Quincy Jones featuring The Quincy Jones Orchestra & Lou Gossett
    2:24
  • 17
    Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English version)
    The Wattsline Choir featuring Letta Mbulu
    4:50

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