MANU DIBANGO
AMBASSADOR
1981
CRC Records (France)
LP
№ 2933 128

Tracks:

Side A

1. Happy Filling (6:30).
2. Cava Chouia (5:15).
3. Bona Sango (4:40).

Side B

1. Choc’N’Soul (5:15).
2. Kumbele Style (5:56).
3. Night Jet (6:42).

«Happy Filling», «Cava Chouia», «Bona Sango», «Kumbele Style», and «Night Jet» written by Manu Dibango, «Choc’N’Soul» by Manu Dibango and Geoffrey Chung.

Manu Dibango: saxophones, marimba, vibraphones, piano, vocals.
Robbie Shakespeare: bass.
Val Douglas: bass.
Clyde Bullard: bass.
Sketch: bass.
Sly Dunbar: drums, conga, percussion.
Uziah «Sticky» Thompson: conga, percussion.
Mikey «Boo» Richards: drums, conga, percussion.
Errol «Crusher» Bennett: conga, percussion.
Mikey «Mao» Chung: guitar.
Willie Lindo: guitar.
Wayne Armond: guitar.
Radcliff «Dougie» Bryan: guitar.
Peter Ashbourne: keyboard.
Ansel Collins: keyboard.
Robbie Lyn: keyboard.
Clive «Azul» Hunt: keyboard.
Freddy Butler: keyboard.
Paul Griffin: keyboard.
Fernand Boudou: keyboard.
Gwen Guthrie: vocals.
Ullanda McCullough: vocals.
Brenda White: vocals.
Yvonne Lewis: vocals.
Frank Floyd: vocals.
Michael Brecker: saxophone.
Randy Brecker: trumpet.
Jon Faddis: trumpet.
Mike Lawrence: trumpet.
Lou Marini: saxophone.
Barry Rogers: trombone.
Ed Byrne: trombone.
Howard Johnson: tuba.
Eddie Daniels: clarinet.
Geoffrey Chung: keyboard, guitar, bass.
All tracks produced by Geoffrey Chung.
All tracks arranged by Manu Dibango; strings by Paul Griffin and conducted by Ray Jones.
All tracks recorded at Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Sound Mixers, New York, New York; Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamas; Studio Harry Son, Paris, France; Basing Street Studio, London, England.
Assistant engineers: Michael Riley, Noel Hearne, James Nichols, Stuart Henderson, Steve Stanley, Robert Ash, Carey Tayler, Muriel Fouquerolle.
All tracks mixed at Basing Street Studio (London, England); assisted by Godwin Logie.
Project Co-Ordination: Erskine Thompson.
Front cover picture taken at «Le Palace» by Pascal Hinous and Bruno Schneider.