"Kawaida" is the first album as leader by American jazz drummer Albert Heath, released under the pseudonym Toudie Heath-Kuumba. Afrocentric spiritual jazz feeling that constantly balances between regular bop and slightly free jazz. The songs are often introduced with percussion and piano.
Toudie Heath-Kuumba /Albert Heath) - drums.
Msafari (Don Cherry) - trumpet.
Mwandisi (Herbie Hancock) - piano-
Tayari (JimmIE Heath) - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone.
Fundi (Billy Bonner) - flute, percussion.
Mtume (James Foreman) - conga drums.
Ed Blackwell - bells, percussion.
Mchezaji (Buster Williams) - contrabass.
Baraka.
Maulana.
Kawaida.
Dunia.
Kamili.
