Village Life

Village Life
Studio album by
Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso
ReleasedDecember 1985 (Japan)
RecordedAugust 7–9, 1984
StudioCBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio, Shinanomachi, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion, Mandé music
Length40:38
LabelCBS/Sony, Columbia
ProducerBill Laswell, Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock chronology
Sound-System
(1984)		 Village Life
(1985)		 Round Midnight
(1986)

Village Life is an album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and Mandinka griot Foday Musa Suso. It was recorded in Japan and released in 1985. Hancock and Suso had worked together as part of a larger ensemble for Hancock's 1984 album Sound-System, and Village Life was recorded shortly after a world tour. There are no overdubs, Village Life was recorded live in the studio. The album was coproduced by Bill Laswell.

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