Albert 'Tootie' Heath - The Offering (1998)
1. The Offering
2. African Impulse
3. Temple of Creativity
4. Mystical Energy
5. Cultural Frame of Reference
6. Calling His Name
7. Common Language
8. Minerals from the Soul
9. Good-Bye Ben-Garold
10. Gothenburg Village
11. The Light of Love
12. Transformation & Rhyme
13. Memories
14. Historically Rappin'
15. Intersection
16. One Night in Sweden
17. Bush Beat
"Albert 'Tootie' Heath's The Offering is a musical shrine to his son Mtume who recently passed. For Heath, Mtume's death is a source of meditative reflection on life's complexity and brevity. In concert with many African spiritual and philosophical systems, the physical shrine on the cover is filled with some of Mtume's cherished possessions and commemorative objects which invoke a memory of different aspects of his life. The music itself flows from Tootie Heath's deeply personal and integrated perspectives about life as a beautiful, brief and contradictory odyssey. The percussive arrangements' varied tones and colors give rise to a broad range of sentiments...." - Scot Ngozi-Brown
2. African Impulse
3. Temple of Creativity
4. Mystical Energy
5. Cultural Frame of Reference
6. Calling His Name
7. Common Language
8. Minerals from the Soul
9. Good-Bye Ben-Garold
10. Gothenburg Village
11. The Light of Love
12. Transformation & Rhyme
13. Memories
14. Historically Rappin'
15. Intersection
16. One Night in Sweden
17. Bush Beat
"Albert 'Tootie' Heath's The Offering is a musical shrine to his son Mtume who recently passed. For Heath, Mtume's death is a source of meditative reflection on life's complexity and brevity. In concert with many African spiritual and philosophical systems, the physical shrine on the cover is filled with some of Mtume's cherished possessions and commemorative objects which invoke a memory of different aspects of his life. The music itself flows from Tootie Heath's deeply personal and integrated perspectives about life as a beautiful, brief and contradictory odyssey. The percussive arrangements' varied tones and colors give rise to a broad range of sentiments...." - Scot Ngozi-Brown