Album guide
Afro Bach
- Composer
- J.S. Bach
- Released
- 2025
- Label
- LittleHorse Group
- Forces
- Piano
- Personnel
- Joachim Horsley with featured guests on every track
Horsley ends the trilogy begun with Via Havana by moving beyond Cuba into Haitian kompa, Colombian cumbia, Afrobeats and South African amapiano.
The eight-minute finale adds Cuban tres and strings to the rhythm section, and its arrangement earned a 2025 Latin Grammy nomination.
Hear both
The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
One track uses a complete prelude and fugue, so each half has its own recording, and one draws on two separate works, so it has a recording of each. Every other source is played once, in album order.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- African Partita (Afro Bach Overture) [feat. Jeff Pierre & Yonathan Morocho Gavidia]Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: Praeludium
- Afrobeats Prelude and Amapiano Fugue (feat. Magatte Fall)The Well-Tempered Clavier I, Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
- Bach Boogaloo (feat. Murphy Aucamp)Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
- Bach Cumbia (feat. Orito cantora y Jenn del tambó)Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
- Tropical Prelude (feat. Sebastien Hurtaud)Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude
- Kompa Classique (feat. LUCAS SEB & Jeff Pierre)English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Allemande
- Bach’s Cuban Concerto for Piano and Tres (feat. Olivia Soler & Boston Public Quartet and Friends)Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro