Thirty-five years ago, Bey sparked my passion for the African drum when I heard him leading Olatunjis Drums of Passion. His work with Randy Weston and Art Blakey helped introduce the African drum into jazz. Youll hear Bey and his 6 priest-drummers surrounding you in a burning drums-and-voice session, seamlessly merging intense Yoruba rituals with black spirituals. The recordings detail reproduces the slap of callused hands on goatskin drumheads; the imaging pinpoints each drummers ceremonial dancing and swaying.