Mapenzi
{{Infobox album
| name = Mapenzi
| type = Album
| artist = Harold Land-Blue Mitchell Quintet
| cover = Mapenzi.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = April 14, 1977
| venue =
| studio = Sunwest, Los Angeles, California
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:30
| label = Concord
| producer = Carl Jefferson
| chronology = Blue Mitchell
| prev_title = African Violet
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Stablemates
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Harold Land
| type = Album
| prev_title = Damisi
| prev_year = 1972
| title = Mapenzi
| year = 1977
| next_title = Xocia's Dance
| next_year = 1981
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = CD Cover
| type = Album
| cover = Mapenzi (CD).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
Mapenzi is a studio album by American jazz musician Harold Land and Blue Mitchell quintet. The album was released in 1977 by Concord label.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with reviewer Scott Yanow stating "this is an excellent example of 1977 hard bop".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/mapenzi-r142505 Allmusic Review] accessed June 15, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Harold Land except as indicated
- "Mapenzi" - 5:15
- "Rapture" - 5:08
- "Habiba" (Kirk Lightsey) - 10:19
- "Blue Silver" (Blue Mitchell) - 4:58
- "Everything's Changed" (Kirk Lightsey) - 5:13
- "Inner Voice" - 6:08
- "Tres Senderos" - 5:29
- Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios in Hollywood, California on April 14, 1977.