Black to the Future (Hugh Masekela album)

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Black to the Future
Black to the Future - Hugh Masekela.jpg
Studio album by
Hugh Masekela
Released10 November 1998
StudioBop Recording Studios, Mafikeng, South Africa.
Genre Jazz
Length1:07:23
Label Shanachie Records Shanachie 5056
Producer Hugh Masekela, Don Laka
Hugh Masekela chronology
Notes of Life
(1996)		Black to the Future
(1998)		 The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus
(1999)
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Black to the Future is a 1998 studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. [4] [5] The album was recorded in Mafikeng, South Africa.

Contents

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated: "Black to the Future is a fairly standard latter-day Hugh Masekela album, falling somewhere between accessible worldbeat and tuneful fusion. Granted, Masekela has been mining this ground for some time, but there is a bit of a difference here, particularly the genuine sound of some of the polyrhythms and the way the group locks into a supple groove." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Ndoro"Hugh Masekela5:39
2."The Boy's Doin' It"Hugh Masekela5:46
3."Ashiko" Orlando Julius Ekemode, Hugh Masekela6:04
4."Chileshe"Hugh Masekela6:19
5."JJC/JJD"Don Laka, Hugh Masekela4:37
6."Song of Love"Don Laka, Hugh Masekela5:20
7."Khawuleza"Hugh Masekela, Dorothy Masuka 5:19
8."Child of the Earth"Hugh Masekela6:15
9."Excuse Me Baby Please!"Hugh Masekela5:28
10."Strawberries"Hugh Masekela4:57
11."Nina" Les Ballets Africains, Hugh Masekela5:48
12."Bokone"Don Laka, Hugh Masekela6:11
Total length:01:07:23

Personnel

Band

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8 . Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Thomas. "Black to the Future". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Cook, Richard. p. 862. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music . amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hugh Masekela – Notes of Life". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Thomas. "Black to the Future". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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