Friends (Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis album)

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Friends
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Studio album by
Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis
Released15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)
Studio Pretoria, South Africa
Genre Jazz
Length59:25
Label House of Masekela HOM001
Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis chronology
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Friends is a collaborative album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela and American jazz pianist Larry Willis. [2] The album is the sequel to Almost Like Being in Jazz released in 2005. [3] [4] [5] Recorded in Pretoria, Friends premiered in Cape Town at the Mahogany Room in April 2012. It is a four-piece album, a 39-track boxset reworking of American jazz standards, released on the new record label, House of Masekela.

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References

  1. ↑ Hewett, Ivan (9 June 2015). "Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis, Barbican, review: 'royally entertaining'". The Telegraph . telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Effinger, Shannon J. (1 May 2012). "Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis: FRIENDS". revive-music.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Friends: Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis warm up the Music Circuit". Design Indaba . designindaba.com. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis: FRIENDS Past Performance". jazz.org. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hugh Masekela, Larry Willis – Friends". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.


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