Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela

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Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela
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Compilation album by
Hugh Masekela
ReleasedOctober 16, 2001
Genre Jazz
Length1:13:56
Label Columbia Records CK 85759
Producer Hugh Masekela, Cedric Samson, Mthunzi Namba
Hugh Masekela chronology
Sixty
(2000)		Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela
(2001)		 Time
(2002)
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Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela is a 2001 compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. [4] The album was released via the Columbia label. This is a retrospective collection that includes 14 tracks by Masekela.

Contents

Reception

Bruce Eder of AllMusic noted: "This release is superb, but also a little confusing -- it is, as its packaging suggests, a magnificent retrospective of a global jazz legend, despite the fact that it must, of necessity, leave some holes in a 14-song selection intended to sum up a 40-year career. What isn't clear until one opens it, however, is that little of what's here -- none of it, in fact -- consists of the original recordings; rather, these are re-recordings done for Columbia in much more recent times. And that's not necessarily bad, as Masekela has lost little of his fire over the ensuing four decades and did get to do these tracks under ideal conditions." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grazing in the Grass" Harry Elston, Philemon Hou2:55
2."Vasco da Gama (The Sailor Man)"Hugh Masekela4:23
3."Khauleza" Dorothy Masuka 5:17
4."Ziph' Inkomo" Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semenya 6:46
5."Mama" Trevor Gordon, Hugh Masekela, Cedric Samson5:03
6."Chileshe"Hugh Masekela6:19
7."Market Place"Hugh Masekela5:55
8."Don't Go Lose It Baby"Hugh Masekela6:52
9."Strawberries"Hugh Masekela4:56
10."Thanayi"Nomunde Sihawu5:25
11."African Secret Society"Hugh Masekela5:30
12."Ha Lese (Le Di Khanna)" Caiphus Semenya 4:26
13."Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)"Hugh Masekela, Michael Timothy4:44
14."Stimela (Coal Train)"Hugh Masekela5:25
Total length:1:13:56

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela". AllMusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8 . Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Cook, Richard. p. 862. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hugh Masekela – Grazing In The Grass (The Best Of Hugh Masekela)". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Sixty". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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