Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela

Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
Studio album by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela
Released	1978
Recorded	in Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:22
Label	A&M SP-728 Horizon SP-728
Producer	Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
You Told Your Mama Not to Worry (1977) Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978) Main Event Live (1978)
Herb Alpert chronology
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977) Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978) Main Event Live (1978)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela is collaborative studio album by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela. ^{[3] [4]} It was recorded in Hollywood, California, and released in 1978 via A&M Records and Horizon Records labels. ^{[5] [6]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Skokiaan"	Tom Glazer, August Msarurgwa	3:37
2.	"Moonza"	Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert	4:38
3.	"Ring Bell"	George David Weiss, Jerry Ragovoy	3:24
4.	"Happy Hanna"	Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard	4:58
5.	"El Lobo" (The Wolf)	Edu Lobo	7:20
6.	"African Summer"	Caiphus Semenya	3:20
7.	"I'll Be There for You"	Caiphus Semenya	7:05

Personnel

• Acoustic guitar – Tommy Tedesco (tracks: 5)
• Arranged by – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Stewart Levine
• Backing vocals – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Lani Hall, Letta Mbulu
• Bass – Chuck Domanico
• Bass – Louis Johnson (tracks: 1)
• Co-producer – Hugh Masekela
• Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci
• Design – Chuck Beeson
• Drums – Carlos Vega (tracks: 5), James Gadson, Spider Webb (tracks: 6)
• Flugelhorn – Hugh Masekela
• Flugelhorn, trumpet – Herb Alpert
• French horn – Marylin L. Robinson, Sidney Isaac Muldrow
• Guitar – Arthur Adams, Freddie Harris, Lee Ritenour
• Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 7)
• Mastered by – Bernie Grundman
• Orchestrated By – Donald Cooke
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
• Piano – Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard
• Producer – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine
• Synthesizer – Craig Hindley (tracks: 4), Michael Boddicker (tracks: 6)
• Synthesizer – Ian Underwood
• Trombone – Donald Cooke, George Bohanon
• Trombone (bass) – Maurice Spears

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. "Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
2. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 26 April 2017.
3. "Major Event". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 14 January 1978. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
4. "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music . amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
5. "Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela – Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela". Discogs . discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
6. "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

External links

• Official website