Hugh Masekela's Latest

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Hugh Masekela's Latest
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Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedLos Angeles (probably) [1]
Genre Jazz
Length35:38
Label Uni Records 3010, 73010
Producer Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela
(1966)
Hugh Masekela's Latest
(1967)
Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky
(1967)
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Hugh Masekela's Latest is the sixth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. [3] [4] It was released in 1967 via Uni Records label. [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baby, Baby, Baby" Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Ted White2:58
2."Society's Child" (Baby I've Been Thinking) Janis Ian 2:50
3."Lily the Fox"Hugh Masekela2:33
4."Groove Me"Hugh Masekela3:38
5."Thula"Hugh Masekela3:00
6."Mago"Hugh Masekela2:54
7."Arrastao" Edu Lobo, Vinicius De Moraes 2:49
8."Reza" (Laia Ladaia) Edu Lobo, Ray Guerra5:29
9."I Just Wasn't Meant For These Times" Brian Wilson, Tony Asher 3:40
10."Here, There and Everywhere" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 4:25
11."Mazeze"Hugh Masekela1:22
Total length:35:38

Personnel

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