| The Collection | ||||
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| Released | 7 October 2003 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:07:38 | |||
| Label | Spectrum Music 981 022-7 | |||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [1] |
The Collection is a compilation album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. [2] It was released on 7 October 2003 via Spectrum Music label. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive" | Christopher Songxaka | 4:00 |
| 2. | "The Boy's Doin' It" | Adaloja Gboyega, Stanley Todd Kwesi, Hugh Masekela, Yaw Opoku, Papa Frankie Todd, Odinga "Guy" Warren | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Ade" | Caiphus Semenya | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Colonial Man" | Hugh Masekela | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Hi-Life" | Hugh Masekela, Yaw Opoku | 9:29 |
| 6. | "Goin' Back to New Orleans" | Hugh Masekela | 5:08 |
| 7. | "Mama" | Hugh Masekela | 5:10 |
| 8. | "To Get Ourselves Together" | Hugh Masekela | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Witch Doctor" | Hugh Masekela | 7:31 |
| 10. | "In the Jungle" | Hugh Masekela | 5:13 |
| 11. | "Mamani" | Caiphus Semenya | 5:26 |
| 12. | "Excuse Me Please" | Hugh Masekela | 6:19 |
| 13. | "Hush (Somebody's Calling My Name)" | Joe May | 3:36 |
| Total length: | 1:07:38 | ||
Home Is Where the Music Is is a 1972 jazz and Afrobeat double LP by Hugh Masekela issued by the joint American label Chisa/Blue Thumb Records. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Trumpet Africaine: The New Beat from South Africa is the debut studio record (LP) by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and released in August 1962 via Mercury Records. The album was released whilst Masekela was still in school.
Grrr is the second studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and released in 1966 via Mercury Records. Grrr was re-released on LP in 1968 on Wing/Mercury labels as Hugh Masekela and on CD in 2003 on Verve label. On this record, he seamlessly fuses jazz ideas with the rhythmically complex South African music known as Mbaqanga.
The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela is the fifth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1966 via Chisa Records label. On this album he performs mostly his own songs. Tracks "Child of the Earth", "Felicidade", and "Ha Lese Le Di Khanna" were later included in his 2004 album Still Grazing.
Hugh Masekela's Latest is the sixth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was released in 1967 via Uni Records label.
The Promise of a Future is the eighth studio album by South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label. It was recorded in March 1968 in Los Angeles, California. The album was re-released on CD in 1993 on One Way label. The Promise of a Future features Masekela's version of a famous instrumental composition "Grazing in the Grass".
Masekela is the eleventh studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label in 1969.
Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa is the thirteen studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Chisa Records label in May 1971. The album was re-released on CD in 1994 on MoJazz label.
Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz is the fifteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, and released in 1973. The track "Languta" was later included in his 2004 album Still Grazing.
The Boy's Doin' It is the seventeenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and in Lagos, Nigeria, and released in June 1975 via Casablanca Records label. The album was re-released on CD in 1998 on Verve Records with six additional tracks.
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela is collaborative studio album by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Hollywood, California, and released in 1978 via A&M Records and Horizon Records labels.
Waiting for the Rain is a 1985 studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The album features a constellation of local African stars, most notably Bheki Mseleku on tenor saxophone and keyboards, and includes a cover of Fela Kuti's classic song "Lady". The album is dedicated to his mother, Pauline Bowers Masekela. Many tracks from this album were later included in his 2002 live album Live at the BBC.
Uptownship is a 1989 studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and Jersey City, and released via Novus Records label. This is his last album in exile before the end of apartheid.
Beatin' Aroun de Bush is a 1992 studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Hollywood and released via Novus Records label.
Hope is a 1994 live album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.
Black to the Future is a 1998 studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The album was recorded in Mafikeng, South Africa.
Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela is a 2001 compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The album was released via the Columbia label. This is a retrospective collection that includes 14 tracks by Masekela.
Still Grazing is a 2004 compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The album is a retrospective collection of his compositions recorded over the period 1966–1974. The album is the soundtrack to Masekela’s recent autobiography of the same name.
The Chisa Years: 1965–1975 is a compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The album consists of 14 rare or forgotten tracks recorded by Stewart Levine and Hugh Masekela from 1965 to 1975 when they ran their own Chisa Records label.
Jabulani is a studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The record was released on 31 January 2012 via Listen 2 label in the USA and via Gallo Record Company label in South Africa. The Zulu word jabulani translates as: to be happy, or to bring joy and happiness. Recorded in Pretoria, South Africa, the album is a collection of re-interpreted traditional South African wedding songs.