Uptownship

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Uptownship
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Studio album by
Hugh Masekela
Released1989
RecordedNovember 1988 – July 1989
StudioEvergreen Studios (New York City), Quantum Studios (Jersey City, NJ), Baby Monster Studios (NYC), RCA Studios (NYC)
Genre Jazz
Length1:01:26
Label Novus Records 3070
Producer Hugh Masekela, John Cartwright, Morris Goldberg, Rick Rowe
Hugh Masekela chronology
Tomorrow
(1987)		Uptownship
(1989)		 Beatin' Aroun de Bush
(1992)

Uptownship is a 1989 studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. [1] It was recorded in New York City and Jersey City, and released via Novus Records label. It was his last album in exile before the end of apartheid.

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SourceRating
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Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic noted: "The title of this New York City-recorded album suggests a combination of township jive and uptown Gotham soul and energy, but what we get is some of the former and little of the latter. Here, Masekela alternates South African-inflected pop/jazz with lugubrious covers of a couple of U.S. soul tunes ... and a Bob Marley anthem, 'No Woman, No Cry.'" [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uptownship"Hugh Masekela6:01
2."If You Don't Know Me by Now" Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff 6:25
3."Now or Never"Hugh Masekela4:46
4."Hold On"Joe Cang, Matthew Cang5:33
5."Ooo Baby Baby" Smokey Robinson 6:18
6."Egoli"Victor Ndlazilwane5:38
7."No Woman, No Cry" Vincent Ford, Bob Marley 5:24
8."Emavungweni"Ndikho Xaba4:31
9."Naledi"John Selolwane4:10
10."Elijah"Hugh Masekela5:28
11."Nomalizo"John Dlamini7:12
Total length:01:01:26

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References

  1. ↑ Mojapelo, Max (2008). Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music. African Minds. p. 280. ISBN   978-1-920299-28-6 . Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hugh Masekela: Uptownship". AllMusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide . Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Hugh Masekela
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