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Hope
Live album by
Hugh Masekela
Released1 February 1994
Recorded30 July – 1 August 1993
StudioBlues Alley, Washington DC
GenreJazz
Length1:13:34
LabelTriloka Records (TRICD82020)
ProducerHugh Masekela, K.D. Kagel
Hugh Masekela chronology
Beatin' Aroun de Bush
(1992) 		Hope
(1994) 		Stimela
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

Hope is a 1994 live album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.[5][6]

Reception

Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic wrote: "Now happily resettled in South Africa, Masekela assembled a seven-piece group there and recorded an informal guided tour of his life and repertoire live in Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and several countries and composers -- from an incantatory Alexandria township tune, 'Languta,' which he learned in 1947, to a fairly ordinary piece written by keyboardist Themba Mkhize in 1993, 'Until When.' 'Abangoma' starts the CD out on the right track, hearkening back to the early fusion of African music and jazz that Masekela was playing back in 1966."[7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Abangoma (The Healers)"Miriam Makeba4:59
2."Uptownship"Hugh Masekela4:51
3."Mandela (Bring Him Back Home)"Hugh Masekela5:09
4."Grazing in the Grass"Harry Elston, Philemon Hou3:27
5."Lady"Fela Kuti7:00
6."Until When"Themba Mkhize4:08
7."Languta"Hugh Masekela8:04
8."Nomali"Caiphus Semenya8:55
9."Market Place"Hugh Masekela5:28
10."Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)"Alan Salinga5:55
11."Ha le Se (The Dowry Song)"Caiphus Semenya5:38
12."Stimela (The Coal Train)"Hugh Masekela10:00
Total length:01:13:34

Personnel

  • Hugh Masekela – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Damon Duewhite – drums
  • Bakithi Kumalo – bass, vocals
  • Lawrence Matshiza – guitar, vocals
  • Themba Mkhize – keyboards, vocals
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion, vocals
  • Ngenekhaya Mahlanghu – saxophone, flute, vocals, percussion
  • Los Ballederos Hornas Africanos De Townsheep – backing vocals

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Hugh Masekela: Technobush". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Cook, Richard. p. 862. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Hugh Masekela
  5. ^ "Hugh Masekela – Hope". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Hugh Masekela: Technobush". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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