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No other work during Hugh Masekela's long and fruitful career blended all of his interests -- jazz, funk, pop, Afrobeat, and R&B, plus a little Latin and a lot of disco -- into such an exciting mixture as 1975's The Boy's Doin' It, his first record for Casablanca. Influenced by Kool & the Gang as well as the growing tendency for Latin artists (like Joe Bataan) to cross over toward contemporary dance trends (and labels), Masekela recruited a few veterans from the Ghanian highlife band Hedzoleh Soundz -- with whom he'd worked with on one album before. Recorded in Lagos, Nigeria and dedicated to Fela Kuti, The Boy's Doin' It has six extended jams, each of which does an excellent job of playing off deep grooves against ensemble vocals and catchy hooks, with plenty of room for Masekela's own trumpet and every note polished to a fine '70s sheen. It didn't matter what type of music fan you were: pop, disco, funk, world music, and any but the most hidebound jazz purist could get into these tracks.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kwasi "Rocki" Dzidzornu, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Orlando Julius Ekemode, ComposerLyricist - Papa Frankie Todd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Kwesi Todd, ComposerLyricist - Yaw Opoku, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Odinga "Guy" Warren, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Adelaja Gboyega, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - O.J. Ekemode, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Todd Kwesi, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Asante, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kwasi "Rocki" Dzidzornu, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Papa Frankie Todd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Yaw Opoku, Double Bass, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Odinga "Guy" Warren, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Adelaja Gboyega, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - O.J. Ekemode, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Todd Kwesi, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Asante, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist - O.J. Ekemode, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yaw Opoku, ComposerLyricist - Jagger Botchway, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Masekela, Producer, Flugelhorn, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Yaw Opoku, ComposerLyricist - Adelaja Gboyega, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Asante, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - A. Gboyega, ComposerLyricist - Richard Neesai Botchway, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1976 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Masekela, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Kwesi Todd, Producer
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Masekela, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Stanley Kwesi Todd, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1977 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
No other work during Hugh Masekela's long and fruitful career blended all of his interests -- jazz, funk, pop, Afrobeat, and R&B, plus a little Latin and a lot of disco -- into such an exciting mixture as 1975's The Boy's Doin' It, his first record for Casablanca. Influenced by Kool & the Gang as well as the growing tendency for Latin artists (like Joe Bataan) to cross over toward contemporary dance trends (and labels), Masekela recruited a few veterans from the Ghanian highlife band Hedzoleh Soundz -- with whom he'd worked with on one album before. Recorded in Lagos, Nigeria and dedicated to Fela Kuti, The Boy's Doin' It has six extended jams, each of which does an excellent job of playing off deep grooves against ensemble vocals and catchy hooks, with plenty of room for Masekela's own trumpet and every note polished to a fine '70s sheen. It didn't matter what type of music fan you were: pop, disco, funk, world music, and any but the most hidebound jazz purist could get into these tracks.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:24
- Main artists: Hugh Masekela
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1998 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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