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Released to coincide with Hugh Masekela's autobiography of the same name, Still Grazing picks up the Masekela story from Verve's summary of the best of the MGM albums, The Lasting Impression of Ooga-Booga, and runs through the Uni and Blue Thumb material. The 1966 tracks are from The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela, where the trumpeter mixes his florid horn calls and vocals with variations of the boogaloo, township jive, soul-jazz, and in Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Felicidade," a slight pinch of bossa nova into a hip, brightly colored cuisine that no one else was attempting at the time. As in the MGM days, Masekela is obliged to cover the hit tunes of the day, although "Up, Up, and Away" has more life and jazz licks than those earlier attempts. 1968's "The Promise of a Future" was the real commercial breakthrough -- thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of the cowbell-beating "Grazing in the Grass," which improbably rose to the number one slot on Top 40 radio in those enlightened times. That triumphant track would be Masekela's last trip to the Top 40, whereupon he promptly used the exposure to shine a harsh light on what was going on in his homeland ("Gold") and America in 1968 ("Mace and Grenades"). The CD then jumps to a percolating, Echoplexed "Languta" from a 1973 session in Lagos, Nigeria, before concluding with a withering account of the South African coal-mining trains ("Stimela"). The package is given extra credibility by the original producer of these tracks, Stewart Levine, who compiled the album and also wrote a fond set of reminiscences. Many of these premonitions of today's world music scene have been gone for decades, and it's good to have at least some of them back in circulation again.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Stewart Levine, Producer - Charlie Smalls, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John Cartwright, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Big Black, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Carter, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Charlie Smalls, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Masekela, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Caiphus Semenya, ComposerLyricist - John Cartwright, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Big Black, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Carter, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Charlie Smalls, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist - John Cartwright, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Big Black, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Carter, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Miriam Makeba, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Philemon Hou, ComposerLyricist - Stewart Levine, Producer - William Henderson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Masekela, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Langhorne, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Franklin, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Carter, Bells, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of Geffen Records
Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Rik Pekkonen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Rik Pekkonen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hugh Masekela, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Released to coincide with Hugh Masekela's autobiography of the same name, Still Grazing picks up the Masekela story from Verve's summary of the best of the MGM albums, The Lasting Impression of Ooga-Booga, and runs through the Uni and Blue Thumb material. The 1966 tracks are from The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela, where the trumpeter mixes his florid horn calls and vocals with variations of the boogaloo, township jive, soul-jazz, and in Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Felicidade," a slight pinch of bossa nova into a hip, brightly colored cuisine that no one else was attempting at the time. As in the MGM days, Masekela is obliged to cover the hit tunes of the day, although "Up, Up, and Away" has more life and jazz licks than those earlier attempts. 1968's "The Promise of a Future" was the real commercial breakthrough -- thanks to the out-of-the-blue success of the cowbell-beating "Grazing in the Grass," which improbably rose to the number one slot on Top 40 radio in those enlightened times. That triumphant track would be Masekela's last trip to the Top 40, whereupon he promptly used the exposure to shine a harsh light on what was going on in his homeland ("Gold") and America in 1968 ("Mace and Grenades"). The CD then jumps to a percolating, Echoplexed "Languta" from a 1973 session in Lagos, Nigeria, before concluding with a withering account of the South African coal-mining trains ("Stimela"). The package is given extra credibility by the original producer of these tracks, Stewart Levine, who compiled the album and also wrote a fond set of reminiscences. Many of these premonitions of today's world music scene have been gone for decades, and it's good to have at least some of them back in circulation again.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:32
- Main artists: Hugh Masekela
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Thumb
- Genre: Jazz
© 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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