Uptownship
1989 studio album by Hugh Masekela
Uptownship | ||||
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Studio album by Hugh Masekela | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | November 1988 – July 1989 | |||
Studio | Evergreen Studios (New York City), Quantum Studios (Jersey City, NJ), Baby Monster Studios (NYC), RCA Studios (NYC) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:01:26 | |||
Label | Novus Records 3070 | |||
Producer | Hugh Masekela, John Cartwright, Morris Goldberg, Rick Rowe | |||
Hugh Masekela chronology | ||||
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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.
Reception
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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.'"[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Uptownship" | Hugh Masekela | 6:01 |
2. | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | 6:25 |
3. | "Now or Never" | Hugh Masekela | 4:46 |
4. | "Hold On" | Joe Cang, Matthew Cang | 5:33 |
5. | "Ooo Baby Baby" | Smokey Robinson | 6:18 |
6. | "Egoli" | Victor Ndlazilwane | 5:38 |
7. | "No Woman, No Cry" | Vincent Ford, Bob Marley | 5:24 |
8. | "Emavungweni" | Ndikho Xaba | 4:31 |
9. | "Naledi" | John Selolwane | 4:10 |
10. | "Elijah" | Hugh Masekela | 5:28 |
11. | "Nomalizo" | John Dlamini | 7:12 |
Total length: | 01:01:26 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Hugh Masekela: Uptownship". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
Hugh Masekela
External links
- Official website
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- Trumpet Africaine (1962)
- Grrr (1966)
- Hugh Masekela's Next Album (1966)
- The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela (1966)
- Hugh Masekela's Latest (1967)
- The Promise of a Future (1968)
- Africa '68 (1968)
- Masekela (1969)
- Reconstruction (1970)
- Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa (1971)
- Home Is Where the Music Is (1972)
- Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (1973)
- I Am Not Afraid (1974)
- The Boy's Doin' It (1975)
- Colonial Man (1976)
- Melody Maker
- You Told Your Mama Not to Worry (1977)
- Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978)
- Home (1982)
- Techno-Bush (1984)
- Waiting for the Rain (1985)
- Tomorrow (1987)
- Uptownship (1989)
- Beatin' Aroun de Bush (1992)
- Notes of Life (1996)
- Black to the Future (1998)
- Sixty (2000)
- Time (2002)
- Revival (2005)
- Almost Like Being in Jazz (2005)
- Phola (2009)
- Jabulani (2012)
- Friends (2012)
- Playing @ Work (2012)
- No Borders (2016)
- Rejoice (2020)
- The Best of Masekela (1969)
- Stimela (1994)
- The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus (1999)
- Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela (2001)
- The Collection (2003)
- Still Grazing (2004)
- The Chisa Years: 1965–1975 (Rare and Unreleased) (2006)
- The Americanization of Ooga Booga (1966)
- Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky (1967)
- The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela (1968)
- Main Event Live (1978)
- Hope (1994)
- Live at the BBC (2002)
- Live at the Market Theatre (2007)
- "Up-Up and Away"
- "Grazing in the Grass"
- "Skokiaan"
- Still Grazing (2004)