Muziek - Still Grazing (The Musical Journey Of Hugh Masekela)

Still Grazing (The Musical Journey Of Hugh Masekela)

Nu slechts € 9,99 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

Klik hier om het produkt te bestellen

Aanbevolen produkten

OUT FOR BLOOD [ECD] € 17,50	HER GREATEST HITS (SONGS OF LONG AGO) € 9,99	MODERN HEX € 17,99	MERA THERAPY € 15,99	ONLY THE BEST OF € 47,99
FRONTLINE 1993-1997 (RARITIES & REMIXES) € 15,99	SEX DRUGS ANARCHY € 10,50	HERE / LIVING IN A FANTASY € 13,50	OH! THINGS ARE SO CORRUPT € 17,99	ALL HAIL THE END € 17,99
LEAVING HOME BLUES € 17,99	JUNGLE BOOK SING-A-LONG € 8,50	GEARS OF WAR 3 € 17,99	MA MERE L OYE A.O. € 14,50	EMBRACE THE HERD € 14,99
PORTER: COMPLETE VIOLIN WORKS € 16,99	RED RIVER ROCK (ANTHOLOGY / +DVD) € 15,99	BREAKING THE LAW € 6,50	COMME ON EST VENU € 9,99	ELECTRIC VERSION € 19,99
WRIT OF SWORD, THE € 14,99	FLASHDANCE € 9,99	GREATEST HITS € 9,99	FEELINGS LIVE & FOREVER € 14,99	SASQUANAUT € 13,50
LADY DAY € 10,99	HISTORICAL FIGURES AND ANCIENT HEADS € 16,99	DINNER MUSIC FOR A PACK OF HUNGRY € 14,99	BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR € 9,99	GUMBO € 5,99
CONTRA € 19,99	MARRYING JANE € 4,99	VIOL.SON.COMPL. € 48,99	RAVISHING - THE BEST OF € 6,99	EMBODIMENT BEGINS, THE € 13,99
WITH GUESTS € 17,99	LEGIONS OF PERKELE € 13,50	VUUR € 17,99	CROWN OF CREATION € 9,99	RAW BLUES POWER € 16,99
REMIXES € 19,99	HOLD ON / ON BOARD € 5,99	STOCKFISH 1 -180GR.- € 33,99	DEVILS ON BOTH SIDES € 9,99	FEEL THE HEAT € 12,99
BEATIN' THE.. -REMAST- € 15,50	BYKEDELICS € 17,50	DREAMLAND € 9,99	FUZZY € 8,99	SMOKEY ROLLS DOWN THUNDER CANYON € 18,99