The Promise of a Future
The Promise of a Future | ||||
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Studio album by Hugh Masekela | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | 12–14 March 1968 | |||
Studio | Gold Star (Hollywood, California) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 29:57 | |||
Label | Uni Records 73028 | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
Hugh Masekela chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Promise of a Future is the eighth studio album by South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label.[3] It was recorded in March 1968 in Los Angeles, California.[4][5] The album was re-released on CD in 1993 on One Way label. The Promise of a Future features Masekela's version of a famous instrumental composition "Grazing in the Grass".
Reception
A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated: "Classic work from Hugh Masekela – and the album that pushed him over the top! The record features his version of 'Grazin In The Grass', a runaway instrumental hit when it was issued – and a sly little groover that was based upon some earlier South African pop melodies that Hugh copped from his roots. The group's a tight little quintet with Al Abreu on tenor and soprano sax, William Henderson on piano, Chuck Carter on drums, and Henry Franklin on bass."[6] A reviewer of Billboard added: "Fluent in any musical lingo, Masekela and his crowd should sample all the charts before settling down."[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson | 2:00 |
2. | "Madonna" | Al Abreu | 3:10 |
3. | "No Face, No Name and No Number" | Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood | 3:26 |
4. | "Almost Seedless" | Hugh Masekela | 3:36 |
5. | "Stop" | Jerry Ragovoy, Mort Shuman | 2:35 |
6. | "Grazing in the Grass" | Harry Elston, Philemon Hou, Hugh Masekela | 2:40 |
7. | "Vuca" (Wake Up) | Hugh Masekela | 3:40 |
8. | "Bajabula Bonke" (The Healing Song) | Miriam Makeba | 6:25 |
9. | "There Are Seeds To Sow" (Guitar – Bruce Langhorne) | Hugh Masekela | 2:25 |
Personnel
- Bass – Henry Franklin
- Drums – Chuck Carter
- Guitar – Bruce Langhorne
- Engineer – The Doctor
- Piano – William Henderson
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Saxophone (tenor, soprano) – Al Abreu
- Trumpet (uncredited) – Hugh Masekela
References
- ^ Davis, Hank. "Hugh Masekela – The Promise of a Future". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela: The Promise of a Future". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1955-1969". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela: Promise of a Future". Dusty Groove. dustygroove.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 June 1968. p. 85. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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)