Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album)
| Reconstruction | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1970 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Chisa Records CS 803 | |||
| Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
| Hugh Masekela chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |  [2] |
Reconstruction is the twelfth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Chisa Records label in July 1970.[3][4][5][6] The album was re-released on CD in 1994 via MoJazz label.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr. | 3:37 |
| 2. | "I Will" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:07 |
| 3. | "I Can't Dance" | Hugh Masekela | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Father Time (Maybe Then You'll Know)" | Hugh Masekela | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Make Me a Potion" | Caiphus Semenya | 5:35 |
| 6. | "Sala Le Mane" | Hugh Masekela | 5:00 |
| 7. | "Leave Us Alone" | Hugh Masekela | 4:25 |
| 8. | "Woza" | Hugh Masekela | 2:25 |
| 9. | "Both Sides Now" | Joni Mitchell | 2:17 |
| 10. | "Traces" | Buddy Buie, Emory Gordy, James B. Cobb Jr. | 5:39 |
Personnel
- Arranged by – Hugh Masekela (tracks: 5 6 7 8 9), Wayne Henderson (tracks: 3)
- Bass – Hal Dodson (tracks: 6), Monk Montgomery (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10), Wilton Felder (tracks: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
- Congas – Francisco Aguabella (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
- Design, photography – Barry Feinstein, Camouflage Productions, Tom Wilkes
- Directed by – Stewart Levine
- Drums – Al Foster (tracks: 1 2 5 6 7 8 10), Wayne Henderson (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
- Electric piano – Joseph Sample (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
- Engineer – Larry Cox, Rik Pekkonen
- Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10), Bruce Langhorne (tracks: 3 4 9)
- Orchestrated by – Dale Frank (tracks: 1 10), Frank Kavelin (tracks: 2 4)
- Piano – Larry Willis
- Vocals – Caiphus Semenya (tracks: 1 5 7 9), Larry Willis (tracks: 6), Letta Mbulu (tracks: 1 5 7 8), Philemon Hou (tracks: 1 5 7 8)
References
- ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
Hugh Masekela
- ^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
