Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album)

Reconstruction
Studio album by Hugh Masekela
Released	July 1970
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz
Label	Chisa Records CS 803
Producer	Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
Masekela (1969) Reconstruction (1970) Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa (1971)

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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

1. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
2. Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. Hugh Masekela
3. "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
4. "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
5. "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

External links

• Official website