Stimela (album)

Stimela
Compilation album by
Released1994
GenreJazz, Funk, Soul
Length1:01:22
LabelConnoisseur Collection VSOP CD 200
ProducerHugh Masekela, Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
Hope
(1994)
Stimela
(1994)
Notes of Life
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Stimela is a 1994 compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.[3] The album was compiled and produced by Masekela's long-time colleague Stewart Levine.

Reception

John Storm Roberts of Allmusic noted: "These recordings are largely in Afro-funk style, though with heavy township infusions in places, from the 1960s and 1970s, including his massive hit, 'Grazin' in the Grass.' As a jazz rather than a roots mbaqanga player, Masekela was a natural for this stuff, and (some studio trickery aside) it still stands tall and powerful."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Languta"Hugh Masekela4:54
2."Child of the Earth"Hugh Masekela4:43
3."Ha Lese le Di Khanna"Caiphus Semenya6:44
4."Coincidence"Hugh Masekela3:34
5."Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song)"Miriam Makeba6:33
6."Grazing in the Grass"Harry Elston, Philemon Hou2:36
7."If There's Anybody out There"Hugh Masekela3:49
8."Mace and Grenades"Hugh Masekela3:46
9."Felicidade"Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes8:39
10."African Secret Society"Hugh Masekela5:37
11."Been Such a Long Time Gone"Hugh Masekela3:55
12."Stimela"Hugh Masekela6:26
Total length:01:01:22

References

  1. ^ a b "Hugh Masekela: Stimela". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Cook, Richard. p. 862. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Hugh Masekela – Stimela". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.