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Grrr (Hugh Masekela album)

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Released
  
1966

Length
  
32:41

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Recorded
  
April 1965 — May 1965

Artist
  
Hugh Masekela

Producer
  
Ed Townsend

Genre
  
Jazz

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Grrr is the second studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and released in 1966 via Mercury Records. Grrr was re-released on LP in 1968 on Wing/Mercury labels as Hugh Masekela and on CD in 2003 on Verve label. On this record, he seamlessly fuses jazz ideas with the rhythmically complex South African music known as Mbaqanga.

Contents

Personnel

  • Arranging – Hugh Masekela (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10), Jonas Gwangwa (tracks: 8)
  • Producer – Ed Townsend
  • Editor – Luchi DeJesus
  • Photography – Bob Eimore & Associates, Inc.
  • Photography – Bob Prokup

    • Uncredited personnel

  • Guitar – Eric Gale
  • Piano – Larry Willis
  • Saxophone – Morris Goldberg
  • Trombone – Jonas Gwangwa
  • Tuba – Howard St. John

    • The uncredited personnel is identified by Hugh Masekela in his autobiography Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela (Crown 2004, ISBN 978-0-609-60957-6).

    Songs

    1U - Dwi (Instrumental)3:11
    2Zulu And The Mexican3:18
    3Emavungweni (Instrumental)3:05

    References

    Grrr (Hugh Masekela album) Wikipedia
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