Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa

Studio album by

Hugh Masekela

Released

May 1971

Recorded

5–7 April 1971

Studio

Poppi Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Chisa Records 73041

Hugh Masekela chronology

Reconstruction
(1970)

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
(1971)

Home Is Where the Music Is
(1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[3]

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa is the thirteen studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Chisa Records label in May 1971.^[4]^[5]^[6] The album was re-released on CD in 1994 on MoJazz label.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Goin' Back to New Orleans"	Hugh Masekela	5:07
2.	"Ade"	Caiphus Semenya	3:47
3.	"To Get Ourselves Together"	Hugh Masekela	2:55
4.	"Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive"	Jonas Gwangwa, Christopher Songxaka	3:57
5.	"Mamani"	Caiphus Semenya	5:20
6.	"Shebeen"	Jonas Gwangwa	4:00
7.	"Dyambo" (Weary Day Is Over)	Caiphus Semenya	3:48
8.	"Caution!"	Caiphus Semenya	5:45
9.	"Hush" (Somebody's Calling My Name)	Joe May	3:32

Personnel

Design, photography – Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes
Engineer – Lewis Peters
Engineer – Rik Pekkonen
Producer – Stewart Levine
Vocals, alto saxophone – Caiphus Semenya
Vocals, trombone – Jonas Gwangwa
Vocals, trumpet – Hugh Masekela

References

^ Lovén, Lars. "Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ 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. Blue Skies (Cassandra Wilson album).
^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Hugh Masekela: Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

External links

Official website

v t e Hugh Masekela
Studio albums	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)
Compilation albums	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)
Live albums	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)
Singles	"Up-Up and Away" "Grazing in the Grass" "Skokiaan"
Books	Still Grazing (2004)

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