I Am Not Afraid

I Am Not Afraid

Studio album by

Hugh Masekela

Released

1974

Recorded

March 1974

Studio

Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California

Blue Thumb BTS 6015

Hugh Masekela chronology

Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
(1973)

I Am Not Afraid
(1974)

The Boy's Doin' It
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

I Am Not Afraid is the sixteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.^[3]^[4] It was recorded in Los Angeles and released in 1974.^[5]^[6]^[7] Tracks 2 and 7 were also included in the 2004 album Still Grazing.

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Reception

A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated: "An excellent little record from Hugh Masekela – cut right during that perfect time when he was mixing soul, funk, and just the right amount of jazz to keep things real! The record features some nice electric piano from Joe Sample, and the best cuts have a choppy funky groove. Some cuts have vocals, but the best moments are instrumental."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night in Tunisia"	Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	7:32
2.	"Been Such a Long Time Gone"	Hugh Masekela	4:00
3.	"In the Market Place"	Hugh Masekela	5:35
4.	"Jungle Jim"	Hugh Masekela	4:30
5.	"African Secret Society"	Hugh Masekela	5:45
6.	"Nina"	Hugh Masekela, Sekou Toure	5:40
7.	"Stimela" (Coaltrain)	Hugh Masekela	6:30

Personnel

Backing band – Hedzoleh Soundz
Cabasa (calabash), bells, drums (bass) – Acheampong Welbeck
Congas – James Kwaku Morton
Congas, flute, vocals – Nat "Leepuma" Hammond
Design, photography – Tom Wilkes
Talking drums, percussion, vocals – Isaac Asante
Drums (uncredited) – Stix Hooper
Electric bass, vocals – Stanley Kwesi Todd
Electric piano (uncredited) – Joe Sample
Engineer – Rik Pekkonen
Guitar – Richard Neesai "Jagger" Botchway
Mastered by – Arnie Acosta
Producer – Stewart Levine
Shekere, vocals – Samuel Nortey
Trumpet (uncredited), flugelhorn (uncredited), vocals (uncredited) – Hugh Masekela

References

^ "Hugh Masekela – I Am Not Afraid". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Pub. p. 2741. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Hugh Masekela: I Am Not Afraid". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ Monaheng, Tseliso (29 May 2015). "Hugh Masekela - I Am Not Afraid". musicinafrica.net. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "Hugh Masekela: I Am Not Afraid". Dusty Groove. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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	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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