Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa

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艺人: Hugh Masekela
语种: 英语
厂牌: Motown
发行时间: 1994年07月19日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Lars Lovén

Hugh Masekela & the Union of South Africa is an inspired mix of soul, highlife, and even New Orleans jazz. This works excellently on the old-fashioned &Goin' Back to New Orleans& and the fast-moving &Ade& and &Dyambo& where horn lines, call-and-response singing, and funky guitars, together with African rhythms, create furious dance music. But some of the slower numbers seem to be left without direction, a fact that is only partly covered by Masekela's trumpet playing. The closing &Hush (Somebody's Calling My Name),& though, is a great exception to that, with simple basslines and chorus, and slow-building energy. But if the mix of cultural influences is the strength of Hugh Masekela & the Union of South Africa, it may also be the weakness of the album; the difference between the groove-based &Ade,& jazzier numbers like &Caution,& and African highlife songs like &Shebeen& and &Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive& is so big you'd think they belong on separate albums, and they may not appeal to the same audience. Hugh Masekela & the Union of South Africa was originally released on Masekela's own label, Chisa, and was re-released in 1994 on Motown.

Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa

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