Uptownship

Uptownship
Studio album by Hugh Masekela
Released 1989
Recorded November 1988 – July 1989
Studio Evergreen Studios (NYC), Quantum Studios (Jersey City, NJ), Baby Monster Studios (NYC), RCA Studios (NYC)
Genre Jazz
Length 1:01:26
Label Novus Records 3070
Producer Hugh Masekela, John Cartwright, Morris Goldberg, Rick Rowe
Hugh Masekela chronology
Tomorrow
(1987)Tomorrow1987		 Uptownship
(1988)		 Beatin' Aroun de Bush
(1992)Beatin' Aroun de Bush1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Allmusic[2]

Uptownship is a 1989 studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.[3] It was recorded in New York City and Jersey City, and released via Novus Records label. This is his last album in exile before the end of apartheid.[4]

Reception

Richard S. Ginell of Allmusic noted "The title of this New York City-recorded album suggests a combination of township jive and uptown Gotham soul and energy, but what we get is some of the former and little of the latter. Here, Masekela alternates South African-inflected pop/jazz with lugubrious covers of a couple of U.S. soul tunes ... and a Bob Marley anthem, "No Woman, No Cry."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uptownship"Hugh Masekela6:01
2."If You Don't Know Me by Now"Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff6:25
3."Now or Never"Hugh Masekela4:46
4."Hold On"Joe Cang, Matthew Cang5:33
5."Ooo Baby Baby"Smokey Robinson6:18
6."Egoli"Victor Ndlazilwane5:38
7."No Woman, No Cry"Vincent Ford, Bob Marley5:24
8."Emavungweni"Ndikho Xaba4:31
9."Naledi"John Selolwane4:10
10."Elijah"Hugh Masekela5:28
11."Nomalizo"John Dlamini7:12
Total length:01:01:26

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hugh Masekela: Uptownship". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Masekela – Uptownship". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hugh Masekela: Uptownship". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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