Sixty (Hugh Masekela album)

Sixty is a 2000 studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.[3][4] It was recorded in Johannesburg, South Africa and released via Shanachie label.

Black to the Future
Studio album by
Hugh Masekela
ReleasedJune 13, 2000
StudioDown Town Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa, BOP Recording Studios, Mmabatho, South Africa.
GenreJazz
Length1:10:07
LabelShanachie Records Shanachie 5070
ProducerDon Laka
Hugh Masekela chronology
The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus
(1999)		 Black to the Future
(2000)		 Grazing in the Grass
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Allmusic[2]

Reception

Adam Greenberg of Allmusic stated "Presumably to commemorate his 60th birthday, Hugh Masekela released an album of primarily African works. The album starts with a tribute to Fela, a kindred spirit in African horn playing and a friend of Masekela. After that, it moves on through a number of traditional songs and trips down memory lane... From time to time, the music seems to slip into something of a contemporary Harry Belafonte-esque sound (which perhaps might not be completely surprising, given the repeated collaborations between Belafonte and Miriam Makeba, coupled with Masekela's marriage to Makeba). Despite (or due to) any such similarities that may arise, this is international pop at its best.[5]

Chris Wodskou of Exclaim! wrote "Hugh Masekela’s 60th birthday is cause for celebration, but perhaps the best way to observe this milestone would be to reflect back on his storied career, not to pick up the CD that commemorates his birthday. A giant in the greatly underrated South African jazz scene of the ’60s who went on to international renown in world music circles in the ’70s and ’80s, Masekela’s latest has him in a somewhat complacent frame of mind, keeping the heat on low and his signature funky undertones tepid."[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fela"Remi Kabaka, Hugh Masekela5:35
2."Thanayi"Hugh Masekela5:27
3."Shango"Remi Kabaka, Hugh Masekela5:31
4."Mamoriri"Don Laka, Traditional4:20
5."Mbombela"Welcome Duru5:27
6."Mgewundini"Martha Mdenge5:18
7."Nomalizo"Victor Ntoni6:31
8."Bo Masekela"Caiphus Semenya5:20
9."Tamati So So"Hugh Masekela, Traditional7:26
10."Ziphi 'Nkomo"Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semenya6:49
11."Lizzy"Hugh Masekela6:13
12."Been Such a Long Time Gone"Hugh Masekela4:32
13."Koshana"Don Laka1:38
Total length:01:10:07
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References
  1. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. "Sixty". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. "Hugh Masekela – Sixty". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. "Sixty". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. Wodscou, Chris (November 1, 1999). "Hugh Masekela Sixty". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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