Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela

Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
Studio album by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela
Released	1978
Recorded	in Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:22
Label	A&M SP-728 ; Horizon SP-728
Producer	Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
Herb Alpert chronology

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

Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela is collaborative studio album by Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela.^[3]^[4] It was recorded in Hollywood, California, and released in 1978 via A&M Records and Horizon Records labels.^[5]^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Skokiaan"	Tom Glazer, August Msarurgwa	3:37
2.	"Moonza"	Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert	4:38
3.	"Ring Bell"	George David Weiss, Jerry Ragovoy	3:24
4.	"Happy Hanna"	Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard	4:58
5.	"El Lobo" (The Wolf)	Edu Lobo	7:20
6.	"African Summer"	Caiphus Semenya	3:20
7.	"I'll Be There for You"	Caiphus Semenya	7:05

Personnel

Acoustic guitar – Tommy Tedesco (tracks: 5)
Arranged by – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Stewart Levine
Backing vocals – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Lani Hall, Letta Mbulu
Bass – Chuck Domanico
Bass – Louis Johnson (tracks: 1)
Co-producer – Hugh Masekela
Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci
Design – Chuck Beeson
Drums – Carlos Vega (tracks: 5), James Gadson, Spider Webb (tracks: 6)
Flugelhorn – Hugh Masekela
Flugelhorn, trumpet – Herb Alpert
French horn – Marylin L. Robinson, Sidney Isaac Muldrow
Guitar – Arthur Adams, Freddie Harris, Lee Ritenour
Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 7)
Mastered by – Bernie Grundman
Orchestrated By – Donald Cooke
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Piano – Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard
Producer – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine
Synthesizer – Craig Hindley (tracks: 4), Michael Boddicker (tracks: 6)
Synthesizer – Ian Underwood
Trombone – Donald Cooke, George Bohanon
Trombone (bass) – Maurice Spears

References

^ Ginell, Richard S. "Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Major Event". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 14 January 1978. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela – Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] Ginell, Richard S. "Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[2] Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[3] "Major Event". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 14 January 1978. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[4] "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[5] "Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela – Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[6] "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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v t e Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert Nick Ceroli Bob Edmondson Tonni Kalash Lou Pagani John Pisano Pat Senatore Julius Wechter
Albums	The Lonely Bull (1962) Volume 2 (1963) South of the Border (1964) Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965) Going Places (1965) What Now My Love (1966) S.R.O. (1966) Sounds Like... (1967) Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967) The Beat of the Brass (1968) Christmas Album (1968) Warm (1969) The Brass Are Comin' (1969) Summertime (1971) You Smile – The Song Begins (1974) Coney Island (1975) Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978) Main Event Live (1978) Rise (1979) Fandango (1982) Bullish (1984) Keep Your Eye on Me (1987) North on South St. (1991) Midnight Sun (1992) Anything Goes (2009) Steppin' Out (2013)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1970) Classics Volume 1 (1986)
Films	A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966)

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)