Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album)

1970 studio album by Hugh Masekela

Reconstruction

Studio album by

Hugh Masekela

Released| July 1970
Studio| Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre| Jazz
Label| Chisa Records CS 803
Producer| Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
| Masekela
(1969)  | Reconstruction
(1970)  | Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
(1971)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide| [2]

Reconstruction  is the twelfth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Chisa Records label in July 1970.[3][4][5][6] The album was re-released on CD in 1994 via MoJazz label.

## Track listing[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "You Keep Me Hangin' On"| Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.| 3:37
2.| "I Will"| John Lennon, Paul McCartney| 3:07
3.| "I Can't Dance"| Hugh Masekela| 3:34
4.| "Father Time (Maybe Then You'll Know)"| Hugh Masekela| 2:57
5.| "Make Me a Potion"| Caiphus Semenya| 5:35
6.| "Sala Le Mane"| Hugh Masekela| 5:00
7.| "Leave Us Alone"| Hugh Masekela| 4:25
8.| "Woza"| Hugh Masekela| 2:25
9.| "Both Sides Now"| Joni Mitchell| 2:17
10.| "Traces"| Buddy Buie, Emory Gordy, James B. Cobb Jr.| 5:39

## Personnel[edit]

* Arranged by – Hugh Masekela (tracks: 5 6 7 8 9), Wayne Henderson (tracks: 3)
* Bass – Hal Dodson (tracks: 6), Monk Montgomery (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10), Wilton Felder (tracks: 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9)
* Congas – Francisco Aguabella (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
* Design, photography – Barry Feinstein, Camouflage Productions, Tom Wilkes
* Directed by – Stewart Levine
* Drums – Al Foster (tracks: 1 2 5 6 7 8 10), Wayne Henderson (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
* Electric piano – Joseph Sample (tracks: 1 3 4 5 7 8 9)
* Engineer – Larry Cox, Rik Pekkonen
* Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10), Bruce Langhorne (tracks: 3 4 9)
* Orchestrated by – Dale Frank (tracks: 1 10), Frank Kavelin (tracks: 2 4)
* Piano – Larry Willis
* Vocals – Caiphus Semenya (tracks: 1 5 7 9), Larry Willis (tracks: 6), Letta Mbulu (tracks: 1 5 7 8), Philemon Hou (tracks: 1 5 7 8)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203\. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
2. ^ Swenson, John (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. Retrieved 23 September 2019. "Hugh Masekela"
3. ^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
4. ^ "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
5. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
6. ^ "Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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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)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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