Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
Studio album by Hugh Masekela
Released	May 1971
Recorded	5–7 April 1971
Studio	Poppi Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Genre	Jazz
Label	Chisa Records 73041
Producer	Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology

ReleasedMay 1971

Recorded5–7 April 1971

StudioPoppi Studios, Los Angeles, California.

GenreJazz

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[3]

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa is the thirteenth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, released via the Chisa Records label in May 1971.^[4]^[5]^[6] The album was re-released on CD in 1994 on the MoJazz label.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Goin' Back to New Orleans"	Hugh Masekela	5:07
2.	"Ade"	Caiphus Semenya	3:47
3.	"To Get Ourselves Together"	Hugh Masekela	2:55
4.	"Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive"	Jonas Gwangwa, Christopher Songxaka	3:57
5.	"Mamani"	Caiphus Semenya	5:20
6.	"Shebeen"	Jonas Gwangwa	4:00
7.	"Dyambo" (Weary Day Is Over)	Caiphus Semenya	3:48
8.	"Caution!"	Caiphus Semenya	5:45
9.	"Hush" (Somebody's Calling My Name)	Joe May	3:32

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)

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