Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album)

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Reconstruction

Studio album by

Hugh Masekela

Released

July 1970

Studio

Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco

Chisa Records CS 803

Hugh Masekela chronology

Masekela
(1969)

Reconstruction
(1970)

Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
(1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

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

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

External links

Official website

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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