“Home Is Where The Music Is” by Hugh Masekela - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1972 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1970s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Acclaimed double album set from the 32-year-old brass player, largely entrenched in the realms of soul-jazz. There are two keepers for me; the relaxing “Uhome” (written by Miriam Makeba?) very much puts me in mind of that great Miles Davis record, “In A Silent Way” from '69, whilst “Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song)” channels tribal rhythms and gets all shamanic with it for a memorable and enjoyable finale. Pity they weren't all that wild and tribal.

The Jukebox Rebel
30–Jan–2016

A1	[09:37] Hugh Masekela - Part Of A Whole (Caiphus Semenya) Jazz
A2	[09:37] Hugh Masekela - Minawa (Sekou Toure) Jazz
B1	[07:53] Hugh Masekela - The Big Apple (Caiphus Semenya) Jazz
B2	[05:28] Hugh Masekela - Unhome (Miriam Makeba) Jazz
B3	[07:07] Hugh Masekela - Maseru (Hugh Masekela) Jazz
C1	[05:52] Hugh Masekela - Innercrisis (Larry Willis) Jazz
C2	[06:25] Hugh Masekela - Blues For Huey (Kippie Moeketsi) Jazz
C3	[07:21] Hugh Masekela - Nomali (Caiphus Semenya) Jazz
D1	[10:28] Hugh Masekela - Maesha (Caiphus Semenya) Film Score / Incidental
D2	[06:45] Hugh Masekela - Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children’s Song) (Caiphus Semenya) Africana