Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
{{Short description|1973 studio album by Hugh Masekela}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
| type = studio
| artist = Hugh Masekela
| cover = Introduction Hedzoleh Soundz.jpeg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = July 1973
| venue =
| studio = EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Blue Thumb BTS 62
| producer = Stewart Levine
| prev_title = Home Is Where the Music Is
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = I Am Not Afraid
| next_year = 1974
}}
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Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz is the fifteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela – Biography|url=https://www.amoeba.com/hugh-masekela/artist/116209/bio|website=Amoeba Music|publisher=amoeba.com|accessdate=13 July 2017}} It was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, and released in 1973.{{cite web|title=Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz – Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz|url=https://www.discogs.com/Masekela-Introducing-Hedzoleh-Soundz-Masekela-Introducing-Hedzoleh-Soundz/release/1570223|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=7 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY: 1970–1979|url=http://www.dougpayne.com/hmd7079.htm#RECONSTRUCTION|publisher=dougpayne.com|accessdate=7 May 2016}} The track "Languta" was later included in Masekela's 2004 album Still Grazing.
Background
Hedzoleh Soundz were a band from Accra, Ghana, formed in the late 1960s. The word Hedzoleh means "freedom" in the Ga language.{{cite web|title=Hedzoleh Soundz: Artist Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hedzoleh-soundz-mn0001008867|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=7 May 2016}} The album contains eight tracks: six are written by Hedzoleh, one by Masekela, and one is traditional. Their original melodies were based on traditional Akan and Ewe music and employed dark, organic-sounding African drums instead of modern western congas. Hugh Masekela was introduced to Hedzoleh by Fela Kuti. In addition to this album, Masekela recorded two more with Hedzoleh: I am Not Afraid and The Boy's Doin' It.{{cite web|last1=McDavitt|first1=David|title=Masterpiece of Afro-Jazz, "Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz"|url=http://afrofunkforum.blogspot.ru/2006/07/masterpiece-of-afro-jazz-introducing.html|publisher=afrofunkforum.blogspot.ru|accessdate=3 May 2017|date=18 July 2006}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| headline =
| title1 = Languta
| writer1 = Hugh Masekela
| length1 = 4:49
| title2 = Kaa Ye Oya
| writer2 = Nii Morton, Sam Nortey
| length2 = 4:36
| title3 = Adade
| writer3 = Nii Morton, Obo Addy, Sam Nortey
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Yei Baa Gbe Wolo
| writer4 = Nii Morton, Sam Nortey
| length4 = 5:40
| title5 = Patience
| writer5 = Nat Hammond, Richard Neesai
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = When
| writer6 = Nat Hammond
| length6 = 7:31
| title7 = Nye Tamo Ame
| writer7 = Nat Hammond
| length7 = 5:25
| title8 = Rekpete
| writer8 = adapted by Hedzoleh Soundz
| length8 = 3:48
}}
Personnel
- Congas, vocals – James Kwaku Morton
- Congas, vocals, flute – Nat "Leepuma" Hammond
- Design, cover – Milton Glaser
- Drums – Acheampong Welbeck
- Electric bass, vocals – Stanley Kwesi Todd
- Engineer – Rik Pekkonen
- Guitar – Richard Neesai "Jagger" Botchway
- Mastered by – Arnie Acosta
- Percussion, vocals – Samuel Nortey
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Talking drum, vocals, percussion – Isaac Asante
- Bass guitar- Isaac Paajoe Amissah-Aidoo
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.hughmasekela.co.za/index.php/discography}}
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