Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Reconstruction

| type = studio

| artist = Hugh Masekela

| cover = Reconstruction (Hugh Masekela album cover).jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = July 1970

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Chisa Records CS 803

| producer = Stewart Levine

| prev_title = Masekela

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa

| next_year = 1971

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=May 27, 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=The+Encyclopedia+of+Popular+Music+-+hugh+masekela&pg=PA1202|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|page=1203|accessdate=26 April 2017}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide

|rev2score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Swenson |first1=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Random House |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swens |url-access=registration |quote=Hugh Masekela |accessdate=23 September 2019 |language=en}}

}}

Reconstruction is the twelfth studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Chisa Records label in July 1970.{{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}}{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction |url=https://www.discogs.com/Hugh-Masekela-Reconstruction/release/2029699|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979|url=http://www.dougpayne.com/hmd7079.htm#RECONSTRUCTION|publisher=dougpayne.com|accessdate=5 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Hugh Masekela: Reconstruction|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/reconstruction-mw0000116935|website=Allmusic|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=5 May 2016}} The album was re-released on CD in 1994 via MoJazz label.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline =

| title1 = You Keep Me Hangin' On

| writer1 = Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.

| length1 = 3:37

| title2 = I Will

| writer2 = John Lennon, Paul McCartney

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = I Can't Dance

| writer3 = Hugh Masekela

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = Father Time (Maybe Then You'll Know)

| writer4 = Hugh Masekela

| length4 = 2:57

| title5 = Make Me a Potion

| writer5 = Caiphus Semenya

| length5 = 5:35

| title6 = Sala Le Mane

| writer6 = Hugh Masekela

| length6 = 5:00

| title7 = Leave Us Alone

| writer7 = Hugh Masekela

| length7 = 4:25

| title8 = Woza

| writer8 = Hugh Masekela

| length8 = 2:25

| title9 = Both Sides Now

| writer9 = Joni Mitchell

| length9 = 2:17

| title10 = Traces

| writer10 = Buddy Buie, Emory Gordy, James B. Cobb Jr.

| length10 = 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

External links

{{Official website|http://www.hughmasekela.co.za/index.php/discography}}

Category:1969 albums

Category:Uni Records albums

Category:Hugh Masekela albums

Category:Albums produced by Stewart Levine