Hugh Masekela “Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz”

Hugh Masekela

“Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz”
( LP Blue Thumb Records, 1973 )
Catalog # BTS 62

Tracklisting:
A1 – Languta (4:49)
A2 – Kaa Ye Oya (4:36)
A3 – Adade (4:16)
A4 – Yei Baa Gbe Wolo (5:40)
B1 – Patience (3:50)
B2 – When (7:31)
B3 – Nye Tamo Ame (5:25)
B4 – Rekpete (3:48)

Personnel & Credits:
Bass Guitar – Stanley Kwesi Todd
Congas – James Kwaku Morton, Nat “Leepuma” Hammond
Drums – Acheampong WelbecK
Engineer – Rik Pekkonen
Flute – Nat “Leepuma” Hammond
Guitar – Richard Neesai “Jagger” Botchway
Percussion – Isaac Asante, Samuel Nortey
Talking Drum – Isaac Asante
Vocals – Isaac Asante, James Kwaku Morton, Nat “Leepuma” Hammond,
Samuel Nortey, Stanley Kwesi Todd

Notes:
Recorded at E.M.I. studios, Lagos, Nigeria, July, 1973.

Review:
Like Hugh Masekela’s other records on Blue Thumb, this is a totally great bit of Afro funk, with a good hard groove filled with tight jazz playing, and some nice choppy rhythm that feels like it belongs on a Fela record. Great stuff played by his tight little Hedzoleh Soundz group, with the cuts “Kaa Ye Oya”, “Patience”, “When”, “Adade”, and “Languta”.
From Dusty Groove America

By Celo