Hugh Masekela Jabulani Rar Archive Until After

Personnel: Hugh Masekela (vocals, flugelhorn); Fana Zulu (bass guitar); Godfrey Mgcina (percussion); Happy J.

Arranger: Don Laka.

Inspired by South African wedding traditions remembered from his youth, trumpeter Hugh Masekelas 2012 album Jabulani is a celebratory mix of jazz, pop, and African sounds.

Backed by a bevy of talented musicians even including a small choir, Masekela brings his rousing trumpet and flgelhorn style to these joyous tracks.

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Weve Landed (4:38) Rejoice is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master of South African jazz.

Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an afrobeat album together.

When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter.

Hugh Masekela Jabulani Rar Archive Until After

The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Hugh passed away in 2018.

With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hughs estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place.

Rejoice can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers a union of two free-flowing souls for whom borders, whether physical or stylistic, are things to pass through or ignore completely.

According to Allen, the album deals in a kind of South African-Nigerian swing-jazz stew, with its roots firmly in afrobeat.