Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Rejoice (Special Edition) (2021) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela
- Title: Rejoice (Special Edition)
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: World Circuit
- Genre: Afrobeat, African, Jazz
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/48kHz FLAC MQA; 24-bit/96kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 1:13:57
- Total Size: 171; 457; 897 MB; 1.46 GB
- WebSite: Album Preview
‘Rejoice’ is the classic collaboration between Tony Allen, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master trumpet player of South African jazz. The record, released to great acclaim in March 2020, became the first posthumous release from Masekela, and the last release from Allen, who sadly passed away a month later. For this Special Edition, World Circuit have gone back to the original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the 2019 sessions to create 8 reimagined bonus mixes. The CD and LP releases also feature a booklet with sleeve notes and photos.
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 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. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela’s 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. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.
1.01 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) (4:35)
1.02 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Agbada Bougou (5:27)
1.03 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Coconut Jam (3:32)
1.04 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same) (3:54)
1.05 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Slow Bones (5:49)
1.06 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) (5:41)
1.07 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (4:40)
1.08 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - We've Landed (4:38)
2.01 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) [Cool Cats Mix] (4:44)
2.02 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Agbada Bougou (Cool Cats Mix) (5:05)
2.03 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Coconut Jam (Cool Cats Mix) (3:17)
2.04 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same) [Cool Cats Mix] (3:25)
2.05 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Slow Bones (Cool Cats Mix) (5:47)
2.06 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) [Cool Cats Mix] (4:54)
2.07 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (Cool Cats Mix) (3:50)
2.08 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - We've Landed (Cool Cats Mix) (4:38)
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 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. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela’s 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. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.
1.01 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) (4:35)
1.02 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Agbada Bougou (5:27)
1.03 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Coconut Jam (3:32)
1.04 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same) (3:54)
1.05 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Slow Bones (5:49)
1.06 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) (5:41)
1.07 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (4:40)
1.08 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - We've Landed (4:38)
2.01 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) [Cool Cats Mix] (4:44)
2.02 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Agbada Bougou (Cool Cats Mix) (5:05)
2.03 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Coconut Jam (Cool Cats Mix) (3:17)
2.04 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same) [Cool Cats Mix] (3:25)
2.05 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Slow Bones (Cool Cats Mix) (5:47)
2.06 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) [Cool Cats Mix] (4:54)
2.07 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (Cool Cats Mix) (3:50)
2.08 - Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela - We've Landed (Cool Cats Mix) (4:38)
Year 2021 | Jazz | Funk | World | FLAC / APE | Mp3 | HD & Vinyl
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