Home Is Where The Music Is

Before listening to this album I looked it up and was excited that it was described as afrobeat jazz but definitely didn't hear much afrobeat in there. Nice improvisation on the trumpet and really like the richness of the doubled parts, but it doesn't feel that groundbreaking compared to other jazz albums. I'm going to predict that at least one other person's review will describe it as "background music".

Very nice jazz record. Has some great songs, such as "Blue for Huey", but, overall, I think it is a bit too long.

Some nice jazz

Pretty good jazz!

Helt sjukt långa låtar... orkade inte lyssna på fler än 2,5 stycken —> 3/5

My first time in Jo’Burg was just after Apartheid ended. I went out to watch live African jazz. I quite like Hugh. Great easy listening African jazz.

Ambiental

Chill, a bit long winded but I like it.

Un álbum para que tú vida tenga un soundtrack

Amazing musicians on this album, very cool vibes. Jazz trumpet grates on me after a while tho. 6.5/10

Enjoyed this album. Made a journey on the tube and underground a lot more tranquil

First time I’ve enjoyed a jazz album I’d say. Was nice to have in the background.

5.5

Eccentric, early-70s fusion jazz/funk with a healthy dose of blues mixed in. Similar to Herbie Handcock with some very abstract solos, but still a good listen if you're in the mood for jazz that doesn't play by the rules. Also has relatively long songs, on average, since the album is 1hr 16min with only 10 songs. Overall a good listen.

good for ambiance/rainy day

I liked this, but when tracks from some of his other albums came up after this one I found that I liked them more. There was a little more funk to them.

I’m in between a three and a four here, but I’ll stick with a three for this one right now. Love some jazz though, good times

Average Jazz

Ближе к 4. ВЫпринцпе прикольно звучит относильно

Pretty decent jazz. 6/10

7.5

Mmmm jazz. Not my style but had some good songs, trailed a little near the end

Some nice modern jazz

Songs that made me look and ask "what's the name of this one?" The Big Apple Maseru - great piano section w/ double stops & uptempo baseline starting around 4:00 Inner Crisis - great groove Maesha Not a bad album overall, worthy of another listen - particularly the first half where I was a bit distracted. The last song can be skipped, though

Really enjoy working to this album, but I don't think I could sit down and listen to it directly. Apparently this dude ended apartheid with these jams. what have you done with your tuba. -Favorite cuts: Part of a Whole, The Big Apple, Nomali

Excellent musicianship. Truly great playing. Great for background music, or live music, but not something I could listen to continuously for the full album length.

Groovey Blues

Not bad. Lots of sax and piano, no vocals aside from final track

fun jazz time woooo

3 and 1/2

I love this soulful jazz but too many freestyle riffs wreck what is a mostly cohesive record

There were parts I really dug (mostly the trumpet) and parts I really didn't (mostly the alto sax). Some good grooves here. Best track: Maseru

Really beautiful in parts, a little long

5/22 Really good jazz. Standout Tracks: Part of a Whole, Minawa, Unhome, Inner Crisis

Ahhh it's jazz, what can I say? Not a huge fan but I can appreciate the effort that goes into it. And there were a few songs here I actually enjoyed! Too long though, didn't need to be over an hour. 3/5.

War mir zu durcheinander, zuviel Jazz ist zuviel für mich. Plus viel zu lang.

Okay if you are into piano and horns - all instrumental

I had a late night, and the last thing I needed the next morning was over an hour of jazz trying to put me right back to sleep. I needed something to wake me up, and this definitely wasn’t it. There’s obviously a lot of talent here, and the mix of jazz, African rhythms, and funk gave it more personality than some of the jazz albums I’ve suffered through on this list. But man, this thing just goes on forever. Every time I checked the track list, there seemed to be another long arrangement waiting for me. Maybe I would’ve had more patience for it later in the day. At 7 in the morning after a late night, it basically sounded like a very elaborate lullaby.

Ughhhh... jazz. But I'm not overly mad about it...

I unfortunately can't do 70s jazz. The constant wailing on the brass makes my ears hurt. The way they linger on a note makes me want to commit violence, just begging for it to end. Didn't hate the last song though.

Definitely a genre i never would've picked on my own but I liked it for background music while working

Had a jazz album the other day, really enjoyed it. This one, not so much, just couldn’t engage with it

Minawa and nomali were my favorite. The other songs had too much going on for me to enjoy.

Was good background music or movie music but didn't do much else for me

I have a very narrow notch filter for jazz. While I appreciate good musicianship, this did nothing for me.

Kind of felt like it could've been any other jazz album by any other fella. Didn't grab me like other paragons of jazz did.

I never know how to rate jazz music. I dont know the intricacies. I imagine this is more impressive if you did know the cool stuff

A little too safe for my jazz tastes, it's fine but never excited me

I think i'm not that into Jazz

The playing here is top-notch across the board but the songs themselves are dry and academic, making the whole thing seem more like a technical exercise than anything else.

Nope. I didn’t enjoy this jazz.

Keine Textzeilen Nach erster Recherche ein beeindruckender Mensch, der viel in der Welt, aber vor allem auch auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent unterwegs war und dort seine Spuren hinterlassen hat. Wohl auch eine wichtige Stimme gegen die Apartheid. Musikalisch sagt mir das aber leider gar nicht zu. Das Trompetenspiel ist bestimmt besonders, der Rest ist mir einfach zu repetitiv in seiner angeblichen Freiheit, wie so oft beim rein instrumentalen Jazz weicht es für mich zu sehr von Momenten des angenehmen Hörens in die Hoffnung, dass doch zumindest dieser Part jetzt mal vorbei ist. Hier bin ich dann wohl Banause Teil 2.

It jazz, not my cuppa tea

This made great background music while I cooked dinner but I don’t think it would ever make a decision to ever sit down and listen to this, it’s just too jazzy if that is a thing?

Not objectionable but I got bored and switched off after 49-od minutes

I am very new to jazz music and was expecting to be bored and for this to be more of a background music. However I found a lot of it to be super distracting and attention grabbing. I'm not sure if this is a super good thing because while the melodies caught my attention and energized me some, they did not make me feel super strongly in any way. This album was entertaining but not emotional which is how a lot of the music I familiar with and prefer usually is. I often use music to regulate emotions so I do not see myself putting this on again

Nice music, jazz isn’t for me

great musicians, a bit too long, not enough afrobeat influence

Not my style at all. It feels like a practice session rather than a finished piece of art. The notes hit too hard. I have zero interest in listening to this again. ★★

Немного не моё, но музыка приятная, возможно ещё не дорос до неё ахахах

Part Of A Whole

Some tracks had some very pretty piano. Other than that, smooth jazz is pretty tough to listen to.

Nothing bad, nothing memorable

Yeah, no. I'm not classy enough to fancy me some jazz music I guess.

ei taas

Tää on taas tällasta mistä ei jymmärrä mitään.

Ihan mukavaa taustamusaa autoiluun, mutta ei tästä sillain oikein mitään mieleen jäänyt.

2.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/hugh-masekela/home-is-where-the-music-is/ I really don't care for jazz. Never have, probably never will. That said, this is not bad! Especially as long as the trumpet is not taking the foreground too much (with is of course ironic, seeing as Masekela is the trumpetist).

jazz is great but not for my playlist of lyrical songs. would definitely consider if I loved more funky ambiance songs.

tbf nie and chill for my revish

consigo ver a importância cultural, mas não é pra mim infelizmente

dios mío, tortura China, canciones de 10 minutos sin letra, solo instrumental. Pa tenerla de fondo en plan tienda va bien

No patience for fully instrumental album... Maybe another time

Nah, not my tempo

kind of unsatisfying

Can appreciate the skill, but not my jam. 2.5

4/10 He's playing the fuck outta that trumpet but overall this isn't my type of music.

El jazz no es lo mío

4/10

Good music, however not enjoying. Maybe I'm in the right atmosphere to feel the vibe.

Jazz heavy. Both the good and the bad.

Well idk didn’t quite get to me

This was my first time listening to Hugh Masekela. Some good melodies on here. But overall feels long and uninteresting. What I liked the most about this album is the piano. It has the most interesting solos and does a few incredibly wonderful intros to some of the songs, like “Minawa”, “Inner Crisis” or “Normal”. In the end, I think this is great background music, as I did get quite bored trying to give this an active listen.

Not terrible but not particularly memorable either.

Completely lost on me but would be fine in a restaurant. As an aside, how do people decide what to call instrumentals?

Ahahhhh, Build Mode on Sims. The best mode.

nicht meine liebste Richtung im Jazz

I appreciate the skill of the musicians and the anti-apartheid stance, but this is a bit bland and rambling for me. The final track, which actually sounded like it came from Africa, was the only tune to really engage me. A soft no.

Didn't care for it.

I enjoyed the vibes of some songs, but jazz just really isn’t for me.

This was okay. This is like something I would put on to just blend into the background at a chill party, and not anything I would go out of my way to listen to. I just didn't understand why it was included on this list, as it didn't seem to be special or especially notable based on my research or its overarching influence. I did think "Ingoo Pow-Wow" was a cool merging of sounds and styles.

2/5. i mags einfach nit, aber grundsätzlich is es gut i guess

Awesome jazz album

Vite lassant même si je pense que c’est objectivement bien ?

Its an okey album each song here does its own thing and has its own personality dont think i can give it more than 3 stars, I am not use to this type of jazz or use of instruments need more time and listen to a few more albums to get it

Some songs are good for background music, would never add these to my monthly playlists. First half is definitely better. Last song was the final nail in the coffin…

It's a good jazz album, but not something I'd listen to again.

Never like Masekela's sound. Can't explain why.

May god strike me dead for disliking jazz music so strongly...

Felt like perfect cafe background music

There’s parts of this I really liked and parts that were too much for me. About double the length it needs to be so probably won’t come back to this vs. other jazz albums I’ve enjoyed

The combination of keyboard, drums and trumpet on this album made me think of the incidental music on the Peanuts cartoons from the 60s and 70s. And again I understand the joy that this music brings to people. But I find it a little bit too franetic and noodling. This is especially demonstrated in the track "Blues for Huey". With the only saving grace (for me) in this track being the person who says laughingly "Call an ambulance". Its not really for me. (2.125)

It sounded like he had his band lay down a beat and he just noodled over it after hitting record.

I ended up listening to Home Is Where the Music Is almost like background music. It’s easy to listen to, but it didn’t really stay with me.

My jazz tastes are hard to pin down. While I like Maekela, I grow tired of the songs and the album. Small doses for me, I suppose.

Technically impressive, fantastic groove and vibe, proper jazz fun I just don't know I'f I'll come back to this again - it's not you, it's me

löwenzahn intro

Esta muy bien el disco pero bueno, es algo muy de nicho en el que no estoy interiorizada y termine salteando algunas canciones porque ya no me generaba nada. No creo que sea malo, simplemente no para mi. Y estoy abierta a nuevas experiencias.

nothing much, really Today's bird: idk actually and im too lazy to search

2 3/4

It’s cool, he’s certainly an excellent musician but it’s just not what I would choose to listen to.

Not really my jam.

Not my genre, but the music was very pleasant in some places. Yet another coffee shop album. The album did drag after a while.

I've never really liked Jazz much. This album was as much of a disappointment as I expected.

This album made me realize that I think trumpets can be annoying. This was fine for what it was, but a lot of the songs were just longer than was necessary. I can just personally handle jazz in small doses.

I really want to be able to enjoy jazz. I just can’t.

Voting on enjoyment only I was really just yearning for some vocals for a lot of this unfortunately. Shout out to come nice drums end of Blues for Huey though which refocused my attention which had wandered

I kinda enjoyed the last song so it was a shame it took 1 hour and 10 minutes to get to it. Took me a few attempts to get through the album. Had to stop after track 3 for an hour’s respite because it felt like I was torturing my family at dinner

Not my vibe

Take out and cantaloup island are five, other good jazz albums are 4 and this one is a solid 2+ and I the trumpets are weirdly unenjoying.

Not my thing. I’m not a jazz fan. I can see great skill on display, so 2 stars.

Not bad just a bit lost on me. And a bit long.

Nice enough but found the tracks a bit on the long and repetitive side

jazzy

No, Barry B. Benson, I do not like jazz.

Il y a des jours, dans ce projet titanesque des "1001 albums à écouter avant de clamser", où l'on s'installe confortablement, prêt à prendre une claque monumentale. Et puis, il y a les autres jours... Les jours comme aujourd'hui où l'on se heurte à un mur. Pas un mur de son abrasif, pas un mur d'incompréhension face à une œuvre d'avant-garde trop complexe ou indigeste. Non, le pire des murs : un mur de politesse absolue. Un truc tellement lisse, capitonné et propret qu'on glisse dessus sans jamais pouvoir s'y accrocher. C'est exactement l'expérience que je viens de vivre en m'envoyant Home Is Where The Music Is de Hugh Masekela, sorti en 1972. On ne va pas se mentir d'entrée de jeu, et il faut rendre à César ce qui lui appartient : ce n'est pas une purge innommable. Si je devais juger ce disque uniquement sur des critères purement cliniques, techniques ou académiques, il n'y aurait strictement rien à en redire. C'est propre, c'est même putain de propre. La production est impeccable, taillée sur mesure pour ne froisser personne. Chaque instrument est exactement à sa place, le mixage est d'une clarté absolue, les cuivres brillent sans jamais agresser le moindre tympan, et la section rythmique fait le job avec le sérieux inébranlable d'un horloger suisse. C'est du jazz, indéniablement, exécuté par des mecs qui savent lire une partition et tenir leur instrument. Mais voilà le gros, l'énorme problème en ce qui me concerne : c'est le genre de jazz qui m'emmerde profondément. J'ai juste pas accroché, pas une seule foutue seconde. Pendant toute l'écoute de ce double album, j'ai attendu. J'ai attendu l'étincelle qui allait foutre le feu aux poudres. J'ai guetté le dérapage, le moment où cette mécanique parfaitement huilée allait enfin dérailler, ne serait-ce qu'un peu, pour laisser transparaître un sentiment brut, une émotion non filtrée. Mais rien n'est venu, que dalle, le calme plat du début à la fin. Hugh Masekela est une légende, on est tous d'accord là-dessus. Le type est un monument incontestable de la musique sud-africaine. En 1972, quand cet album voit le jour, le gars est en exil. L'Apartheid fait rage dans son pays natal, il est installé à l'étranger, loin de ses racines, et il enregistre ce disque entouré de pointures absolues. Le titre lui-même, Home Is Where The Music Is, porte en lui une charge politique, une mélancolie évidente et un poids humain lourd de sens. Le concept sur le papier est fort, la démarche artistique est belle, poignante même. Mais bordel de merde, une fois que la musique démarre, où est passée l'urgence ? Où est la rage, la tristesse, la déchirure de l'exil que le titre promet ? Au lieu de la tension dramatique qu'on est en droit d'espérer d'un tel déracinement, on se retrouve englouti sous une espèce de jazz-funk-soul fusionné, tellement poli, inoffensif et arrondi aux angles qu'il en devient anesthésiant. C'est de la musique de salon haut de gamme, le genre de bande-son qu'on imaginerait très bien tourner en boucle dans le lobby d'un hôtel quatre étoiles pour hommes d'affaires fatigués en transit, ou dans une boutique de fringues hors de prix. C'est chaleureux, oui, on ne peut pas lui enlever ça. Mais c'est d'une chaleur de radiateur électrique soufflant, pas celle, brûlante et imprévisible, d'un feu de camp en pleine nuit. Je sais pertinemment que pour beaucoup de critiques de l'époque, cet album est un classique intouchable, ce qui explique sa présence dans cette foutue liste. Les pontes ont salué le groove, le savant mélange des influences africaines avec le jazz américain contemporain. Et oui, il y a du beau monde au générique : Dudu Pukwana est là au saxo, Larry Willis au piano électrique balance des accords qui fleurent bon les seventies à plein nez. Les solos de Masekela à la trompette sont, d'un point de vue purement technique, irréprochables. Il souffle avec une fluidité insolente qui force le respect. Mais le respect, les gars, ça ne suffit pas à faire un grand moment de musique. La technique sans la sueur, sans le risque, ça m'endort. Je cherche le frisson, je cherche le putain de danger. Et ici, le danger est resté sagement au vestiaire, avec son ticket bien plié dans la poche du manteau. On a constamment l'impression d'écouter une jam session entre musiciens virtuoses qui jouent en chaussons de velours, avec un verre de cognac hors d'âge à la main, sans jamais transpirer une seule goutte. Les morceaux s'étirent en longueur – certains dépassent allègrement les huit minutes – mais ils ne vont absolument nulle part. Ils tournent en rond sur un groove mid-tempo confortable, se contentant de tapisser élégamment le fond de la pièce. À aucun moment la musique ne te prend au collet, ne te bouscule pour te dire "Écoute-moi !". Et c'est exactement ça, cette absence totale de prise de risque émotionnelle, qui justifie mon misérable 2 sur 5. Attention, comprenez-moi bien : ce n'est pas la note d'un album raté, ce serait intellectuellement malhonnête de dire ça. C'est la note punitive d'un album qui m'a laissé totalement de marbre, froid comme une pierre. C'est la note de l'ennui courtois. Je préfère mille fois, un disque bancal, mal enregistré au fond d'une cave humide, mais qui crache ses poumons et qui essaie désespérément de dire quelque chose avec ses tripes, plutôt qu'une énième démonstration de savoir-faire chirurgicale, tiède et complaisante. Je respecte le parcours du bonhomme, l'histoire et le poids politique derrière l'homme. Je respecte la maîtrise absolue des musiciens présents sur ces pistes. Mais l'art, le vrai, ce qui fait que la musique nous transcende, ce n'est pas juste un concours de virtuosité ou un étalage de bon goût. C'est une connexion et là, le courant n'est jamais passé. Le câble était purement et simplement débranché. Au bout de la troisième piste, je me surprenais déjà à regarder l'heure et à penser à ma liste de courses. À la fin de l'album, j'avais instantanément oublié la première note. Aussitôt écouté, aussitôt rangé sur l'étagère, et je mets ma main à couper qu'il n'en sortira plus jamais de mon vivant. Bilan des courses : un album qui coche absolument toutes les cases du "bon goût" officiel des années 70, mais qui manque cruellement de sel, de crasse et de vie. Un coup dans l'eau magistral. On passe à la suite.

??? Jazzy Jazzy . c

1: Maesha 2: The Big Apple 3: Blues for Huey

Gorgeous but I'm not a jazz kind of girl...

Not really my thing

Its ok… :/ Not my favorite jazzy horny-horn album. I appreciate the trumpet talent.

I have realised that I am not the biggest Jazz fan, however this album has some sleeper hits that I cannot recommend it enough

Eh, he can play but how boring? Afrobeat? I just hear a slow piano. Expected something more engaging. This was just dull. Should have all been like the children's song at the end.

The 1001 Project continues to expand my musical horizons in multiple ways that make me think "Ok, that happened." Sloth-paced Jazz is another one to add to the list of 'not my thing'.

not my vibe

Not something I can sit down with the intent to listen to, but excellent background music for tasks around the house. Possibly a genre I need to find a more robust appreciation for.

A little noisy and “amelodic”—even for jazz, surprisingly—but still a couple stand-outs buried within.

2.5 stars I like some jazz music. I like some jazz music a lot. this album didn't do much for me. I didn't find it all that interesting. It was nice to have on in the background, I suppose. Favorite track: Minawa

Interesting and worth the background music. I don't know enough about the genre to judge, but held enough of my interest to get at least a 2.

Fine

Dnf- not a fan of jazz

it IS a Jazz Album you know

Just can’t with this. It’s probably good for what it is.

I can tell this is objectively good, I just am not a jazz lover. Certain screechy horn sounds make me feel violent.

There is only so much saxophone soloing I can take

Just a bit too jazy for me.

great drums, some cool moments but I don't feel it that much apart from that

Det var musik

I highly dislike jazz, this recommendation helped me only with making sure I do. For that reason I can't comment on quality.

Jazz is cool and all, but I got really bored about halfway through.

Part of a whole takes a while to get going, but once it loosened up a bit i quite enjoyed it. Minawa feels far too straight for my liking and is therefore quite dull The jazz drum is the star of the big apple. Maseru offers a real freak out performance which finally offers some life, even of it ventures into “recorded in front of a live studio audience territory”. Inexplicably it goes into a dull piano break before the bass appears and speeds things along. Inner crisis hits like a good old police drama theme. Ingoo pow pow adds some vocals of sorts, but does nothing to raise the enjoyment levels. Overall just a fairly dull album

Whilst I continue to dislike jazz, this at least was somewhat more bearable than most of the other jazz stuff that has been forced on me.

I am going to have listened to more jazz during this project than I have during the entirety of the rest of my life. I'm genuinely starting to wonder what proportion of this list is jazz, because it's beginning to feel like I'm never more than 4 days away from more jazz. And, at best, I'm indifferent to it. The piano section in the first track is horrible, which is a shame as I wasn't hating the rest. I was somewhat surprised by the noise that I assume was a saxophone, but sounded like a swanee whistle. When your song is nearly 10 minutes long, you do not need a fade out ending. After that I zoned out a bit, though I did quite like (at least bits of) Nomali. I still don't really find jazz that engaging though, so we're back to some more low scores: 2/5

A little too meandering for me overall but definitely a nice listen.

60/1001 First listen. Five seconds in and I’m giving this a 3/10 (tolerable). In fact I’m writing this review now. If anything changes in the next hour and fifteen minutes I’ll update my rating. I have an open mind but jazz? 3/10

Tooooo long, but a pleasant sound nonetheless 4/10 Favourite track: N/A

It just never ends

My initial impression of "Home Is Where The Music Is" was promising, especially the opening track 'Part of a Whole' that starts with some lovely piano work. However, this appeal quickly faded. By the three-minute mark, the track felt aimless and overextended. This trend continued with subsequent tracks, like 'Minawa', where the shift from piano to trumpet failed to capture my interest. At 76 minutes, the album's lack of brevity made the listening experience attritional rather than engaging; a feeling of indulgence that soon became tiresome, reinforcing my suspicion that Jazz is not my genre. Apologies to the Jazz aficionados but for me this was a disappointing two-star experience. 1 "Part of a Whole" (2/5) 2 "Minawa" (2/5) 3 "The Big Apple" (2/5) 4 "Unhomé" (1/5) 5 "Maseru" (2/5) 6 "Inner Crisis" (2/5) 7 "Blues for Huey" (1/5) 8 "Nomali" (2/5) 9 "Maesha" (2/5) 10 "Ingoo Pow-Pow" (Children's Song) (1/5) Total - 17 Average - 1.7 174/1001 95/174 albums reviewed were new to me.

I just… really don’t like Jazz apparently

Music for playing quietly in the background. In a coffee shop or cocktail bar. Maybe an elevator. Not a bad album if you like that sort of thing. Not something I'd actively have chosen for myself and I doubt I'll listen again, unless im in a very spoecific mood. I did not enjoy. Found myself actually hoping that it would end by the time the last track started. One more song!!!! too bad it was over 6 minutes long. but surprisingky the last track is the most interesting of all.

Säkert bra

There's a lot more jazz on this list than I expected. It's really cementing my dislike for the genre.

Couldn't find the write up on this one. Must have been in an early version of 1,001. Pretty neutral on it. I did find myself checking, "is this over yet?" many times hence the lower rating.

- Strongly appreciate his activism. - I’m not into jazz, but this album's pretty inoffensive and palatable as far as jazz goes because there is a fairly strong melodic core to the songs, but I don’t think I’ll ever reach for it. - I’m not into the tone of the trumpet/flugelhorn… it isn’t as smooth as I like - it can feel muddy (not precise enough) and rough/scratchy. I also find that it’s so much more forward than anything else, so it ruins the songs for me. - The piano tone is nice, though. - Why does every song have to be so long? - Nomali is pretty.

Apparently I don’t like jazz.

76 minutes of jazz. I'd have worn a nicer wristwatch if I'd known how long I was going to spend staring at it today.

This challenge has really reinforced something I already suspected before starting it nearly two years ago: I genuinely struggle with jazz. And this album was no different. It’s long, repetitive, and doesn’t offer much variety to pull me in. The Afrobeat infusion does add some energy and makes parts of it more engaging, but overall it’s not something I’d return to. Favourite track: Honestly, I couldn’t pick one – it all blends together for me. Least favourite track: “Ingoo Pow Pow” felt like a complete and utter mess. Album artwork: A classy cover, at least.

This project is making me realize that I don't really like trumpet music that much

No idea why this and not any other random jazz album. It was fine and groovy in parts. It had weird trumpet pageantry in others that seemed a better fit for high school drama class.

Not such a great idea to listen to this album back to back with Miles Davis, left it sounded pretty bland, even after In a Silent Way which is a pretty laid back Miles album, Miles is never bland. Every now and then I started getting excited about some of the builds after the solo sections, but never the solos themselves. Not my day to meet Hugh Masekela.

Yazz

Add another jazz album added to the list lol it was alright just not my cup of teas lol

Just really long, enjoyed some elements but like 70 minutes is just two much for this type of music. 2 stars

Wow I hate jazz.

Boring, couldn’t get into it

‘One thing I’ve learnt from 1001 is that I can’t really handle Jazz in most forms.’ This is the most liked review for this and I think it reflects my opinions exactly.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Heidenheim. Stinklangweilig.

Just kind of bland Best Song: The Big Apple Rating: 4.5/10 Stars: 2

Not super into it :(

Good album. Competant jazz with African flourishes. The African bits are the most impassioned and interesting. The jazz is pretty ordinary though. Last track the best. Probably was groundbreaking for jazz listeners at the time but so kuedos for that but modern jazz listeners will have heard this territory explored more adventurously with better results

Not in the jazz mood today. 2/5

- Jazz & Afrobeat album - It's a nice jazz album, and clearly lots of talent is present, I'm just not sure no-vocals jazz is really for me - Was difficult for me to get into, but would be good study/background music

I don't know what this is or why it's on here. It says he was at the forefront of blending jazz and world music but I only hear smooth jazz. It's not offensive just a bit boring, belongs in an elevator.

It's jazz - horns and there's a piano. No thank you.

Run of the mill jazz. The Big Apple was the highlight for me. 2.4 outta 5

Prefer his other stuff

eh.

Jazz. The horny kind.

Meh

Started yesterday and listened to about half. Didn’t annoy me as much as other 1’s, and wasn’t unlistenable. Certainly better than Miles’ first offering. Just about a 2.

With instrumental jazz, my approach is now to listen to a song and decide whether it's a 1 (annoying) or 2 (boring). Congratulations to Hugh on his well-earned 2 stars

Didnt mind some of it

Jazz is very much not my cup of tea, background music at its finest

Litt for masete etter min smak

not a fan

Good, nothing that blew me away like the 1952 miles Davis birth of the cool but what my untrained ear would say as standard jazz.

Nice background music, enjoyed more than I expected, however, not something I could see myself putting on again. 2.5/10

More of a reflection on me then the album

I listen to my daily albums first thing with a cup of coffee. In that setting this album is fine as background noise to get your day started but can’t imagine ever choosing to listen to this again. Or any jazz album for that matter. Far too many of them on this list.

Jazz, not much more to say

I used to really like that kind of jazz, I guess I outgrew it, it is just irritating noise now

I can't lie, despite the talent this bored the crap out of me. My band kid heart did enjoy the musicianship, but this album was far too long. By the end I was just really over it. Jazz in small doses is fine by me, but this was really just overdoing it. Not for me.

It's very long. I'm sure it's very good but if truth be known I would never listen to a jazz album.

Too jazzy?

Decent but not my style

Very good but think I've heard recent stuff like this so didn't hit as hard as the Fela Kuti album did. I'm glad to deposit his name & sound to my memory bank.

Wavered between a 2 and 3 star for this as like all very long albums the songs were hit and miss. The last song pushed it down, but there were a few pleasant listens.

Pleasant background music. Not my cup of tea usually though

Har ikke knekt jazz-koden ennå. Enten full sprut av ikke planlagte trompetlyder eller kun pusting på bassen. Hva skjera.

Opening track got me hooked thinking this album would be great, and some subsequent tracks kept it going for me, but then I slowly got bored and was really bored by the time Maesha was on.

Decent album. I like his version of Grazing in the Grass

Love the doubling horns and other brass playfulness. Love that they tend to somewhat start and finish a song, not getting (too) lost in solos, although towards the end of the album it starts falling more and more into the 'annoying jazz tricks' pit for me. For example in 'Blues for Huey' an icky long drum solo. The songs tend to have an emotional story arc, which I appreciate. Virtuosity is not the point. I still don't find instrumental jazz interesting enough to sit through an entire album. But in the right time and place, this could be ok.

A bit on the experimental side of jazz

Jazzy and contemporary art of music. Piano is bringing like a whole Orchestra into it. Good for relaxing vibes with reading.

High quality Afro-jazz. I'm not a big fan of jazz but this is almost good enough for me to carve out an exception for a few of the songs.

Not unpleasant. Very long. Not particularly engaging.

I'm too pleb for this

It’s not great driving to work at 8am music, but it is good jazzy music to put on while making dinner. It’s also pretty long.

Bar Schach Atmosphäre schnell eintönig

Ugh, jazz.

The Vince Guaraldi Trio did the music for Charlie Brown. This was not dissimilar to that.

Screechy and honking horns over lovely piano playing.

Good Player, but two sad

more diner party music. but it's not bad. It's in the same style as Myles Davis Bitches Brew.

It's great background music. In a room with people. Not so much when you're trying to work. The musicians know what they're doing, the arrangements are intricate... But in the whole I really can't get into this, and it feels like it's partly my fault.

2+ Stars (6/15)

Jazz just rubs me the wrong way and this album is no exception. Some of the tracks are not too bad but most are like Blues for Huey which incorperates all the aspects that turn me of jazz including that "Listen to me being brilliant for no particular reason" vibe which most jazz suffers from to an unbearable degree.

Perfectly fine Jazz for background music but suffers a lot for all the main problems that plague the genre. Mainly just not my cup of tea even if I can appreciate some of the talent involved to make it.

You get a real jazz/funk fusion vibe from this album. It's neat, but I still am not a big jazz person, and many of the tracks ran together for me. It's a fine vibe, but not usually the mood I'm going for when I put on music.

I'll be completely honest I just can't get into this. It's by no means a bad album it's just not my thing at all. I appreciate the work that went into this album and it has some great performances all throughout. My stand out track is blues for Huey because of the amazing drumming.

Jazz, algo melancolico, excepto cuando la trompeta suena potente. Si te gusta el jazz... pero tectiene que gustar. Esta bien como fondo de una peli de robos 😅

Only the first two songs of the album were available on Steam, I guess the rest just weren't meant to be listened to. Overall, not too bad of an album, it sounds like background music for a movie from the 70s where not a lot is happening in the scene that we're watching, but then in the second song, it sounds like even less would be happening. Not a bad jazz piece - a bit meh, but definitely very chill.

Immediately engaging and refreshingly unique at the start. It really drew me in - but as it went on, it became rather repetitive, and I found my attention drifting.

I am not a Jazz girly

Previše neupečatljivo da opravda ovoliko trajanje.

If you love horny jazz, this is for you. I wasn’t in the mood. 1001 album worthy: nah: 101/188

unfortunately another jazz album that must have some boundaries

Clearly talented, liked it at bits and wish I was more in the mood for jazz while listening but... it also didn't do much to get me in the mood. I like to think I was ready to meet ya halfway, Hugh, but ya never popped and stayed pretty meh.

★★★½

This is a serene, soulful jazz-fusion album, easy on the ears however lacking in the crazy, off-beat twists and turns which define my favourite albums and artists of the genre. It's also pretty damn long at 76 minutes in length, which I'm not entirely sure is fully warranted given what is explored (or not) across its running time. I can sometimes vibe with this sort of stuff, but I wasn't particularly in the mood for over an hour of it today, and I didn't last the course.

I like the afrobeat behind the jazz but that is about it. It's another album where I recognize the artistry but I just don't enjoy it.

Is it music? Yes. Is it music I enjoy? No. If you like jazz, you’ll like this album. Of you don’t like jazz, well you get the idea.

I'm sure for some people, this really hits an emotional spot. Not for me.

Good musicianship, but forgettable

Not listened to it much to be honest.

Fine in a jazz bar in the background, don’t want to listen to it for fun. Pretty bored.

Wahhhh. Apparently! I! Don't! Like! Jazz!

2/5 not bad but not for me

Yeah man right on

I've tried. I've tried. I'm just not a jazz guy.

This album pretty much falls into my "Not bad but not my cup of tea" category. I really enjoy jazz, but this was just a bit too noodly for my tastes.

There were a couple songs I liked, then stopped liking, then started liking again. Just a bit too long.

The kind of jazz CDs they used to sell at Starbucks

Outside of David Sanborn/Kenny G, this was my first time dedicated listening to a jazz album front to back. It's pleasant enough, I could see playing this while working or as background music for a dinner party, but I don't think it’s something I would listen to regularly or during my commute. Much of the album sounds like soundtrack to a 1970's crime drama - I could see Gene Hackman trailing a bell-bottomed thug, pausing to crush a cigarette before going down into the NYC subway. Track 5 was a standout. I'm sure this album has reach and meaning to many but just not my thing. 2/5.

It's competent but jazz is boring.

Not for me, don't have any context to say whether this is seminal or anything either.

lidt ligegyldig

Way too much jazz. Just too much trying to make an amazing solo while doing the same boring thing everybody else does. Drums are solid though.

Most of the songs were taken down but those that remained were kind of boring. Realized I’m not that big of a fan of jazz.

Enjoyed Ingoo Pow-Pow, the rest was mediocre

jazz is still just not for me

Not a fan.

I don't know what to do with this. Sometimes jazz hits, and sometimes it doesn't for me. Too often throughout this album, the sax and/or trumpet are too chaotic - too much noodling. Highlights - Maseru really kicks in nicely, Nomali, and then Maesha takes me somewhere and I'm happy to go. But overall, there's too much that I would want to actively push stop on.

I dislike jazz. I dislike brass instruments.

Inspired playing of uninspired music.

The second jazz album that has come up for me is. I am learning that I like the drumming and bass in jazz, but I am not crazy about horns, especially brass. They seem to overpower the rest of the music. I don't think I would want to listen to this again.

Zzzz

Love jazz but this doesn't do it for me. It's a bunch of very skilled musicians using their ability and knowledge to make background music for The Sims. Maesha in particular felt like a bland, never ending slog.

Aussi incontournable qu'un lampadaire dans un immense stationnement.

Not that much afrobeat on this list and it's not really all that obvious on this album either. I'm not much of an jazz fan, too much of it is toying with "standards", showing off technical ability and constant soloism. This album has it's moments, but it blends into nondescript background music very easily. I'm dissapointed.

I always want to like jazz, but rarely do. This was ok.

Für die einen ist es Tinnitus für andere innovativer Jazz-Fusion. Die experimentellen Klänge und komplexen Arrangements könnten für eingefleischte Jazz-Fans faszinierend sein, wirken jedoch streckenweise langatmig und verlieren an Emotionalität und sind abartig bluesig. Der schönste Moment war als der letzte Song überstanden war.

Jazz. I love jazz. This was nice, but less interesting than the Jazz I love.

This is an alright jazz album to put on in the background. I'm not big on jazz but there was enjoyable things here, maybe overstayed it's welcome a bit

I really hate rating this as low as I do, it just isn't my type of music. I can really appreciate the artestry that's in this, the more unconventional trumpet and trombone parts and the dynamics of it all, but I just don't really enjoy it. I'm sorry.

Interesting instrumentals I probably don’t know enough about to properly appreciate. Definitely some funky moments but nothing jumped out overall. (2.5 stars)

Different

Zuid-Afrikaanse jazz, daar wilde ik wel even voor gaan zitten. Ken de beste man vooral van z'n afrobeat werk, en minder van z'n meer traditionele jazz-werk. En ik had toch wel wat meer verwacht. Op een gegeven moment merkte je dat de plaat iets meer fusion werd, en werden ook Afrikaanse ritmes geïntegreerd, maar dat kwam voor mij iets te laat. Het was overwegend nogal dertien in een dozijn. 5,5/10

Best chill zo'n jazz-album denk ik ergens in de eerste paar nummers. Maar als ik het slot van er een zanger voegt bij de muzikanten realiseer ik me dat het daarmee wel een stuk interessanter wordt. Al met al niet gek, maar ook niet bijster interessant deze plaat. 6/10 Highlights Ingoo Pow-Pow

Time to throw a dinner party cause that’s pretty much the only place I see myself listening to this again

76 minutes of instrumental impro-jazz to start the week? Now that’s just fuckin’ great! I have to admit I really like a lot of the main themes in the songs. Therefore it is a shame that they improvise away from them most of the time. I have found out throughout this project that I hate impro with a passion.

Not a big fan of jazz

I guess I might not like jazz?

Oh jazz, how do I rate you? There is a voice telling me that I "should" like this, but I just can't get into the music. It's not horrible, but I would never pick this album to just listen to for pleasure. Plus, this one is too long.

This is my third straight album that's over an hour long. It's very talented instrumental play, but overall, not my cup of tea, and yes, a bit too long. Favorite Track: "Inner Crisis".

Fin baggrunds jazz. Dog stadig jazz.

Mere jazzet og mindre afro-beatet end jeg havde håbet. Til tider nogle okay jazz toner, men ofte alt for langt.

As jazz goes, this isn't too bad, but it's still not something I would choose to listen to, or listen to twice at any rate.

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Jazz is not my thing

Not bad just not my thibg

Little too jazzy for me.

Nope. I tried jazz ages ago. I even pretended to like it for a while. This is classic jazz that I cannot connect with. Someone likes this, not me, not ever.

I thought the first track was a little interesting, but the further the album progressed the less interested I became.

I can flugel my horn with the best of them. But this album was just to long winded. Better than some of the jazz efforts already received here, but end of the day it’s just jazz to me.

Really dull. And possibly the worst album name ever

It’s jazz

Better than some other jazz albums we’ve had but still not my bag. Way too long and really started to drag in the back half. 2/5

Ett bra groove, jag fattar att det är stort.. men det är långt utifrån boxen, jag kan inte ta till mig så mycket trumpet!

Fairly anodyne jazz.