Home Is Where The Music Is

never heard of him, he's a great trumpeter and jazz man

I LOVE JAZZ Ne uyutacak kadar soft , ne de konsantrasyonumu bozacak kadar keskin. Ve hani klasik jazz'ın tüm elemanları var. Ayrıca vokalsiz, sırf enstrümantal, tam bir banger. Ders çalışırken açtım arkada akıyor mis gibi.. Odamda açmak isteyeceğim arka plan jazz'ının mükemmel bir örneği. Hani müziğe de odaklanabilirsin, işine de.. Overall 8.5/10

Hepsini dinlemeye sabrım yetmedi gerçekten. Jazz'la bir sorunum yok, hatta arka plan müziği olarak gayet hoşuma da gider ama bu albümü dinleyemedim. Parçaların hepsi 7 dakika ve üzeri olunca sıkılıyorum ve Minawa parçasında çıkan tuhaf sesler sonrasında dinleme yeteneğimi ve sabrımı da kaybettim.

This was a pleasant album to listen to whilst reading 3*

It was quite nice as background music - nothing more.

Good jazz fusion.

Electric co.pany music

Good Afrobeat, a bit long form

Masekela and co. print lots of energy and passion on each of the songs included on this album. It reminded me some 80s Davis (like those long tracks on Dark Magus) and some Hancock work, too. Great album, some of its songs are going to my jazz playlists

Cool enough. Maybe not the right day for me to be listening to this.

A quite enjoyable jazz album, or so it seems. I haven't fully explored it, but given how uselessly "selective" Dimery and co. are for that overall genre, I'm placing it as a potential candidate for my own list. Hope to revisit this record soon... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 700, I've temporarily lost count here... Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens:  approximately a half so far  Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter

Simply not my kind of music.

Pure heat from front to back.

Sounds like standard jazz to me…

It was good all the way through but not interesting all the way through. A decent record.

nice nice nice

Good, but not my thing

Listened to this on a lazy, Kid free Saturday morning, it was glorious

3/5. A fairly good jazz album. Some songs slap including the first one. Some are okay. Decent overall.

Not a jazz instrumentals guy. Plus, most of the songs are unavailable on spotify.

It sounds like an essential album; its name sounds like a very important name, and I guess it influenced many things worldwide. The only bad thing I can't stand is the album length. It's not something annoying, but I'll enjoy these songs much more if they were shorter. I hope to receive more of this kind of album on this list.

I do this challenge to come across superb discoveries like this. This is a very good jazz that shows a lot of versatility. The trumpet of Hugh Masekela shines a lot here on the many different jazz-styles that are presented. I think that the piano work by Larry Willis is also a big highlight of the apple. Will definitely come back to this one ! 8,4/10

Jazz gets way too intense for me sometimes

Not my favourite kind of jazz.. still amazing tho

I learned about Hugh Masekela a few years ago and I’ve been loving him. Great music to put on while relaxing on a Sunday. There's a lot of playful music here, some really sweet and tender melodies and other tracks that are just flat-out beautiful. And all-around sublime playing from the whole band. Hugh Masekela is incredible -- he absolutely shreds on the title track! The singing on the last track “Ingoo Pow-Pow” is wild! I love that. Personal fun fact: One of the most fun things about planning our wedding was picking out all the music and our DJs gave us a worksheet to fill out so we could choose songs for all the major moments that call for music. For the entrance of the bridal party at the start of the reception I picked Hugh Masekela's version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (not on this album but highly recommended). It's such a fun, high energy version of that song.

I loved this! It really set the tone for a lovely rainy Sunday. "Blues For Huey" made me think that we need more drum solos, like, in general. I will definitely be revisiting this album.

Love the energy in track one. Great start to an album! He's got a nice sound and tone for this style of playing. Not to say that he isn't dynamic because he definitely is, but there is a prevailing tone that he has that really cuts through the mix. It's got an edge to it- almost like a guitar that has just a little bit of distortion on it. Can be heard well on "The Big Apple", which I think is cool. There are many variables in music creation and I'm hoping that this harsher edgier tone is depicting a wintry New York City day. Solid 3/5 for me.

Fire Repress needed

Cool background music. Felt like I'd probably enjoy it more if I focused on it but still was enjoyable only sort of half paying attention. Reminded me of The 5th Dimension in some ways, not sure if they ever collaborated but it would have been a great match if they did. 3.5 stars

I've never heard of Hugh Masekela but I enjoyed this album. I didn't love all of it and IMO it's a little bloated towards the middle end but I could see myself listening to this every now and then. I enjoyed most of it. I'm happy with this discovery

Nice, chill jazz with interesting themes. My son turned it off when he was playing because he wanted to listen to Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Easy jazz to start, and got funkier as it went (which I increasingly liked!).

Kuulostat helvetin 15-vuotiaalta, joka on juuri ostanut ensimmäisen lentävän V:n. Tiedän, että luulet minun kaltaisteni, jotka todella soittavat musiikkia, aivan alemmalla tasolla kuin sinä, koska voit heitellä näitä Mustainen kaltaisia ilkeitä kitaristeja ja sanoa, että ovat super hyviä. Hän, voit jopa nimetä joitain tekniikoita, jotka ovat hyviä sinulle. Tämä ei ole mikään vitun kilpailija. On tosiasia, että jos osaat soittaa jazzia, voit soittaa mitä tahansa. On niin monia metallibändejä, jotka uppoavat jazziin tästä syystä. Sillä on makua, se vaatii laajaa teoriatietoa, eikä se kuulosta siltä, että joku ärtyisä kiinni olisi kirjoittanut pieniä pentatonisia nuolentoja kuunneltuaan Rust in Peacea ensimmäisen kerran. Mene vittuun ja lopeta musiikista keskusteleminen, koska et tiedä mistä vitusta puhut. part of a whole

Late evening vibes, borderline spiritual. Am absolute keeper

Great jazzy album

Not my thing

Piano jazz

Listened while putting my clothes away

This is the type of music I like to listen to, but my kids ask 'is this jazz!', followed by 'can we listen to anything else'.

Right amount of jazz for today's purposes.

I used to listen to a lot of jazz, so I was surprised at not knowing this excellent album. Regarding uniqueness, I don't have much to say: The afrobeat is definitely present in some of the tracks, but otherwise, this is just some well-crafted, classic-sounding jazz. I dig it.

Very smooth

Awful

I had high hopes for this, as I knew the name but had never delved into the back catalogue. But I must admit by the third track I was shocked to realise that the album wasn't almost done. Not really a Jazz person, and this put me in mind of 70s US tv themes as much as anything.

What's great about this album is that it makes jazz accessible. The pace changes effortlessly between tracks and themes. Some of the softer tones on the trumpet are stunning. Masekela puts the brakes on leading to some understated playing. He is so confident in his abilities that he can afford to hold a little back. Then the pace picks up. It's here where the album is at its best with the multiple trumpets playing a brash sound together.

Just average jazz...more meh than anything. The album looped around on me and started over and I didn't even realize that I had head it before it was that generic. 2/5

love Hugh

Great Jazz record. Had a really enjoyable time with this on in the bckrnd

C'est vraiment super bon, j'ai adoré, en plein mon genre. Cependant, ca dérape un peu vers la fin pour mes goûts personnel. C'est quand même un super album jazz et une super découverte. 4.85

I had never heard Masekela before. Very good sound! Is amazingly soulful, contemplative playing.

I really enjoyed this. I think jazz has been my favorite genre discovery while listening to these albums. 4/5

I loved this all the way through. Was perfect for a rainy San Diego day.

I want to like jazz more, bit while, at times, the groove on this was fantastic, it often sounded like someone kicking the crap out of a piano in rage whole the rest of the band tuned up.

Not bad

What a pleasant surprise! Extremely nice jazz from the African continent, which I will have to dig a lot deeper into.

This caught me completely off guard! Apparently South Africa’s been hiding a true jazz classic - without ever mentioning it to me. Nothing is rushed as every track takes its time to fully develop and unfold its potential. The production is stellar as well with Makhaya Ntshoko’s drumming blowing me away. I didn’t know that I needed this. But I did.

Just an excellent well rounded jazz record.

Definitely a unique listen to anything in my life so far. Never listened to anything that has combined jazz and afro beats before, but here we are. It's actually one of the better albums in both fields I've heard from undertaking this generator journey. It goes pretty smoothly despite the lack of vocals, instead the trumpet takes that place. A couple of tracks could have been cut to make it a better experience if listening to this back to back, but it's actually better suited to pause midway through, and hop back into again later. And although I can't give it top marks, it is a recommended listen.

A lovely meander through the creative pathways of some talented musical minds. Each song unfolds dynamically, themes flowing one into the other, at once both cohesive and distinct. For me, it was like each song was a short story depicting the sights, sounds and energy of a person in movement through one setting or another. A couple of songs that evoked this sort of imagery most vividly for me were 'The Big Apple' and 'Maesha'. The latter of those two, being my personal favorite of the album.

Confirma a necessidade de escutar mais jazz instrumental. Execuções sonoras que garantem um clima magnético.

Jazz, but in a lively tuneful accessible way. Great listen. Will not be on repeat but glad I heard it.

I have discovered so much jazz that I enjoy through this project. I am thinking that jazz is maybe best enjoyed in the long form of an album? I also appreciate the number of African musicians I've gotten to listen to. And this one has a Miriam Makeba composition on it! This was solid, and a perfect accompaniment for a walk on a cold but sunny wintry afternoon.

Some very pleasant jazz! It was new to me and I was glad to meet it.

Smooth, rich, and wonderful. Made me feel good. Home IS where the music is. Heart!

I’m a big fan of Hugh Masekela’s “Grazing in the Grass” and some of his other pop covers. So there is a familiarity to these songs - definitely feel the connection to the songs I knew. This album is more jazz, a genre I still feel is new to me. While I keep having this nagging feeling like I’m missing out on something, I am enjoying the jazz that has been coming up in this project more than I expected. This is no exception. A lot of it I liked. Some of it I loved. And part of it left me feeling like I should be getting more out of it than I was. Still, I can recognize that this is a great album and will likely grow on me in the future.

Great Jazz

Not really my thing, but fine background music. The copy on Spotify seems to have been ripped from a scratched CD or something as the last two tracks have a barely perceptible but annoying click all the way through

Pretty good, just too long.

Just the right side of noodly

Enjoyed this. Is it rude to call it background music? I mean it in the best possible way, had it on in the evening whilst pottering about - emptying the dishwasher has never been so groovy.

Phenomenal.

Quite lovely. I don’t have much stamina for double albums, but I really enjoyed every note of this one. Paired nicely with the rainy weather today, bopped along while cooking dinner and it set us all in a nice relaxed mood.

This is great jazz

Ok

Perfect 70s jazz for both background and active listening. Really glad I heard this one in the last few years!

Nailed the mood for my day

Fun collection of swinging, grooving jazz bops.

Not my usual jam, but the album had a few really good tracks and nothing particularly bad. Felt like I should be in a smokey room sipping whiskey in a suit.

Really fantastic stuff. 5 stars.

Good instrumental album

Ich merke, dass ich mit Jazz/Blues nicht so richtig warm werde...

Not bad but long

Not my style but ok

wow I didn't expect to ever like a jazz album as much as I did this one. highly recommend

10/17/22 Beautiful album. Zoned out to it

Rich and expansive and proving out that (South) African jazz is very much a thing. So why isn't there more of it in this esteemed list? Great playing throughout. "Minawa" is lovely, with impassioned soloing upping the emotional stakes, and "Maesha" beautifully contemplative, then engagingly energetic.

Delicious record!

Such a great showcase of musical talent...amazing piano, amazing drums, amazing horns! The album had great flow and I loved the different elements of jazz, afro music, and big band sound it combined!

This was a great listen. Really enjoyed this entire album. 4 stars

Such a great vibe! I loved the production quality, keeping in the fracking and imperfections. I felt like I was sitting in a coffee shop with a live jazz band playing.

Comforting jazz, very smooth, loved every minute of it. Musical excellence.

I'll be honest, I didn't get through the whole thing. It is Jazz. Good jazz, I think, but still. Good to cook dinner to?

Home Is Where the Music Is is a jazz and Afrobeat double album by South African jazz musician and singer songwriter Hugh Masekela. This is considered one of his best works and the album seamlessly blends signature jazz styles with his home continent's flavor of African music. This was a beautiful jazz album and I enjoyed it, but like I've said before - jazz isn't really my thing.

Fairly funky, 70s type jazz. Straight ahead feel.

I just can't get into this, sorry. Maybe I'm too dumb to appreciate jazz. It just felt like background music.

Usually when I get a jazz album I groan a little bit. I'm always like, sure it's fine but it just doesn't do much for me. This however was a really pleasant surprise. Maybe it just hit me in the right mood for today, but I'm loving it. It's just so cool and interesting and intricate and groovy. The Big Apple surprisingly reminded me a lot of Traffic's Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. I started out thinking 3 stars but now that I through I'm upping that to 4 stars.

jazzy soy - update: much too jazzy by far, no longer soy

Fire

Pretty good stuff tbh, but something I'd have to be in the mood for. Probably not going to revisit, but you never know 🤷

Dygtig, no double about it, men ikke lige mig...

Intriguing piece that can both be used for concentrated listening and relaxing hangouts

Jazz. Ni fu ni fa.

Jazz, Afrobeat

Very good, what an amazing musician.

I find that jazz is best served to me in small doses. Although this was interesting and I can't deny the skill that went into creating it, having most songs hit or come close to ten minutes was a bit too much. Some sections felt pretty long-winded and I would start zoning out around 6 minutes in. You know listening to an album becomes a chore when you constantly check how many minutes are left in a certain song, and I, unfortunately, found myself doing that for every track in this album.

Nice and jazzy

I enjoyed parts of this but other bits got a bit boring

Solid Jazz Album.

honestly a pretty damn big pepeJAMMER to me. jazz is music for the soul.

nice and relaxing. no complaints, super smooth. 4

T3B 1. Part Of A Whole 2. The Big Apple 3. Blues For Huey

Swag å epic

Honestly? Just an excellent record… gotta give this a 5… don’t @ me

Banger!

Not a fan of jazz but the drumming in this album is awesome 3,5/5

A lovely jazz album - impeccably produced - you can almost hear the sweat dripping off the musicians’ brow - and whoa what musicianship.

Disco de jazz y afrobeat que se puede dividir en 2. La primera parte me pareció increíble. En general no es de mi predilección y encontrar jazz que me guste y me sorprenda lo disfruto mucho. La segunda parte, más enfocada en los ritmos y percusiones, está bien pero no es nada impresionante y siento que hasta desentona un poco con el resto tan meteórico del disco. Afortunadamente esa segunda parte sólo es una, si acaso dos canciones por lo que este disco en su mayoría es excelente. Gran, gran descubrimiento.

Disquito agradable de jazz que al final se clava un poco (pero poquito) en lo africano. Cuando empezó me imaginaba que la parte de jazz iba a tener mucho estilo africano y de hecho no, si no supiera que el artista no es americano, hubiera pensado que es música de NY o Chicago. Tiene bonitos momentos muy melódicos y unos solos de trompeta y de piano tremendos.

Pour du jazz j'ai bien aimé

Ok jazz.

Jazz voi olla hyvää, jos siinä on menoa. tässä ei ollut. Dnf.

Not a bad listen, but not entirely grabbing either – I question why such a run-of-the-mill jazz LP made it on the list at the expense of others. Definitely could've used some cuts to the runtime too, as it did tend to drag on and could've been much more concise.

Fun album to listen to while on a long walk

Cool new discovery! Had a hard time listening at one time, but enjoyed the whole thing. Would go back to a few songs.

O_b

good jazz

Long chill jazz songs and pleasant sounds, good listen. The final song slaps even if its a children's song :-)

favourite tracks: the big apple, inner crisis, and maesha

jamzz

Now this one was different, rather jazzy, kinda like lift music. But I liked it. Towards the end of the album i was kinda getting bored of the Jazz. 3.8 / 5

This is jazz I can listen to. Contrary to some of the other 'jazz' albums which are just the players furiously wanking their instruments dry, talented but with no actual song for the listener to follow, this feel more like a soundtrack without words. Songs with structure, identity, melody and hooks - and emotion. This makes me think of how a jazz club SHOULD feel - sitting at a round table in a darkened corner with friends, and whiskey, the players illuminated at front through the cigar smoke, feeling the electric excitement of NYC. I like that the first and second half of the album are different - the first half is american jazz - the second half is more african music - and it's refreshing!

Jazz, blues. Nice stuff. But a bit too much for me all in a row. Fav songs: The Big Apple, Inner Crisis, Maesha

Amazing jazz

not really my genre

I did my jazz phase but this is one I wish I knew about when I was into the genre

A very good jazz album.

Beautiful album. Complex and fun. It is awesome how the trumpet leads the way until the end.

This is a fantastic album. Really great synergy with the band. Super fun and nothing negative to say

this was really nice! i dont really know anything about jazz, but i found this great to listen to.

Very good jazz

Really enjoyed this one! I put it on while working and I must have listened to it front to back 3 times. Very accessible but still throws in some free jazz at times to keep you on your toes. I’m giving this 4 stars because I’m worried I’m inflating the value of 5 stars? Like this was a great album but my gut tells me to slow down 5 star distribution. Oh well

Not my type of music but still pretty good.

Sounded like very impressive musicianship, but not to my liking - I prefer cool jazz, but this sounds more like a modern version of bebop.

Good Jazz, African sounds in last song(s).

Never really got into to his music. But I love the fusion of African chord progressions and rhythm with the contemporary American sound.

Wasn't really familiar with Masekela, so new to me. It's a bit tame though Part of a Whole, Maseru and Big Apple are decent.

Sure. I liked it. It’s some trumpet jazz.

Another jazz album.... seemed to be little difference between tracks.

I had high hopes for this one after the first song, which I really enjoyed. Then it turned into typical background jazz music. Fine to be on while cooking diner, but nothing I will seek out.

Very nice album, loved the funky parts but overall nice jazz record

As I get older and get more into jazz, I appreciate this album in a way I could not have before. It is pretty good.

Pass. A tough listen for me. Didn't make it through the end. .5 for me just because it was music

4 Yes yes yes. This is my kind of jazz. I think it’s like Fusion/BeBop. Uptempo and consistent. This was a really really fun listen. Every player was on point and kept me guessing around every corner. Got a little whatever near the middle but I think it finished out strong Favorites: Part of a Whole, Minawa, The Big Apple, Unhome, Maesha

3.5 Eat your heart out, Bill Evans - It's another jazz record, and I really think this is probably this has been the most fun and interesting one yet. There was enough variety on this record where I was able to keep mostly engaged for the 76 minute runtime. That being said, while I liked the jazz albums we've had so far, I haven't loved them, and I think I'm learning the genre is probably never gonna be an all-time favorite of mine - I really don't anticipate any of these albums getting a 4 or higher from me. I don't know how likely it is I consciously put on a jazz record, but if I do pick one, I could see it being this one. Favorite songs: Can't really remember, but I think I liked Big Apple and Maesha

I'm not a massive jazz hound but I can appreciate this. I'm familiar with the artist's name, but can't recall ever having heard his music before. Minawa is really lovely cut. It wouldn't be out of place on Coltrane's magisterial A Love Supreme. I checked out another album of Masekela's, The Promise of a Future, and really enjoyed that one, too. I adore trumpets, and Mr. Masekela has great tone. I'll probably throw this on the Sonos as the background tuneage for dinner with the missus some evening soon. I think she'll dig it.

Soft jazz. Han bara lyssna första 3 låtarna.

I don't feel qualified to comment much on this album, except to say I really enjoyed it and I feel it would definitely be something to put on in the background for a dinner party.

Loved it

Nice Jazz

Holy moly this album is an incredible listen. It's soulful, spiritual, and takes advantage of every silence and open space to immerse your brain. This is worth a million listens.

Pretty straight-ahead jazz album but with enough clever takes and lines that it's above-average.

Some songs were baby making music. For the most part, I enjoyed the jazz. Songs were a little long but overall didn’t hate the music.

🥱

The dynamics change on Maesha hits so hard The drums on Blues for Huey are legendary The harmonies with the sax and the horn on nomali are smooth while the keys go nuts Interesting mix of jazz styles

This was pretty boring I must say. To be fair I was embattled in an NHL 17 playoff race the entire time. Go flyers 2020 champs 1/10

Generator been on a jazz kick lately. I liked inner crisis and blues for Huey

Good jazz fusion but it's too damn long. I completely lost interest along the way but it's still quality music.

Great jazz album. Nothing exceptional, but you can tell it's good stuff. It's a little bit too long though.

If it was 45 min, I would have gave 4 stars. great jazz album but too long.

It's a great jazz album I had never heard of before. I'm glad I discovered it, it had really strong parts. Sadly, these beautiful moments are distributed sporadically on an album, once again, too long and samey.

One of the best Jazz albums I've heard on this list. Really Really enjoyed it. 3.5

Nice enough. But I'm not inthis space yet

Iha viddun hyvä! Kunnon afrobeat meats jazzybazzy! Todella tiukka meiniki ja sopivan mittainen paketti tavaraa. 4/5

Uuh olipa huikea alkupuoli. Kunnon eeppistä kaupunkikävelyjazzia. Lopusta vähän liian pitkä ja meni enemmän taustamusaksi. Silti selvä 4/5. Tuntuu että genressä kuin genressä tykkään 70-luvun alun menosta.

Olipa poikkeuksellisen hyvää jazzia! 4/5

Didn't totally hate it, Jazz with no lyrics not for me though

A very pleasant soul-infused jazz record. Great background listening. And quite amazing in contrast to the previous record, which was also jazz fusion and a possible contender for worst album on this list. That contrast gives this album the push to round it up from 3.5 to 4.

A great album with excellent musicians, pulled together by the brilliant Masekela. Each track has its own voice and yet fits into the whole.

Ok but just not that exciting. Didn't make it to the end

This has no right to be as great as it is.

Wow! I was blown away by this album, really good!

Love this record. I knew Masekela from Paul Simons Graceland tour but Never heard it before so this one is the first one so far that exposed me to some new music I didn’t know. Always love that. I love the laid back South African grooves. It’s soulful, peaceful laid back music. Great for this crazy heat wave, don’t need to get heated up anymore. This is cool music.

Pretty solid.

pleasant jazz, my kids think it sounds like a Peanuts soundtrack

I hate Jazz, but the Afrobeat side of it was not too bad though. I just got listening fatigue way too early and I just did not like it. Might be a little unfair giving it a 1, but that is just how I feel right now.

very nice jazz

I enjoyed this album and it is something I need/want to listen to more as I think I have only begun to experience it

Heard before: no! This was an absolute blast. I cannot believe I hadn't heard this one before - I will 100% be revisiting. Awesome from start to finish - sometimes I can take or leave the slower meandering/meditative tracks (Unhome), but that's mood-dependant. Favourite tracks: Part of a Whole, Big Apple, Blues for Huey, Nomali, Maesha

Too much jazz - pointlessly meandering without ever arriving anywhere may be satisfiying for the performers, but may be less so for the listener. Case in point: me. 2/5

The trumpet and saxophone seemed to be on their own track and just mixed on top of the rest of the music most of the time. Sometimes they jived together, but most of the time they didn't. They were on their own beat and own tune. I didn't really care for that. I know that's sometimes part of jazz but I just don't care for music where the instruments aren't on a similar beat and don't mix in tune well.

Hell yeah!

Beautiful and relaxing, perfect for a variety of settings. Great drumming and piano work in particular!

Like other jazz albums, nice to hear but not really fair to compare against popular music so just a standard 3 from me

Hard to rate. Not bad not great.

Soulowy jazz z 72, od postaci o ktorej wczesniej nie slyszalem, a jednak brzmiacej jak cos co dobrze znam, Hugh Masekela jest trebaczem z RPA, ktory jest okreslany ojcem poludniowoafrykanskiego jazzu, co nie dziwi patrzac na dziesiatki albumow ktore wydal w ciagu zycia, na Home Is Where The Music Is gra w piecoosobowym skladzie, gdzie obok trumpeta mozna uslyszec jeszcze klawisze pianinowe lub tez bardziej elektryczne, altowa saksa, gitara basowa i drumsami, wiec setup ciekawy, a jeszcze ciekawsze jest to jak on brzmi, bo niekotre traki brzmia wrecz davisowo z coolowego okresu, wiec afrobeat ktorym jest epitetem uzywanym do okreslania tego albumu czuje sie glownie na zamykajacym ingoo pow-pow, za sprawa wokali, jedynych na 76 minutach calego longpleja, wiec plej byl dosc spory, ale na tyle coolowy, ze sie nie dluzy, z tych 10 utworow najbardziej przemawia do mnie najdluzsza kompozycja albumu, Maesha, autorstwa Caiphusa Semenya, ktory jest odpowiedzialny za wiekszosc utworow na tym krazku, a rowniez jego produkcje, rowniez muzyk z korzeniami w poludniowej afryce, ktory zrobil kariere na zachodzie, bardziej jako kompozytor i producent jak w tym wypadku, anizeli artysta solowy, chociaz jak slucham teraz to okreslenie tego krazka jedynie jako coolowego jazzowania nie oddawaloby tego jak potrafia sie zmieniac te utwory, ktore oscyluja w graniach okolo 9 minut, wiec jest to czas w ktorym piosenka potrafi zrobic prawdziwy rollercoster brzmieniowy, zwlaszcza z tak zywym trebaczem, na plejke leci wspomniana Maesha, chyba wspomniana, bo tytul przywodzi na mysl bardziej zenskie niz meskie skojarzenia, no i soul jakos zawsze mial dla mnie skojarzenia z pieknymi kobietami, wiec ta plyta nie jest tutaj wyjatkiem

Masekela fent cas de Davis i recuperant les seves arrels sudafricanes amb un doble disc molt meritori i amb moments per recuperar, però que no termina mai i es fa més llarg que un dia sense pa

For all you horny folks, this album here has some great horn action. Really enjoyed listening to this album. Though I was a little horned out by the time I got to that 10 minute track. Felt like I needed some Gatorade and Cialis to complete the rest of it. Regardless, this was probably the best horn I've received in quite some time. Four stars!

The previous day brought us Bowie's "Young Americans," and I found the horns on that album tremendously annoying. Not so with "Home is Where the Music Is," which is filled with warm and exuberant horns. I was not at all familiar with Hugh Masekela, the "father of South African jazz," but I love his style.

This album is the bees knees of jazz. When I want to here jazz, I’m coming here.

Nothing quickens the pulse but then again it's not meant to. By the end you realise that what's seemed like exceptionally good background music has actually occupied the forefront of your mind for an hour and a quarter. Hell of a trick, that.

Wonderful Sunday morning album, listened on a PA system in a tent, while I waited for a poetry festival that I was running the sound for to start. I will need to listen again for more detailed commentary, but as a good friend says 'Eddy Gomez on bass there. He shreds. He sheds so much those turtle boys don't cut him no slack.'

As far as jazz goes, this isn't so bad. All the skill that you expect from a highly-rated jazz album is there but the afrobeat influence gives "Home Is Where the Music Is" an edge over its contemporaries. The extremely strong emphasis on the rhythm section gives the music a structure and drive that's missing from most jazz songs. Very solid entry. Especially for a jazz album.

I happened to be driving through Arizona while listening to this album. Which was kind of interesting since it feels like an album for a rainy city day. Lot's of beautiful moments and melodies and it was cool to hear him do so much with a saxophone. I get a little bored with jazz, possibly because I'm not smart enough, but I liked it.

Sublime

I'm never 100% sure how I feel about jazz records, but I find this more than satisfactory. Some solid grooves on this.

Wouw. First time listening to this, and really positive. Warm and cozy.. a nice extension of the 60’s be-bop jazz into the 70’s. References to both African music and funk here and there, just making it even more exciting.

It is a jazz album. I don't need or want an hour worth of jazz music.

Delightfully enjoyable fluglehorn jazz. Easy to listen to all the way through with Maseru being my highlight.

with the 2 previous ones in a row, its like somebody wants me to die... I was generous for the others but this one deserves nothing

This is older than me. I can see why KJ said he was falling asleep on Friday.

Maybe its because I've seen him live and heard a lot of his work. Love it.

Sal's dad! I'm not usually a big fan of jazz but this guy has very obvious chops.

Enjoyed Part of a Whole and some of the more up tempo songs.

This falls into the category of "I don't know enough about jazz to know how good it is." I enjoyed it.

Somewhat surprised but I loved this! Will definitely be adding to my playlist.

Pleasant enough jazz

This album is interesting and engaging all the way through.

Man I don't really like jazz. It's some OK background noise but nothing I'd choose to listen to.

Jazz instrumental

If I get many more Jazz albums, my coworkers are going to start buying me mugs that say "I <3 Jazz" and then I'm going to have to use them at work and it's going to become a whole thing and I have 18 more years until I can retire and I don't think I can keep it up that long. This album sounds like the official soundtrack to having a nice lunch with Grandma at the restaurant inside of Lazarus.

what a beautiful, delightful album! well deserving of its place among the 1,001 albums. a well done instrumental album. it's fantastic to have on while driving or working. i appreciate the combination of afrobeat and jazz, because this album really became something unique. can't wait to listen again!

I'm not a huge fan of jazz most of the time, but I found this to be surprisingly enjoyable to listen to. Trading in "big band" jazz sounds for a more low-key, instrumental sound made this a nice, easy listen. There was some very beautiful piano work in here, as well.

Beautiful and homely, feel reeeeal cozy listening to it

Part of a Whole reminds me of Sim City. Nice.

Funky jazz, some nice trumpet, bass and piano playing

2.9

It's Jazz. If you like it great but if you don't this gets a bit repetitive.

Jazz, Jazz, Jazz.

beautiful!

Really liked this album

Ya like jazz???? Its alright. Not really into 10 minutes solos of any type.

I mean...I enjoyed it somewhat. Definitely had a fun groove to it, and the perfect thing to listen to on a lazy Sunday while doing other things: Chores, going for a walk, etc. But I didn't find it super exciting or unexpected, to be honest. It reminds me a bit of the music that's used as a filler in sitcoms, at least for the first half of the album. That shifts a bit to a much stronger second half, and I don't doubt the artist's overall talent, but I only found this one to be enjoyable to a limit. Love jazz, though. Definitely would enjoy a re-listen, at least a bit.

Album cover doesn't give too much of a clue about what's inside. Some kind of not too crazy jazz maybe? Wait, does he have a trumpet? Ok yeah, definitely expecting something nice and jazzy. Yep track list and song lengths confirm my suspicions. At 1 hour 16 min I hope it's good. Here we go! Yep, nice bright horn driven jazz, medium chill with some soul. Basic horn, sax, piano, guitar, drums. Engaging melodies interleaved with solos in a traditional format that's easy to wrap my head around. By turns catchy, pretty, melancholy, and technically impressive; all of it interesting but accessible. Loving this vibe, just the right energy level for me right now. Great stuff. I'm sure I'll be back to visit often.

Jazz is a hard sell for this listener and there is rarely any middle ground between love and hate. The technical prowess required to play jazz has been explained to near death and while it can be appreciated, it does not equal enjoyment. Maybe this is not Hugh Masekela's most important work, but there are moments of nice surrounded by even more moments of insecurity. Jazz by and large seems like a trip into someone's head without your consent, a kidnapping perhaps? Without vested interest, or for a lot of the audience, musical understanding and the subsequent appreciation that comes with that, jazz can feel very foreign. Overall, today 04-12-22 was probably not a day for jazz so criticism is especially harsh for this reviewer. Hugh Masekela is identifiably talented, the seemingly chaotic arrangements e.g. "Maseru" that come back together toward the end is a feeling of overdue respite, but this is where the review gets negative in that enjoyment of music, particularly jazz, should not feel as though it were self-flaggelation with the hopes of earning a right to be a critic. The jazz genre sort of comes across this way because the formula is a bit more complicated, the time signatures ever-fluctuating, the self-aggrandizement of its members an inevitability. Profound respect for the talent and the skill required to put this together, but it does not equal enjoyment here.

I always had Hugh Masekela down as an upbeat afro-jazz style artist, but this being one of his earlier albums its interesting to see his roots began in slow jazz. Almost reminicent of Dizzy Gillespie with the focus on the trumpet and interesting motifs. A very enjoyable album, mixing mood and speeds across the entire album.

Fun to listen to. Would for sure listen again.

Something of a classic. I have a sneaky suspicion it'll grow on me even more. An unexpected gem.

The first two songs are perhaps the most enjoyable jazz that I have ever heard. The rest are instrumental fiddling that I wouldn't even want to play as background music. In other words, if "JA" represents the moments where I enjoyed it and "ZZ" represents the moments where... not so much, this album is: JAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I really like the piano playing. I don't listen to jazz a lot but in my opinion this is a good album.

An ok jazz instrumental album, but to my untrained Jazz ear nothing really stood out. Best: Unhomé Worst: Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song)

I really enjoyed this one… well compared to the jazz album from a few weeks ago. It’s trying to hush mega leak- this jazz thing is alright

Fantastic jazz album! What a trumpet player. This album felt pretty heavy for jazz, and I'm all about it.

C'est cool en musique de fond. Aussi beau titre d'album

Ils m'ont perdu sur du 4/4, bon travail.

sympathique mais bon ça s'éternise un ptit peu

För att vara jazz var detta ok

I enjoyed the heck out of this one. Thirty seconds into Parts of a Whole, they had me. I loved the unison trumpets and how the style borrowed a lot from American jazz yet was different from what I would expect in the genre.

I am going middle of the road on this (I'd say3.5 but stuck with whole numbers); love a couple of tracks for sure, and I imagine hearing a lot of this live would up the score but there are a few that stick around for too long for my tastes and then there are some that are amazing, succinct and just perfect listening. Still glad to have found tracks like Inner Crisis, Blues for Huey. Part of a Whole and Maesha are all on my recommend list.

Not a jazzer, but I can dig this man.

For someone like me who doesn't quite "get" jazz, this was great.

It was okay to listen too, not going to make regular rotation

90s dance music - not my thing

Beginning to think jazz, salsa, etc are just kind of a bad fit for how I’ve been listening to the albums each day, because with every one of these my experience has been enjoying the first few songs, but then getting completely sick of it by the end of the album. Like I think this just probably isn’t music to be listened to in silence, by myself, on headphones! but it’s not like I own a bar or a club, so,

First track is a fire-breathing monster. Wild, yet controlled and soulful - just my favourite kind of jazz. On first listen, the rest of the album was a bit of a come down. Now I've revisited a few times, actually I'm loving almost the whole record. Great compositions, great passionate musicianship, and a few African sounds coming in (though these aren't uncommon in American soul jazz anyway). My only complaint is the final track, which I don't find a satisfying way of rounding off an album that is already 70 minutes long by that point. Overall, highly recommend this. 4.5*

pretty slick, hugh's got a very unique sound on his trumpet like. it's nice.

Bom demais! Álbum de desfrutes: solos e improvisos sensacionais.

I like this vibe

This album exists in the space between enjoyability and innovation. First of all, the album is very accessible and has a great groove. The bass lines stand out to me the most aside from the trumpet and flugelhorn. This music is infused with a healthy dose of soul making this album a sort of fusion more than straight jazz. This album still features Miles Davis like passages and modal jazz chord changes that appeal to jazz snobs. Overall a great album.

Good jazz album.

This is the guy who does "Grazing in the Grass." Fairly traditional, nothing noteworthy or extraordinary here, but he's a skilled jazz player, and I enjoyed the pieces despite the overall length.

It's fine, but there's plenty of better jazz to get through before you get to this record.

10 tracks, runtime of 1 hour 16, immediately knew this was either prog or jazz despite never having heard of it. This would be great to have on as backing to a cosy evening drinking whisky or chill afternoon with coffee but not so much for active listening.

Parts of this I enjoyed but most of this I was uninterested. Initially very pleased to see something that isn't 70s rock on here but sorely let down.

Knew nothing about him. Now I want know more. What a cool album.

Ktebt 4 Saf7at Men 3l Bouheli Mte3 Dostoevsky. Still Sick As A Mofucka. Probably Getting Depressed. I Slept For Like 19 Hours

Não conhecia esse álbum, foi simplesmente sublime. Um álbum experimental para se deliciar.

Heard this jazz album for the first time - I did not like every song, but when it's good it's very good.

Very nice jazz album. Not blown away enough to give it 5 stars, but the overall sound of the ensemble is very good and there are some great moments, for example when the funky electric piano kicks in.

Enjoyable, though not world-changing.

Like this album and his music now, back in ‘72 when I was a Black Sabbath devotee..NOT!!!…times and tastes change…real fine listening

Love this jazz. Puts me in a good mood

Er langt jazz album udelukkende instrumentalt, men fokus på trompet. Bliver kor langt og for kedeligt og mangler noget sjæl. Også lidt for bopper til min smag

Very jazzy

If it's possible to divide all Jazz into three categories, "Hot", "Cool", and "What Time Does The Tune Start", as my mom does, then this falls squarely into "Cool"... 😎 A very pleasant listen, and I suspect repeated plays would reveal more and more each time. Fave track - "Minawa" maybe, or "Unhome"...

Bom instrumental

Nice and smooth. Great album!

I wanted to like this and maybe I would if it was on in the background?

A cool mix of jazz and afrobeat. Pretty solid arrangements throughout, and Hugh has a great time on the trumpet. I liked this a lot.

On one side, easy to enjoy and listen to. On another, I just think I don't "get" Jazz.

Mostly pretty inoffensive light 70s jazz. Not as funky and edgy as I would like; kind of Miles Davis lite. Very lite. Inner Crisis is the best of the bulk of the album. The real highlight in Ingoo pow-Pow (children's Song), which is much more like African music with a jazz inflection. If only the album was more liek that.

Just fantastic, smooth, and enjoyable to listen to.

I can see why it's on the list. This is cohesive jazz that makes sense. Easy instrumental listen.

Generally, a lot of interesting jazzy stuff. Good for background music, but the songs were really really long and it kind of fell off at the end.

Sehr guter Jazz mit Trompete.

Really liked this. Funky jazzy vibes with a dose of sunshine. Great tunes.

An interesting album with some less experimental jazz that was largely enjoyable.

A lot of Jazz

Didnt mind this, but 1 and only listen.

Jazzy blessings that are almost instrumental Chicago tracks at times. Fun!

Hugh can blow with the best of 'em. Perfection.

I've always wanted to like jazz but never really known where to start. Turns out this was it. I like jazz now.

Talent everywhere on this album. What a wonderful sound. Hypnotic, life affirming jazz.

Nothing particularly bad about this album. Also nothing I would call exceptionally good. Just some easy listening music I suppose.

Pretty good. Jazz is still not my favourite genre, but the African influence was clear to hear and very enjoyable. I didn't pick up the names of any songs, so don't know which were my favourite, other than ingoo pow pow (children's song), which was great

Afro jazz-funk, NICE!

4.0 - Subtly fuses Afrobeat and jazz, leaning much more heavily on the latter. A warm and inviting sound that showcases skilled electric piano, trumpet and drums. Standouts: "Part of a Whole", "Blues for Huey", "Maesha" and "Ingoo Pow-Pow."

I was in that lift a LONG time

It's another cold Monday morning at the office; but as I sip my tea and put on this album, I'm transported to a place cozy and warm, and my concerns and frustrations with the mundanity of life evaporate as I lose myself in the music.

круто, круто, круто, круто, не очень круто, круто

A wonderful album. Very much in the style of Miles Davis Prestige years; Cooking, Working, etc.... I really enjoyed this album and plan to listen to it tomorrow again. 4 🌟