Home Is Where The Music Is

Solid 4. It's very nice music to listen to, great to have on in the background. It doesn't really grab my attention and demand I give it respect but that's okay not every album needs to do that. I thought everyone played their instrument really well, they sounded really good, the sounds sounded different so it didn't just feel like one gigantic song for an hour (I feel like some jazz albums do that). Overall nice listen would put on again maybe not regularly though.

was great to have on as background music on this dreary day. would I seek it out to listen to again-no. couple tracks need some editing in length-just too long

Nice jazz

Smooth jazz

Lovely jazz album

3.5☆/5 09.21.2024

I thought it was fun and it gave me coffee shop in the fall vibes.

These long-form jazz jams pull a lot of different sounds, making it hard to classify. Repetitive Grooves, ranging from somber to infectious, have a spiritual/soulful tinge and seem to draw influence from a variety of jazz forms like cool, bop, fusion, and others. Piano/key solos really stood out to me as a strength throughout. There’s some great moments in here, but not every tune hits and most melodies slip from my memory quickly. It feels a little too long to hold my attention consistently, but I also will need to revisit this one and digest it a bit more. So a 1-day appraisal leaves me in the middle of the road, but this could be one that grows on me with time or fades to be forgotten…

I don’t have the knowledge of the context this record was released into but the playing certainly sounds capable and the tunes are tight and enjoyable. Minus one star for the saxophone solos.

This was a good album. The opening song 'Part of a Whole' reminded me of The Sims. 'Maseru' was my favorite from this album.

Expectations Demolished.

Very good

Great jazz for foreground or background, orchestrated for long grooves. The venture into electronics even seems natural. I’ll have to remember Masekela.

Jazz! It's still not my thing. More fun than some, though. I suppose.

Jazz isn’t really my thing but I found this very enjoyable.

Very nice album

Admittedly not my genre but I wasn't able to get through this one. So many pretentious, drawn out jazz numbers that by the 7th song I was done. Boring, slow, uninspired. 4/10 (2/5)

Not my usual taste but soothing

Enjoyable African Jazz album from '72 that merged different styles

Masterful jazz that I was totally unaware of. Sumptuous stuff.

First time listening to Jazz, consciously. Loving it so far! Not my cup of tea though

I’ve heard a decent amount of Hugh’s stuff, but not this album. Even so, I knew this would be fire and there was no disappointment on that front. From start to finish this is an album full of jams to get you grooving. Funky jazz throughout and it was a great soundtrack to my Monday morning!

some good grooves, may continue to grow on me 3 stars

Was ok, didn’t really have many thoughts

nice jazz and i like the rhythm section but i didnt rly find it very memorable favorite: part of a whole

Generic, hotel lobby jazz.

Ok. African influenced Miles David styled jazz (KoB)

Jazz!

Riding on the 7 train to the US Open with this in my earbuds, Queens NYC feels like heaven on earth

#333. Thank you for your patience. An associate will be with you shortly. 2/5: jazz Song added to playlist: The Big Apple I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Good relaxing Jazz, might give this one a second spin

Oh, joyous jazz! When jazz fusion rose to prominence in the late '60s, purists and traditionalists alike would denounce it for not being "real jazz". Others, such as Miles Davis, would embrace the genre. Hugh Masekela's anti-apartheid afrojazz would gain him the recognition he deserved for his artistry. Home Is Where The Music Is shows Masekela's foray into jazz fusion by utilizing the ever-smooth electric piano. It's a rousing success, with beautiful songs that showcase the simply incredible sounds that a jazz album can contain. An easy listen for even those who do not fully enjoy jazz and it's intricacies.

Love jazz, love this album. Will listen again!

Nice enough. I'd have to be in the mood

A lilt, a groove and a sound that, for reasons unknown, hit the spot - and then some.

Quality jazz, well put together 5*

A great south African jazz document.

oooh some Jazz!! I'm jazzed about this. So far so good. I enjoy me some good jazz! It was pretty good. 4 stars

This is what I signed up for.

Cool.

3.5

I wanted to like it more than I did. Especially after listening to the awesomeness of Fela Kuti.

I had never heard of him before but something about this album just was the perfect soundtrack to my morning. I listened to it twice back to back. 5 stars for me.

This was a fantastic listening experience. There's a looseness to the grooves that is very refreshing. Not very adventurous from a harmonic standpoint, but it doesn't need to be. There's some questionable tuning between the trumpet and the sax making some of the harmonized lines (and even some of the unison lines) extra spicy. That would normally knock a couple stars off for me, but within the context of this vibe, it works. 5 stars.

Good. But didn't quite get me. 3

Enjoyable on a summer day

I wish I could get into jazz, but I still don't get it. It's not necessarily unpleasant music, but it always sounds like one long song to me. 2.5 stars

Chill, with a message

I gave up barely into track 2.

Pleasant background jazz.

Very good, maybe a little long but that doesn't really matter with an album like this.

Perfect music for walking around the city on a rainy day, particularly if you're sleuthing

Cool and jazzy.

I think I'm in love with jazz

This was fine, and got better throughout. It's not grabbing me yet, but I can see myself giving it another go.

I just love jazz so much.

I have no idea when one song ended and another began. I’m sorry, God, I don’t like jazz.

I guess I like this more than some of the other jazz (I forgot I was listening to it rather than being put off by it) but I have no other comments.

Really good album. Oddly soothing since I don’t typically enjoy jazz all that much.

Cool

Beautiful jazz album!

Great fucking jazz

This is the best jazz record we’ve had on here. Not my genre but I could happily listen to this.

Good stuff, but 76mins of mainly flugelhorn gets somewhat tiring

Very enjoyable to walk around town with this in your headphones. Bit too long though, I got jazzed out

The man can play a horn!

Das Ist ein Jazz-Album, dafür muss man sich Zeit nehmen. Die Instrumental Nummern sind sehr unterschiedlich von verspielt, melodisch bis verträumt und melancholisch. Die Trompete und das Klavier sind im Vordergrund. Das Album hat mich abgeholt und mir Freude bereitet.

Fine jazz. Quite good as background music and had its moments of interest for me, but mostly I think that jazz will probably never be my thing.

Warmly graceful and brightly energetic. I've yet to really get into jazz, so I feel like my appreciation of it could be lacking, but subjectively, I enjoyed this a lot. Every instrument has its strong moments in the spotlight, and always backs the others up in a very fluid, dynamic way.

Это был довольно *легкий* альбом по меркам джазовых, что довольно приятно. Лучшая песня - Unhome.

Solid jazz album. Put it on while cleaning the house. Enjoyed it, but didn’t blow me away.

I don’t have much context for this album, but it feels like part of a larger whole— a contemporary high point between classic jazz and fusion.

Good background jazz, but nothing here brought it to the forefront of my attention. A lot of lengthy tracks that were good but not super noteworthy to me, a self-proclaimed jazz neophyte.

Nicht meine Richtung

Jazzy.

Ganske banger d og, må være i jazzhumør tho

Nice jazzy album, pretty enjoyable for background type music

It's really ok, but why? There are at least 40 Belgian albums better than this, but hey

Mooi, warm album, ideaal als achtergrondmuziek. Ik begrijp waarschijnlijk iets te weinig van jazz om dit echt te appreciëren, maar da's voor als ik 50 ben ofzo. 3.1*

I find it so hard to rate jazz. So much skill, but so little comprehension (on my part).

I don’t get jazz

Welcome to Jazz Club…

Struggled with this one I'm afraid

Jazz. Not bad, but I’m just not really a jazz guy. A bit on the long side for me as well.

Too long and boring, I was rather pleased when it was done. It was completely innofensive, but it still gets a 1 for being over an hour.

Although jam packed with some festive sounding fusions, I find the album generally a tiny bit sleepy at times.

Would be so good to listen to this while watching a snowstorm. Warm and fuzzy. Dramatic softness.

This is a new favorite. I like some jazz but I have never really explored the genre in any depth.

Don’t feel like I will ever “get” jazz until I do a deep dive on the genre. I’ve got a lot I want to go through before that so maybe I’ll appreciate you in the future but not today. Rating: 3.0

This was great jazz that I had never heard before. Just fantastic. I will be listening to this again and delving further into the rest of his catalog.

-This is very nice jazz, I liked the afrobeats in some of the songs. Was good to have on as sort of background music too -Favorites are Minawa, The Big Apple, Inner Crisis, and Ingoo Pow-Pow

Artiste inconnu. Premier album de Jazz généré dans la liste. Je ne l'achèterais pas, mais j'ai pris un grand plaisir à l'écouter après cette semaine d'albums médiocres. Petite déception avec le dernier morceau qui est complètement différent de tous les autres, je me suis demandé ce qu'il faisait là. =>3,5/5

Truly excellent modern jazz. Not annoying or demanding. Intellectual without being up its own ass. Just really well-crafted compositions, played beautifully. Good for background music. 4.5/5

I appreciate the musicianship, but this is something I wouldn't listen to again.

This is a early '70s jazz / afrobeat double album from a South African jazz artist. Jazz is always hard to rate, but I thought this was generally pretty good. I guess he's considered to be "the father of South African jazz" and he does a nice job taking that sound and giving it an African spin. It's a bit long at 76 minutes and not all of the songs stand out much to me, but it's generally an enjoyable sound, solid overall. Favorite song: The Big Apple Other: Part Of A Whole, Nomali, Maesha 7/22/24

Relaxing, cool, inspired. Just a good listen; the songs were emotionally and rhythmically diverse and was easy background music for any situation.

Enjoyable jazz.

Solid jazz fusion

This was a surprisingly pleasant listen. I’m not the jazziest of people, with most jazz being a bit too messy for me. However, this didn’t tread too far into wacky waters and made it much easier to appreciate. I’d often find myself tapping away and trying to guess where the walking bass lines would be going. Overall, this is probably one of the better jazz albums I’ve come across.

Good moments but overly long and some really drawn out tracks.

While featuring a fairly standard lineup of instruments (though Masekela himself plays flugelhorn rather than trumpet throughout most of the album which is interesting), the percussion and overall composition on the album feels more derived from Afrobeat. It’s a really interesting fusion of styles, with themes that pay tribute to black American as well as African themes, heroes, and places. The style of spiritual funk-infused jazz feels similar to what American jazz musicians like Charles Mingus and John Coltrane were doing a few years earlier: fusing anger and spirituality into critiques of the status quo while remaining hopeful for a better future. In this way, Masekela protests apartheid while conveying the joy of black Africans.

Lots of good energy. I sometimes find jazz difficult to listen to, you kind of need to dissociate and let the groove take you. I also feel like it's hard to have specific recall of songs, because of their wandering nature. But overall a worthwhile listen.

Maesha

Overall good and relaxing. Nothing super memorable, though.

This is exactly what I want from jazz. Perfect balance of written riffs and improvisation, with a variety of instruments features across the tracks.

Pretty good for jazz. 3.0

Good jazz I do like the pieces that have more of a non traditional sound like Maesha

Super liked it

Very cool album with a pretty long run time, but never gets boring. Best song by a long shot for me was Maseru. Will be coming back to that a lot. Great sound too to this album.

My only previous exposure to Hugh Masekela was documentary footage of him absolutely melting faces on the Monterey Pop stage. This was just as awesome.

Wow, from the first beat I'm in. 2nd jazz album this week and I'm not upset. Instrumental, enjoyable albums are always high stars for me. 5* Highlight: inner crisis Ingoo pow-pow came out of nowhere -- i know the description says afrobeat but I didn't get any of that in the other tracks.

Fairly standard Jazz- nice to listen to but nothing special in my view.

I'm not good at deciding if jazz is "good" or not. But I liked this. It seemed to me to be experimental at times, but it didn't get too "out there" for me to still enjoy it.

Loved it. It seems like background music, and really that's how I treated it, but it had focus for more of my workday than I would tell my boss.

Beautiful

Just jazz.

Great music to farm to, is exactly what it’s advertised

Not bad, jazz isn't my thing but this was easy enough to listen to

Decent jazz. Really nothing outstanding in my book. Maybe I've just been spoiled with extremely good jazz in the past. Interesting thing about this album is that it has a strong African vibe at times.

It'd be great to hear it live. 4+

I'm sorry, all the jazz sounds the same for me, how am I supposed to rate it?

Schöner Jazz, nichts zu anstrengend.

3.4 original and well-crafted but didn't quite grab me

Enjoyed this, was nice to have on in the background while I got stuff done.

This was a very nice surprise. I usually prefer a little sax with my jazz, but I can hang with Miles too. This is a great combination - great drums and the piano surprised me more than once. Terrific stuff.

5 / 10 Como la gran mayoría del jazz me acaba pareciendo una reunión de instrumentistas virtuosos, pero que al final me acaba aburriendo.

Jazz rilassante

Jazz just isn't my jam.

Jazz gubbins

Part of a Whole - 3 Minawa - 2 The Big Apple - 3.5 Unhome - 2 Maseru - 2 Inner Crisis - 3 Blues for Huey - 2 Nomali - 2.5 Maesha - 2 Ingoo Pow Pow - 2 Too slow and low for me.

07/10/24 S Tier————————— Maseru A Tier—————————4 Minawa Blues For Huey Nomali Inner Crisis Part of a Whole The Big Apple B Tier—————————3 Maesha Unhome Ingoo Pow Pow C Tier—————————2 D Tier—————————1 Nice easy listening

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Mesekela Wednesday 7/10/24 10:00 A Tier————————— The Big Apple Inner crisis Maesha Nomali Maseru Minawa Part Of A Whole Unhome C Tier————————— Ingoo PowPow

not bad but a little bland for a jazz album

Buena música agradable de escuchar y seguir, con ritmos relajantes, lo que se definiría como "música de ascensor" por lo general. No creo que destaque en gran medida pero sí que suena bien

Only was able to listen to half of it due to family being in town over the weekend but I dig this stuff. Definitely going to come back to it

Nice and relaxing, but nothing outstanding. This would be great to listen to in a restaurant or cafe while eating or having a conversation, but I’m not sure why this is an album I need to listen to before I die.

This album was a rollercoaster for me. At the beginning I thought it only had the chance to be mediocre. By at the beginning, I mean the first song, because it’s 10 minutes long. It really did just sound like someone free styling on a sax. With a total length of 76 minutes and only 10 songs, this album has everything going against it when it comes to my preferences for this list thus far. But Minawa came on and I actually really enjoyed the next half hour or so of the album. It felt therapeutic and relaxing to listen to. By the last couple of songs the album was dragging again, but I feel like I really did get into this one and enjoyed it. To be fair to the list, it’s probably more of a 2.5, but I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt and round up because of my enjoyment.

Perfect for background music or in my case, enjoying coffee on a cool summer morning. When compared to albums that have and will be on this list, it’s nothing special. But that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy listening to it. Worthy of a solid three, only because until I can start to pick out really good jazz from decent jazz I can’t go higher than that.

Like many jazz albums, the time, place, and mind space make a big difference. Sunday morning while getting the house ready when everyone else is still asleep 4/5. Sunday evening as background music while trying to watch the X Games 2/5.

Very good! Really top notch jazz, and Hugh was totally off my radar before.

No voce, relativamente gagliardo

חופר מדי

Some of the songs sounded like background music for a 70s TV show. I don't care for jazz music, but I'll give it an extra star for not being grating, at least.

Nicely done, but there were times that some songs teetered on the edge of sounding like hold music.

Day172 - listening to different types of jazz is interesting. this is much different than a miles davis but still good

Ooh this is nice. I kinda wish I could just have the slow, opening solo bits of a lot of these tracks. Like the piano solo that begins "Inner Crisis." Definitely gets better as it goes along.

Great

What? Some jazz rather than ANOTHER UK electronica album that the artist's mother is the only other listener? WOW. That said, excellent Afro-jazz album.

Found this fairly boring.

maybe a bit long but quite nice jazz overall. 7/10

Excellent jazz. Practically feels like classical music in its execution and it happens to be just as good.

There are hints of a distinctive jazz flair here, I like the use of the electric piano in "Part of a Whole", "Inner Crisis", and "Maesha". Reminds me of Herbie Hancock. Much of the rest slows down and shifts into the background. It's still pleasant sounding, don't get me wrong, but when you've been exposed to the likes of Miles Davis and Duke Ellington already, it's hard for a jazz record to really stand out and blow you away. In terms of ratings, jazz generally has a safe floor with me though.

Day two. Seems like a nice album. Kinda jazzy, but there's some funk in it. Fusion too

I like Jazz

Maybe some of this jazz stuff is starting to stick. If I had to describe this in a word: cozy. Sunday morning coffee kinda music. The trumpet (sorry, flughorn!) and piano are great. Bass has a supporting role but still sounds good. One to play again for sure.

Less dinner party jazz and more 4am cigars, cocaine and bourbon jazz - what’s not to like

Music to get anxious too. Which by some, I imagine, unintended irony ‘Inner Crisis’ was the most accessible tune on here.

Always been a fan of Hugh's and this is great. Not poncey jazz, just a funky trumpet, a bit of piano and great drumming.Think they say jazz meets afrobeats which is fine by me. He's up there with Herb for me. If it's a listen again it's a 4.

More nice jazz

I enjoyed every moment of this album, excellent trumpet. Thank you, jazz!

This was very pleasant background music, really moody and cozy. I liked it a lot and will return to it if I ever want that kind of jazz in my room. The only song I didn't care much for was the addition of the Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song) at the very end, because the singing and identity of the song clashed with the rest of the album.

I'm sure it's very accomplished in its genre, but I just do not give a s*** right now.

This one flew by. Really nice album and a genre of jazz I’d like to discover more.

So far this week I've had a triple album (\"All Things Must Pass\" by George Harrison - 104:12), a double CD album (\"New Forms\" by Roni Size/Reprazent - 139:54) the very challenging 47:20 atonal slab of \"Junkyard\" by The Birthday Party, and now this Jazz double LP weighing in at a hefty 76:33. What next, possibly \"simulated_worlds\" by NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ (80:49:58) or perhaps Bull of Heaven's \"210: Like a Wall in Which an Insect Lives and Gnaws\", a piece lasting exactly fifty thousand hours? All told I have to put in 6 hours and 7 minutes, and it's only Thursday! Good thing I like Jazz! This is a good album but not an exceptional album excepting the fact that it's Hugh Masekela from South Africa, not exactly a Jazz hotbed before this (so very groundbreaking in that respect), and the high quality of the music across the length of it. Subjectively speaking of course. I do like Masekela's spare style and bright, melodic approach to the horn. At times blasting out hard bop like Dizzy Gillespie or gliding into the long breathy single notes like Miles, where he tries to coax every last drop of life out of that one sound. All without being overly cerebral or challenging, making this a fairly accessible work for Jazz fusion (which is definitely what this is). The best tunes on here are the more funk-driven ones where the band is not meandering as much, like on "Inner Crisis." Bringing in some textures that haven't been played to death for the 25 years prior. The drumming was a little heavy-handed I thought, great nonetheless. There are probably some number of Jazz albums that could be on this list instead of this one, but it's an enjoyable, uplifting entry.

"Home is Where the Music Is" is a jazz and Afrobeat double album by South African trumpeter, cornetist, singer and composer Hugh Masekela. The album was produced by Caiphus Semenya and Stewart Levine and recorded at Island Studios in London. Semenya was the writer of many of the songs. The songs span jazz styles from blues soaked jazz to township bop. The band includes Masekela (flugelhorn), Larry Willis (acoustic/electric piano), Dudu Pukwane (alto sax), Eddie Gomez (bass) and Makhaya Nitshoko (drums). Piano and a drumbeat open things in "Part of a Whole." The flugelhorn and sax leading the melody. The bass is sort of funky. A jazzy drumbeat backs the horn and piano solos. "The Big Apple" is more dramatic with Willis on both pianos. An interesting dynamic with the drums, bass and piano playing a piece with seemingly the horns taking off in another direction. "Maseru" is much faster paced with a rolling piano, drums and bass with the horns over the top. "Blues for Huey" showcases the outstanding drumming of Nitshoko with a intro drum solo and he never let's up. The album closes with "Ingoo Pow-Pow." Vocal chanting, multiple percussions and piano. Here is the Afrobeat. The song ends with all instruments in chaos. I always like that. Well, mostly. This is a great sounding album; the clarity is there for each instrument. Songs are in the six to ten minute category with gives time for extended jams. And the extended jams can be solo or layered. The jazz differences to me were really the song pace and particular drumbeat. This is a really good album and one I would not hesitate to pick up.

Maybe I'm not very knowledgeable about jazz, but I didn't find it a great album. It sounds good, but it didn't excite me.

Fantastisk musikk.

Perfectly pleasant jazz. Meandering, in a good way. Listened to: at work. Favorite tracks: Minawa, Inner Crisis

Mucho ritmo

I was obviously well aware, when I decided to start my 1001 Album journey that I would get exposed to music(ians) I had never listened to before... Hugh, for my untrained ears, is another jazz musician. I would not be able to do what he was able to do, however, upon reading a little about him, I have to scratch my head on why this album was placed on the list? Favorite tune is almost a straight-forward blues tune, where the piano has center-stage, which means it hardly has anything to do with Hugh... I can see this being good music during some off-time when you are preparing a meal and need some background music...

-jazz!!! -good study music -because its jazz and the songs are long, its not quite as exciting to me as the others

Lovely jazz record. There are so many motifs and rich melodies I nearly came away from this thinking about it like a pop album, humming the at random one of the myriad hooks these songs contain. After this and In A Silent Way it is obvious to me Jazz Fusion was what I'd been missing from my jazz listening. Maybe that makes me a casual but there is so much wonderful music in these two albums. I was definitely trepidatious about listening due to the 75 minute run time but few seconds were wasted. Minawa is amongst the best jazz I've ever heard. The piano was beautiful (and at times otherworldly, sounding almost like Avey Tare of Animal Collective), the sax and horn soulful, the bass melodic and powerful, and the crashing drums set the stage so well for the melodic brilliance of the piano/brass in the climax. Totally flawless track. Another highlight is Maseru, trading the ethereal beauty of Minawa for breakneck pace and a horn melody that, in the face of the songs rapidity, resolves itself with sadness rather than triumph. Also, the drum solo on Blues For Huey is nuts. "Call an ambulance!" indeed. The albums only real misstep for me was the final track, those vocals did nothing for me just like that Sabu album.

Een dag die ik niet aan zag komen: Ik vind dit een beetje een saai jazz album. Er gebeurt een hoop, sure, maar alle nummers duren tegen de 10 minuten aan en het voelt iets meer als background jazz dan dat ik hier vol door gegrepen word. Het is bij tijden vrij traag, al vind ik het soms juist ook weer funky? Ik denk dat dit technisch weer echt insanely indrukwekkend is, maar daar ontbreekt mijn muzikale kennis toch echt aan. Het luistert prima weg, op de achtergrond, maar ik zou niet snel een nummer kunnen aanwijzen dat er voor mij uitsprong. Nee, dit was gewoon een prima jazz album, maar niets dat er uit springt voor mij. Gewoon. Prima. FAVO: Unhome

Pretty interesting mix of jazz and African influences. The horns are great, but the drummer has been going crazy. I'd definitely listen to this again.

Very smooth. Nice and varied compositions managed to keep my interest for the entire running time.

I don't like jazz. So this is grading on a curve for sure, but this isn't too bad for jazz. If I was wanting to listen to jazz for some reason, I could see this being a choice.

Thank you 1k generator. Another exceptional joint I've not had the pleasure of hearing before. Brilliant stuff.

1. part - 1.5 2. minauua - 1 3. big apple - 1 4. unhome - 1.5 5. mazeru - 1 6. criziz - 1 7. huey - 1.5 8. nomali - 1 9. maezha - 0 10. ingoo - 0

knew the name, but not the music - very cool jazz, trumpet/flugelhorn, sax, piano & drums, nice

Wasn't bad for a jazz album.

Relaxing jazz interrupted by anxiety inducing horn runs. This album is hell for neuro spicy brains, I would be pleased to never hear it again.

It's a fine album. I'm not usually a jazz fan, but I can see putting this on and reading a great book.

This straddles the line between some cool international beats and approachable jazz with some frenetic jazzy detours and some further adventures into international flair. Fortunately the cool vibe dominates a majority of the album and was among the better jazz albums we've been exposed to here.

very good jazz album, added it to my playlist!

Solid jazz album. Not a tip 1001 album.

Nice jazz to listen to in the morning, no real flaws.

No expectations, but really liked it

This album swings. Loved it on the first listen. Got to get this on vinyl.

A nice, interesting jazz album. Probably not an enduring favorite, but an enjoyable listen. 3.5 rounded up

I really like this. Reminds me of Abdullah Ibrahim

Well done. Enjoyed the grooves, beats and overall vibe.

Every track is easy to enjoy Ima big Abdullah Ibrahim fan off the South African sound and this is consistently more accesible

Very cool, jazzy and fresh, with a spicy world flavor. Four stars.

It's a good time, never listen to jazz much though Will I listen to again:5%

Jazz

If your knowledge of Hugh Masekela’s music starts and ends with “Grazing in the Grass,” you owe it to yourself to listen to this album. A mix of jazz, blues and traditional South African music, it’s complex and joyful.

Some fantastic South African-inspired jazz. I really enjoy this and wish there was more like it on this list. Especially from the Africa and not just African jazz.

This is an easy 4 stars.What an enjoyable listen, the piano.The drums the entire arrangement.This is the type of jazz.I hear in my head when I tell people I listen to jazz

4/10 I took a nap. it was not without a vague sense of jazz though. 5-21-2024

Average Jazz, something noce a new to liten to but didn't add anything to the genre. Well executed

Some decent background jazz. Nothing really drew me in.

A chill listen if you're in for some calming jazzy background music. Makes you feel like you're in a fairly swanky hotel restaurant for a peaceful Easter Sunday brunch

I went back and took an edible and this album still couldn’t do it for me.

I saw it was jazz, which isn't my favourite genre, and didn't expect to enjoy it much. However, I really enjoyed it. I'd love to know what makes this album different so I can figure out what jazz albums I should listen to.

I love some good soul-jazz and this certainly fits the bill. Cool vibe and it's great for both background music and active listening. Very enjoyable from front to back. 4-4.5/5

I like jazz, and this is great jazz.

Lovely jazz from someone I hadn’t heard from before. I enjoyed it.

Vibes. Straight vibes. But I gotta be in the right mood for it.

Ambient music based on the trumpet, would be good at a jazz bar or something

Well this one was a delight. No vocals (until the last song, where there is some kind of chant), but the instrumentation was sufficiently interesting the whole album. Each song is on the longer side. I’d say the primary genre is jazz, but not the chaotic, pretentious kind.

pretty swell jazz

This is great music. Hugh Masekela was unknown to me until now. I liked the album very much. I will certainly be listening to more from Masekela. 5/5

I dug some of this. But nothing ever leaped out and got me by the throat. Perfectly good record that I probably will never revisit. 3.5/5

Decent, if somewhat uninspiring.

Average jazz album, nothing special.

Good background music. Not something I would actively listen to.

Today’s selection is entirely new to me. My knowledge and appreciation of jazz is fairly basic, but there is enough variation in styles within the genre on this album to keep the listener engaged for the duration. A pleasant and uplifting surprise - I really enjoyed this album a lot.

4.5

Super

Enjoyable! Jazzy and soothing.

It's like background music you can't help but pay attention to. It makes good background while working from home. I found that the more I listened to it, the more I enjoyed it. Every track is so different, it's hard to pick a favorite.

One of the first jazz albums on this list that I enjoyed immensely. Might be one of the best I've ever heard. Interesting takes and each instrument gets the spotlight for solos without becoming a meandering mess of getting lost in the woods. Typically don't care for jazz that turns into self-masturbatory "I can play ALL the notes!" solos that get lost in themselves. This is the opposite. Tremendous musicianship all around and sticks with the theme of each piece in a way that sounds melodic and accessible throughout. Definitely will come back to this one! (Would give it a 4.5 stars if I could.) Standout Tracks: Part of a Whole, The Big Apple, Blues For Huey

Not for me

Revisit if you wanna hear some keys

Starts off promising, but it’s too hectic and anxiety inducing. Did not really enjoy this. Maybe it was influential?

African influenced Jazz Trumpety 1972 I'm sure this guy was very influential to musicians who followed him

Jazz just isn't for me.

smooth as eggs.

The sax solos are wild.

Very enjoyable jazz album that turned into a kind of afrobeat. Felt it went a little too long but it went perfectly with my early morning drive to work.

This was great. Just a chill normal, and approachable jazz album.

album piacevole, da riascoltare ma piu come musica di sottofondo che altro. figa la tromba e in generale la vibe. percepito collegamento con musica africana/tribale boh

I didn’t really hear the ‘Afrobeat’ in this until the final track - it sounded more ‘standard jazz’ to me, which I often find drifts into the background. I preferred it to a lot of standard jazz though; its happy and chilled vibes made a very pleasant soundtrack to my leisurely walk around the block in the sunshine.

Promising start, feels like appropriate dinner party background music. The kind where your guests leave thinking you're a bit of an ass.

I have loved Hugh Masekela since high school. His effortlessly cool style combined with the feeling of . . . sunshine? He does happy music the best I've ever heard. Without it sounding too sweet and disingenuously positive, he creates melodies that just brighten the mood, which all makes his deeper, slower songs so much more memorable. I have nothing to complain about. The length and production could be an issue for some, but neither bother me. I enjoy this album and every song on it thoroughly. Love it. 5/5

New to me. Funky and fresh and fun.

A great jazz album. The last song was incongruous with the album, which I didn't care for, but otherwise I really enjoyed it.

Solid jazz album

Groovy, rhythmic and sultry jazz sounds. Some real funky and mysterious tunes on this record. Hadn’t heard of this before but it is a very welcomed surprise.

This is so smooth

I don't know much about jazz so I'll refrain from writing like I do. I really enjoyed listening to this so I'm giving it 4 stars.

Great album

absolute vibe talented man 4.6/5

Happy to have listened to this. Very good jazz record.

"Home Is Where the Music Is is a 1972 jazz and Afrobeat double LP". Oh. Great. A mashup of my least favourite genres, from my most despised decade of music, and it's a double helping? Pure cacophony. If you're going to play instruments, at least adhere to a structure. I don't even want to think of the wankers who hear this and give it a 5.

This was fantastic!

best jazz album so far?

Solid jazz all the way through, but the Afrobeat coming through(especially on the latter half of the album) puts it over the top.

I keep finding more Jazz that I like. I had such difficulty looking on my own, but these from the list have been hits.

Transports me to a smoky jazz club, puts a whiskey on the rocks in front of me, and a cigar in my hand. I could stay in this club all night.

Do not know this one, am curious Let’s see Vibes potentially cool Jazz isn’t really my cup of tea but I dig it as a background

Blind album and artist. Very strong start, funky, and fun! Ranges of volume and note emphasis, and strong. A lot of the same thing, but this was fun to try out and I'm glad I did. Not for me overall.

4.0

First saw High Masekela at Artists Against Apartheid, Clapham Common, a great day, generally, and Coal Train (not on this album) still sends shivers down my spine. Great man, great album.

Decent, but the instrumentals aren’t interesting enough to warrant this album being as long as it is

Nice jazz

Cool at times but way too long. It got very boring

No thanks

Næs, ætti að hæusta aftur. Mjög góð í bakgrunn.

Jazz tastic

I don't really get jazz but this was interesting enough background music

amazing !! Minawa and Maseru are quite melancholic. i really recommend listening to it.

Sort of a timeless sound, tracks like The Big Apple are great late night driving tracks.

It’s jazz alright

I was not expecting so much variety in this album and was pleasantly surprised by it. The songs bounce around between funky, smooth, groovy, and beautifully chill. If the songs were shorter, it might be a bit jarring but having them breathe over a longer run-time let's you sink into a distinct, wonderful experience for each track.

Cool

Hugh Masekela really rose to prominence in the US doing afrobeat/trumpet covers of pop tunes. He really had a hand in exposing afrobeat to a larger audience. This album was obviously an attempt to be taken more seriously as a jazz artist. I think it succeeds. He blends the popular soul-jazz sound of the time with a tinge of funk and afrobeat. The standout here is the bass player. Some of those bass lines are so groovy. The drum solos on Blues For Huey were awesome as well.

I liked it. Although not my favorite type of music it played well. Songs were too long and sometimes got too repetitive and boring. One song cant remember which had a trumpet part and then abruptly it started a piano part which was surprising and refreshing.

not bad but too plain

Just miserable

good jazz music, great for feeling like chuck mcgill

first song was fun but a bit long, blues for huey was a lot of drums which i'm a big fan of, this could have been half as long and would have been better for it.

The singles are good and the rest is so boring

Nice jazzy album, but not too regular listen.

I appreciate his influence in South Africa as a jazz pioneer, but I didn't find the album particularly inspiring. The playing is solid and grooves, and there are high moments but I don't have the feeling that this is something I have to revisit

I liked it ... 4 stars

Before listening: I don't know who this is but I'm worried he's some third tear Marvin Gaye or Al Green, two artists I don't even like. I think we're in for a doozy. After listening: This might've been an instrumental so I ran for my life. Don't know if there were words and I didn't bother to wait. Sorry Hugh.

Not just easy to listen to, it makes me feel unbelievably cool while its on. Masekela is crazy talented and versatile. I typically dislike albums with tracks exceeding 6 minutes in length, but this isn't in the same realm. Makes me want a martini, a 70's pantsuit, a jello mold dessert, a Virgina Slims with one of those long filters attached, and a government that gives a fuck about human rights...

very cool jazz trumpet player. I would say standard/solid mix of bold trumpet/brass focus with some smooth balladry once in awhile.

Bon moment de Jazz sur mon trajet du boulot!

Not the biggest fan of jazz but there were one or two on here that brought a nice vibe to walking through the city.

This was a delight. A little long, and almost a bit too tribal towards the end of the album, but still quite enjoyable.

Good.... Just low energy jazz

Absolutely loved this album. The blend of horn, piano and other instruments was incredible. The Big Apple and others were long pieces that allowed the listener to be washed away in the beautiful music.

# Playlist Track - Part of a Whole # Notes - Jazz is not my favourite gender. I think it tends to drag on and on. - Having said that, this is a pretty good album!

don't enjoy jazz

Enjoyed it less as it went along, but still solid.

Solid jazz album, enjoyed this in the background

Jazz/jazz-fusion with an ebb and flow to the compositions that I really liked. 4.5/5.0: Excellent

neat

Great jazz album, added to my collection, just a little long for me to put up there with my favourite Jazz albums, got a bit bored by the end of the album.

It was great, never heard this before so it was a nice surprise.

jazz albums do not need to be 1 hour plus

Surprisingly amazing! never heard of them and I'm thrilled to add this to my playlists :)

Dangerously close to 4.5 stars. Perhaps could get there one day. The length did wear on me a bit, but I liked everything and loved most everything. Very cool find. 4/5

Mouais c'est du jazz quoi

I loved this record. It was varied and really interesting. You'd have more upbeat songs and then a slower song to break things up. Things got really jammy towards the end. The drum solo in Blues For Huey when the riff started coming back in, followed by the whole band was so sick. The trumpet solos/riffs were so good and the harmonies were amazing. I also loved all the piano noodling. It was the perfect album to listen to as I drove to the canyon early in the morning to ski powder. I'm also just really stoked on the name of the album. It really resonates with me.

Wow. This one blew me away. The trumpets, the drums, the bass lines. It was so varied throughout. Each song flowed smoothly into the next, but kept you engaged and interested the whole time. I thoroughly enjoyed this and will revisit frequently. Also, shoutout to Selema Masekela's Dad! Been a fan of his for a long time.

Now that's jazz! Compared to the last jazz album this one is much better. There are awesome melodies mixed with sick improv. I also really dig the bass player. They were doing some tasty bass lines. This album has soul baby. Favorite track was Minawa. Added to my Spotify library.

Objectively a great jazz album that I enjoyed listening too. Put it on, on the way home from work at night and felt like a brooding noir detective. Last song sucked ass though. Would I go out of my way to listen to the album again? No. Did enjoy listening too it? Yes.