Home Is Where The Music Is

This is good. I wasn't in the mood for jazz, but it was a nice introduction to Hugh Masekela. It's a decent enough jazz album, but not a ton to return to here.

I am no jazz expert but i liked the music, very nice - 7.5/10

It was a different world when I started playing this album but so much time had passed by the time the last track reached its end that how could it not be? It's already June 2025 as I write my thoughts down. How crazy is that? Seems like it was just Christmas eve. If I play 'Home Is Where the Music Is' two more times it will be 2026. Pretty great jazz music not as good as it gets but what is these days?

i don’t remember

I've said it before and I'll say it again: how many goddamn jazz albums am I gonna have to sit through

Because it is jazz.

Was alright I guess.

I liked it overall but I felt at some parts it got stale

oki

Look, jazz is never really going to be my thing, but this album is undeniably groovy and stylish. The drums of 'Blues for Huey' were my favourite.

This is a double album, primarily an excursion into jazz with a bit of African beat included, which seems perfectly logical given that the artist is from South Africa. Most of these tracks would be good music for a movie soundtrack. Some of these jazz tracks run too long for me, but that’s jazz for you.

Flugelhorn is pretty fun, but the sax parts here are my favorite. This is kind of a long album, but it's background-able, so didn't feel too long. Then again, it's background-able, so how great an album (on my personal ranking) can it really be? Thus... 3. Highlight: 'Nomali'

Good smooth jazz album

really great instrumentation especially the piano, the songs are just very long, but quality is there

Wish there was a little bit of vocals to give the songs a little more uniqueness. Still enjoyed the album though.

I didn't get to re-visit this but 3 stars the opening was just so good.

Again, jazz is not my thing. This is in-offensive.

słuchane w tle do czytania potopu, trąbka nie będzie moim ulubionym instrumentem, całość raczej w podobnym stylu, szału nie ma

I won't deny Masekela's influence as an artist in the jazz space, but as a trumpet player myself, I haven't always enjoyed his soloing that much personally. Still, solid grooves throughout that held it up but def got slowed down in the latter half of the album

Hugh provides us a solid jazz album with an array of sounds displaying a range of emotions. There’s a good mix of upbeat and somber tunes for all types of jazz enjoyers. There’s some superb piano playing throughout and the drum soloes on “Blues for Huey” really stand out. There’s a few tracks on here I’ll definitely come back to.

this is the first jazz record i’ve ever listened all the way through. it’s definitely great to have on in the background of work.

3/5 good focus music (jazz)

I have a tendency to just give 3 stars to jazz albums bc theyre nice to listen to but I would never seek them out, and I have no idea what makes a jazz album good. Anyway this is no exception

Perfectly nice jazz. Jazz mostly sounds all the same to me. The difference between good and bad, as far as I'm concerned, is whether it's nice background music that I don't hate, or if it's grating and unpleasant.

Really emotionally invoking

Solid and easy listening

correct

Correct pas malade. Vite oublié.

Groovy stuff. I like this!

Wild musicianship. I'm not too huge of a fan of recorded horn music.

Perfectly pleasant

First time hearing Hugh Masekela. At first thought it was going to be the type of experimental jazz I dislike, but quickly realized it was more of a smooth jazz/funk fusion. Enjoyed it. Good background jazz with a jazzy rhythm. It wasn't amazing but would listen to more of the artist.

Album de jazz, mais aussi de jazz fusion, très cool, toute façon a chaque fois que j'écoute du jazz ca me fais du bien mentalement mais par contre ne vous attendez pas a la claque du siècle, le début est très bon et après c'est cool mais sans plus

Good jazz album, I like the Afirican rhythms mixed with the American jazz style. This list is gives good exposure to jazz which I was lacking in the past. I like some more than others. There are several bright spots on this album but some of it can run overlong. It was worth the listen and my favorite tracks were, "Nomali", "Maesha", and "Inner Crisis".

For me, a lot of Jazz is just music to listen to while I'm doing something else. And I don't mean that in a bad way. This was the first time I'd heard of Hugh Masekel. I really liked it because it was great 'background' music to what I was doing at the time. But also, it had lots of moments where I had to stop and listen to the cool funky sounds. Something I would revisit for sure. 6/10

jazz is fine but it's still jazz

Listens: 2 Standout tracks: none It is refreshing to listen to an entirely instrumental while churning through the 1001 albums list. I think this is one of the only instrumental albums I've heard so far. There is a bit of scatting on one of the tracks towards the end, but otherwise, no singing. The music itself is fine. I don't think its something I am going to listen to long term, but its still enjoyable.

Had some good vibes

Yli tunti tiskausjazzia Etelä-Afrikasta

3.5 Need to revisit

There's better jazz on this list. 3.4.

This was fine. Some pretty neat bass in here. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

Not as good as other Jazzy things I got here. 5/10

a very fun listen!

Liked the first 2-3 tracks and the last 2-3. The middle ones not so much. Loved the piano work, not as sold on Hugh’s Flugelhorn.

I think this is the strongest Jazz album I've been given so far. Full appreciation of the genre still escapes me, but I'm happy to give it a 3.

It’s nice enough. I don’t see how it’s influenced by or for anything, though. It’s probably another album for musicians by musicians.

Nice jazz! Easy listen but long

i'm really not that into jazz. if i were to compare this to the Mingus album, Mingus is the clear winner. but i guess jazz isn't supposed to be comparable or something so i won't do that. it's fine I guess? it felt boring and loungey to me a lot of the time and an hour of that just felt unnecessary, but he's a talented musician and composer and the social importance of being a big anti apartheid guy is undeniable. the afrobeat aspects of it were cool and what stood out the most to me. Maesha was far and away the most memorable track, Blues for Huey had great drum action. everything else I could take or leave. 3/5 not for me but kinda neat

Hard for me to get into a trumpet/flugelhorn driven jazz album. Obviously, the musicianship is top tier and those chord changes are incredible. I found myself often wishing that this was a solo piano album as my boy Larry Willis was really holding down my interest in this album single handedly. Inner Crisis immediately stood out to me as sick and if you look up the writers, who wrote it? Larry Willis. Minawa also sticks out as killer with it's piano intro, maybe I just only like Jazz piano. The drums on Blues for Huey are incredible and the outro piece ties the album together while really demanding that you focus on it in the end. I do think this falls onto this list well, I just wish I was sitting with every Jazz instructor I've ever had so they can explain the nuances of it to me.

Minawa is a beautiful song. Inner Crisis is pretty fun. Overall wasn’t the best jazz I’ve heard, but I’m definitely not an expert. 3 from me.

I fell asleep on 3 separate occasions listening to this - still pretty good tho

Very borders bookstore 1990, and bloody hands from the movie whiplash

Mellow jazz

Fun trumpet-y jazz. Jazz isn’t my favorite genre but I’m getting into it. This was a good one to put on and do some work.

Solid album.

I really like the heavy trumpet focus on this album. Its of course natural since the man who's name is on the album plays that instrument but I feel I needed to add it since jazz isn't a genre I usually listen to. While I enjoyed most of the songs a few of them seemed to drag a bit and some of the screeching sounds he makes with the trumpet are just bad. Although all that might just be me not "understanding" the album. Either way it was a fun album to listen through.

As far as jazz goes, not bad

It's a good album. But there are dozens of better jazz albums that have not made it on to the list - nothing by Ornette Coleman, or Sun Ra, or Eric Dolphy, and only the most obvious John Coltrane and Miles Davis. That's not Hugh Masakela's fault, but there are many more jazz albums that would broaden the listener's experience if they had been included instead of this.

I did not know this trumpetist. Nice relaxing jazz which I usually listen to while working. Good album.

for an album of mostly instrumentals, this was a pretty fun listen.

I was pleasantly surprised actually, I thought uh-oh another old cha-cha-cha groovy thing...but it was pretty good. I'd circle back to this, and as much as I hate to say it because I like to think of music as foreground to my life, this is kind good put on while doing stuff music.

Having never heard Hugh Masekela, I found Home Is Where The Music Is to be a pleasant surprise. It blends jazz and touches of Afrobeat into a mix that is sometimes compelling and sometimes more like background music, but it does so in a way that feels natural rather than disappointing. It is at its best when it stretches out with engaging interplay, but the times it recedes into something more gentle and "easy listening" are welcome if you're going to throw it on as atmosphere. Given its an hour and 15 mins that ebb and flow is almost a feature rather than a flaw. A solid listen, though its placement on this list is a bit of a mystery to me.

Good solid jazz album

Just didn't do anything. Half of it seemed like back-street Parisian Bistro background, and half seemed like aimless noodling.

I enjoyed this album--some very nice arrangements here and particularly liked when there was some funk to it. I might revisit, might be a 3.5 for me but dropping to 3.

60/100. Home Is Where the Music Is by Hugh Masekela is an alright jazz record, perfect for relaxing and unwinding. The slow-paced, calming music creates a soothing atmosphere, but it doesn’t stand out as anything extraordinary. There are certainly better jazz records out there, but overall, it’s a decent and mellow listen.

This was good, but still not my gateway into jazz

Jazz is a really good genre

Jazz, really solid

I always like a jazz album. I wish I wa more locked in when listening to this because I can tell it was really decent and felt timeless. I’ll have to go back and listen again when I’m not as distracted but it sounded good from what I heard each track. Jazz music goes so damn hard.

Got about halfway through, everything I heard was pretty interesting, I’ll have to come back to this one. Rating: 3.5

Excellent jazz album. Fantastic melodies and grooves. I hadn't heard of this album or artist before and I'm happy to add it to my repertoire.

I had a good time, until it quite literally put me to sleep. And whether that’s on my sleep deprivation or the album, idk. The whole thing felt very very long

I don’t really know how to review jazz really but I liked this, it was pretty good.

good jazz instrumental album! nichts bahnbrechendes der saxaphonist war aber gut

Jazzi

1. part of a whole: exciting uplifting horn intro, decent production, nice keyboards, complex drums, long sax solo, fast horn middle section, nice keyboards solo, really long instrumental, horn sax duet faded outro 2. minawa: nice chill piano intro, cool fast piano solo, beautiful harmonized horn sax duet, triple tonguing horn solo, loud, spittin sax solo, great outro, cool song 3. the big apple: exciting harmonized horn sax duet, lively bass riff, energetic horn solo, screeching sax solo, nice piano solo 4. unhome: curious bass riff, crying sax solo, slow vibe, isolated horn outro 5. maseru: isolated horn intro into fast rhythms, mario kart sounding, harmonized horn sax duet, fast horn solo, nice piano interlude, fast drum and bass beat

Very accessible for a jazz album.

dnf not for me

It's a solid jazz album. It plays with the Afrobeat, and pulls it off.

This is alright. I don't love jazz but I find the upbeat and funky tracks quite fun. The musicianship is clearly very skilled but I did get bored by the end. Fine enough background music but too exciting as a whole album

The intro was probably my favorite part of the album - the rest was alright, but I thought there was too much growling/screeching, to the point that it took away from some of the solos. My issue with Jazz (or instrumental bands, actually) is that sometimes the players focus on making music that is technically difficult instead of fun to listen to. There wasn't too much of that in this album, so it wasn't bad, but still something that came up a few times.

This was actually pretty cool....

Smooth

Gentle jazz, pleasant but I fear not very memorable for me

I typically am not into jazz music. I can fuck with this though. The initial groove is strong in each song, and he/they tend to do some individual solos and come back to that initial groove which is nice. Occasionally it goes off the deep end into super jazzy form-free stuff but not too much which is probably what makes me like it more than most jazz stuff.

Jazz isn't my favorite, but this was a good Sunday morning listen

Maybe someday I won't be such a musical plebeian that I can actually enjoy jazz more. Today is not that day.

I bet if I enjoyed jazz I would love this.

Nice background vibe.

Great vibe to this record, feels like you're travelling around a busy city

My wife walked in while I was listening to this and asked if I was watching a 70's cop show. This album definitely had that vibe.

Would rather the piano of ryuichi...

Jazz is one of the genres I don't fully understand yet, but I know that I'll probably get into later down the line. As for this album specifically, honestly, there's not much to criticize here. Although I feels like it doesn't do a good job at separating itself from the rest, Home Is Where the Music Is is a solid jazz record with great performances all around. That being said, I don't understand why many artist are so averse to cutting their albums to more appropriate lengths. I'm not against long albums, but for the record to justify its length, in my opinion, it needs to either constantly rejuvenate itself with new and exciting ideas or be based around one idea and explore it with different approaches. Unfortunately, a lot of longer records, this one included, tend to fall under neither and be just repetitive. 7/10

It is very good genre music but I don't find it personally engaging.

Lots to like but too much of the good stuff

Listened on my drive home from work and it was a solid album for a night drive. I get it’s a jazz album but some of the songs could have been tightened up. Inner Crisis was great. I felt like a 1970s big city detective on my way to the big bust. 3.5

I feel completely neutral about this album.

I definitely don't know why this is on the list. I've never even heard of this album. It's good, and the dude is related to Earl Sweatshirts which is cool. 3.5/5

Pleasant and enjoyable enough listen. Maseru picked up the energy a bit but otherwise it all sorta blended together. Enjoyable enough but I likely won’t return to it. Not my cup of jizz. 3 stars

Jazzy funky

Enjoyed some trumpeting but it ran long (75 min) and started to get dull. Clearly talented musician though.

I liked this mostly but a double Lp was a lot to take in at once. What a talented horn player he was. I hadn't idea.

I enjoyed some of this, which is about as good as it gets with me and jazz. It definitely dragged in some parts, but the musicianship was consistently good. I think. I dunno, it got harder to pay attention to in the last half of the album. 2.5

I'm torn. This was a really good listen, the musicians are so talented and the performances are incredible, but I cannot imagine ever having the desire to hear it again, which I think has to be part of what makes a great album. Experiencing this live would be the best, but relistening to improvised music seems crazy. Do I maybe just take issue with the concept of jazz recordings?

It's some decent jazz, but it's not wowing me. It drags on a little despite being solid throughout.

Pleasant.

That was really enjoyable. I ended up listening to it twice

The beginning of the album reminder me of SNL's transition music lol. Overall an enjoyable jazz album, but not among my favorites.

This is #day157 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it looks like this is my first jazz album on the list. I like the album title, Home Is Where the Music Is. Never knew this guy’s name before, but that’s part of the fun, I guess. Is this the kind of jazz I gravitate toward, though? I'm not sure. It’s a bit too traditional and smooth if you will, although the record does have its edgy/more experimental moments. My personal highlight, for example, is Blues For Huey. But I wouldn’t reach for this the second time. Also, it's mercilessly long... This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day158.

Quite enjoyable Jazz album for the background. So easy going, it fails to be catchy.

it was ok, still elevator music tho

Enjoyable listen. Rated 3 1/2 stars for me since this website does not allow half stars ill go with 3 Sadge.

Jazz does not interest me in a full LP form. I just need to listen to it more before having a fair judgement

3.5, nothing wrong with it, definitely some engaging moments I just felt it dragged a little

Jazz jazz jazz jazz, tsch tsch tsch tschtschtsch tsch tsch - bumm tsch bubummbumm tsch yeahyeah jazz jazz jazz Weiss noni so was für e jazz person dasi bin, obwohl ich gwüsse moderne jazz super super nice find, isch mer klassische jazz mengisch zu jazzig. Aber irgendwie hets de masekela mit sim Jazz guet troffe ah mim Fritig Morge, darum gits au gern drü jazzhands inejazzled vo mir.

Hallo zusammen, Den folgenden text müsst ihr mit einem schweizerdeutschem akzent lesen. Dann ist es vielleicht lustiger, da mir sonst nicht so viel schlaues einfällt. Auf jeden Fall, ich habe kurz reingehört und es ist eigentlich noch eine gemütliche musik, die auch schon vor einiger Zeit gemacht wurde. Ich hatte aber wiedermal zu wenig zeit um musik zu hören, weil wir sind gerade in lombok und hier ist mehr surfen und strand angesagt. Zurück zum album es ist weder schuurig schlecht noch schampar guet. 3 tequila sönrise

Jazz, was pleasant to listen to. Not majorly bothered.

OK

Cool album, unfortunately was distracted by work and missed parts. Enjoyed what I heard.

Old instrumental jazz album. Stand-out: Maseru

Agree with John, decent background jazz tracks. Review for pictures at an exhibition was accidentally the jazz one whoops.

First album on this list with no preconceptions. Decent jazz for playing in the background.

Solid jazzy album

Listened Before? N Really good trumpet jazz. I enjoyed this one for mellow background music. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Big Apple

Not my cup of tea.

Worth a spin!

Very nice

Not bad. 3/5

This is a nice collection but I couldn't really hear the Afrobeat influences that Wikipedia mentions.

Some really beautiful songs and passages, also some forgettable stuff, nice cooking music. Light 3.5/5

Nog första gången jag aktivt lyssnar på en flygelhornist. Även om jag kanske ändå kommer kalla det för trumpet i framtiden. Mysig jazz. Men också ganska blandat. Ibland trevlig bakgrundsjazz man slår på till middagen, ibland argare afrobeat à la Fela Kuti, som jag nyligen hade här i generatorn. Bra men inte otroligt! Bästa låt: The Big Apple (baserat på magkänsla (och den lilla pianoslingan))

Ok until it got too jazzy

Pretty solid instrumental. Not the biggest fan of the style it seemed to highlight but it was a preference thing rather than lack of talent or poor execution

Okay.

Great jazz. 3/5

fun jazz

Pretty nice background jazz.

Part Of A Whole is an excellent tune. Rest is good too 3/5

It's ok, more backgroundish

After listening to a couple 100 albums in my project, and reading other peoples reviews of the same, I have concluded that some people “listen” and some people “feel” music. People who listen tend to not get genres like jazz or mountain music, because it needs to be felt. Conversely people who feel music are left angry by most alternative and indie music. That said, this jazz offering is solid, feel good music, except that last track which is just weird.

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. 3 🌟

I only listened to half of this. It was enjoyable, but when I ran out of time to listen for the moment, nothing about the album was compelling enough to make me want to finish

i absolutely forgot to rate this when i listened, whoops. 2.5?

Immediately liked the mellow piano intro and jazzy vibes, but it quickly got a bit samey, and therefore a little bit lackluster as a dedicated listening experience. Overall, it was quite enjoyable, except for the last track, which was kind of terrible.

I enjoyed the 2nd half of this record far more than the 1st. Which is a shame - took me 3 days to listen to what is a relatively good record.

This shows what a jazz novice I am, but this feels like 'core jazz' to me. Feels free but nothing too chaotic. Fun to feel my ears and attention drift from zoomed out on whole sound to zoomed into individual instruments. Had a nice time 🙂

Jazz ohne vocals. Nicht so meins

Jazz. Sounded good.

the songs weren't bad but Jesus Christ I must've listened to this in like 4 increments im so over it

6/10 - It was some pretty good jazz. The songs blended together a bit. I was going to listen to chill music and I remembered that this was a jazz album so I listened to it instead and it filled a similar niche. The last song was bad but the rest were good.

3.5

jazz is good and fun

Solid background jazz. Felt like a lot of the same though and for quite a long time. Very solidly a 3

hill street blues / dick spanner background music. A bit more lively than some songs I've listened to here

An acoustic album with no words is hard but I knew where it was going

Cool

Nice jazz

Not bad to have on in the background but not really one i would choose to listen to.

Ok for jazz

It's jazz so it's on the back foot from the get go, but I enjoyed bits of this, especially the sax on a lot of the tracks Standouts Minawa 3/5

The Big Apple is where this album will take you. Set your Inner Crisis aside and give it a listen.

I didn’t think I could sit through an hour of instrumentals with my short attention span/social media brain but I didn’t hate it. Good music will always hold your attention!

A good album with "Minawa" and "Inner Crisis" as my favourite tunes. But something feels a bit off here because the album starts way more complex while the rest, especially towards the end of the album, sounds like The Crusaders with hints of soft jazz. That's just not as good as the start. So all in all the good stuff balances out the less good stuff and here we are with another 3 stars rating.

Fun jazz album

Cool jazz

Relaxing in the background and there is a lot of talent here, but a Christ it's long and can get boring

Nice

The closest I have ever come to liking jazz.

Interesting sound from a great musician.

Es jazz. La calidad es innegable y el disco arranca tremendo, pero de la mitad hacia el final se pone muy aburrido.

# Album Name: Home is where the music is # Artist: Hugh Masekela # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Another jazz album. These are always a hard listen for me. I appreciate the skill talent but a full jazz album is always too much. Sadly, this one is no different. And its a double!! Simply background music for me. # Top Tunes: None that i could recall. # Would I listen to it again? Background only.

Solid instrumental album. Standout songs: Part of a Whole Blues for Huey

I don’t usually listen to jazz, it was very good! I will listen when i study

I'm not a huge Jazz fan but you can tell the album was technically very good.

Im not a jazz enthousiast but this sounded more than okay for me

Flugelhornist, can’t recall ever hearing an album led by flugelhorn. It’s a jazz album and I never know how the fuck I’m supposed to rate or talk about them. It’s fine, I don’t know if it has any stand out tracks,

Great from front to back. Could listen to several more hours of this.

Pretty decent

Jazz

This album was going to receive at least a 4 but the length of the songs was pointless. The songs were decent but every song doesn’t have to last 6+ minutes.

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

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…

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

Enjoyable African Jazz album from '72 that merged different styles

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

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

Ok. African influenced Miles David styled jazz (KoB)

Good relaxing Jazz, might give this one a second spin

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

Cool.

3.5

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

Good. But didn't quite get me. 3

Chill, with a message

Pleasant background jazz.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

Jazzy.

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).

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

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

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

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

Enjoyable jazz.

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

Maesha

Overall good and relaxing. Nothing super memorable, though.

Pretty good for jazz. 3.0

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.

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

Just jazz.

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

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

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.

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 gubbins

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Wasn't bad for a jazz album.

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.

Solid jazz album. Not a tip 1001 album.

I really like this. Reminds me of Abdullah Ibrahim

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

Jazz

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.

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

pretty swell jazz

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.

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.

Revisit if you wanna hear some keys

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

The sax solos are wild.

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.

Solid jazz album

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.

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

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

Jazz tastic

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

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

not bad but too plain

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

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!

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

# 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!

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

Solid jazz album, enjoyed this in the background

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.

Didn’t get to finish the album but from what I did get to listen to I could tell you this was a masterpiece. Although not my favorite style of music I could give this a 7/10

First time listening was bored and jsut wanted to move to something else. Second and third Time over the weekend realized I felt like I was in the big city while listening. Pretty cool stuff

much more pallatable than the previous jazz type album. Fine for background. Liked the lack of lyrics. Tough to scale, gonna go with 3 and bump the louis prima to a 2

I enjoyed it, although after three listens I couldn’t gleam anything particularly new or exceedingly interesting about it. It faded to the background very easily for me.

Never heard of this artist but I do have a feeling I have heard of his music just didn't know it was this man. First track is smooth

3.7