Live at the Market Theatre is a world fusion music live album recording by HUGH MASEKELA released in 2006 on CD, LP/Vinyl and/or cassette. This page includes HUGH MASEKELA Live at the Market Theatre's: cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, buy online: ebay and. This two-and-a-half-hour concert recording serves both to sum up the career of its performer, now that he is north of 65 years old, and also to demonstrate that he is still working at his peak. 's voice is more gravelly than in the past, but his flugelhorn playing is as good as ever, and his abilities as a bandleader are apparent. Even more, his stature as a musical statesman is on display. He first makes reference to his political views in a lengthy, and clearly rehearsed, introduction to 'Stimela,' which he dedicates to 'all those people who lose their lives working in cheap labor. If there's any here tonight,' he adds, 'we are with you.' Unfortunately, the crowd laughs at the suggestion that any of them might be underpaid, and scolds them, 'It's not a joke.' Live at the Market Theatre is a double live album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The record was released on July 17, 2007 via Four Quarters Entertainment label. The album consists of 15 tracks recorded in June 2006 during his two-and-a-half-hour concert in The Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Recorded live at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2006 (P)2006 Chissa Enertaiment Group (C)2007 Four Quarters Entertainment, Inc. Later, during another long introduction to 'Mandela,' he seems to realize that his lectures may be dampening the celebratory mood and proclaims, 'I'm not running for office!' Clearly, it's a tricky thing mixing the dance music he often plays with the somber sentiments he inevitably brings with him from a life of expatriation and the ultimately successful effort to overcome apartheid. But on tracks that average ten minutes apiece, for the most part he and a talented band manage just that, presenting music from throughout his career, including a 14-plus minute version of his hit 'Grazing in the Grass.' By the end, still exhorting the audience to greater enthusiasm, he seems more energetic than anyone in the room. Rock Paper Scissors - Hugh Masekela, Live at the Market Theatre (Times Square/4Q) - Feature To listen to audio on Rock Paper Scissors you'll need to Sample Track 1: 'Ashiko' from Live at the Market Theatre Sample Track 2: 'Thanayi' from Live at the Market Theatre Sample Track 3: 'Market Place' from Live at the Market Theatre Buy Recording: Feature The World, Feature >> -by Marco Werman It was 40 years ago today.no, wait, not Sgt Pepper's again. Today, we're on to a different psychedelic moment in musical history. It was 40 years ago this weekend that the Monterey International Pop Festival happened. The festival took place from June 16 through the 18th, 1967 in Monterey, California. A collection of the original music from the Monterey festival was released this month. It's got songs by the likes of The Who, Jimi Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane. Back in 1967, festival organizers wanted to offer the 200-thousand spectators something a little different. Something unfamiliar. Like a sitar player named Ravi Shankar. Or a bopping trumpet player from South Africa named Hugh Masekela. MASEKELA: 'People were turned on in those days just with music. There was no genre, category, or marketing as there is today. People just loved music, they either liked it or it didn't turn them on.' 40 years ago, Hugh Masekela was in self-imposed-exile from apartheid-era South Africa. He lived in Los Angeles. The organizers had seen him play at a club there. The festival was a boost to his career. But Masekela says he had other agendas as well. MASEKELA: 'Monterey was a platform to be able to get more visibility to bring awareness about what was happening especially on my continent.' And as Hugh Masekela made the rounds at Monterey Pop, he found allies in David Crosby from the Byrds, and Jorma Kaukonen and Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. MASEKELA: 'And they were some of the first people who became aware of what was happening in South Africa because of our association. They didn't just live for Monterey Pop. They lived their lives like that on a daily basis.' Hugh Masekela says he doesn't remember much about his set at Monterey Pop.
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