Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky

Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky
Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky
Live album by Hugh Masekela
Released	1967
Recorded	18 to 20 September 1967
Venue	Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Label	Uni Records 3015, 73015
Producer	Stewart Levine
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]

Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky is a 1967 live album by South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was recorded live at the night club Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood, California, in 18 to 20 September 1967.^[5]^[6] The song "Up, Up and Away" was later included in his 2004 album Still Grazing.

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mra" (Christopher Columbus)	Caiphus Semenya	3:57
2.	"Little Miss Sweetness"	Smokey Robinson	3:32
3.	"A Whiter Shade of Pale"	Gary Brooker, Keith Reid	2:58
4.	"Up, Up and Away"	Jimmy Webb	5:25
5.	"Son of Ice Bag"	Hugh Masekela	3:45
6.	"Senor Corãza"	Al Abreu	7:50
7.	"Coincidence"	Hugh Masekela	3:10
8.	"Ha Lese Le Di Khanna"	Caiphus Semenya	2:58

Personnel[]

Bass – Henry Franklin
Cover design, photography – Jeffery Eisen
Drums – Chuck Carter
Percussion – Elmer Siegel (uncredited)
Piano – Cecil Barnard
Producer – Stewart Levine
Saxophone – Al Abreu
Trumpet, vocals – Hugh Masekela (uncredited)

References[]

^ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "TOP LP'S". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 64 2 March 1968. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ "Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Hugh Masekela: Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "DISCOGRAPHY: 1955-1969". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1203. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[2] "TOP LP'S". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 64 2 March 1968. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[3] "Hugh Masekela - Biography". Amoeba Music. amoeba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[4] "Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[5] "Hugh Masekela: Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[6] "DISCOGRAPHY: 1955-1969". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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Studio albums	Trumpet Africaine (1962) Grrr (1966) Hugh Masekela's Next Album (1966) The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela (1966) Hugh Masekela's Latest (1967) The Promise of a Future (1968) Africa '68 (1968) Masekela (1969) Reconstruction (1970) Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa (1971) Home Is Where the Music Is (1972) Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (1973) I Am Not Afraid (1974) The Boy's Doin' It (1975) Colonial Man (1976) Melody Maker You Told Your Mama Not to Worry (1977) Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (1978) Home (1982) Techno-Bush (1984) Waiting for the Rain (1985) Tomorrow (1987) Uptownship (1989) Beatin' Aroun de Bush (1992) Notes of Life (1996) Black to the Future (1998) Sixty (2000) Time (2002) Revival (2005) Almost Like Being in Jazz (2005) Phola (2009) Jabulani (2012) Friends (2012) Playing @ Work (2012) No Borders (2016) Rejoice (2020)
Compilation albums	Stimela (1994) The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus (1999) Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela (2001) The Collection (2003) Still Grazing (2004) The Chisa Years: 1965–1975 (Rare and Unreleased) (2006)
Live albums	The Americanization of Ooga Booga (1966) Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky (1967) The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela (1968) Main Event Live (1978) Hope (1994) Live at the BBC (2002) Live at the Market Theatre (2007)
Singles	"Up-Up and Away" "Grazing in the Grass" "Skokiaan"
Books	Still Grazing (2004)