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Discology: CD Review
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Raleigh Metro Magazine, Discology: CD Review >>
Double-disc joint from this South African flugelhorn legend. This is quintessential Afro-jazz, so be hip enough to catch this wave. Cue up "The Boy's Doin' It" — one of the coolest jazz tracks I've heard this year. Also check Masekela's tribute, both word and music, to Nelson Mandela on Disc One. The sound on this track is so perfectly South African, evoking township jive, kwela music, chimurenga and gospel a la Soweto Gospel Choir. Get into Disc Two via the very mellow "Thuma Mina" and the incandescent horn number "Up Township." And, yes. Masekela delivers a delicious rendition of "Grazing In The Grass." It's not quite the version that we recall from 1968 — it's better. Through it all, note the cats playing behind Masekela — they're a truly righteous crew. This is one of the top world/jazz releases of '07. 09/01/07
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