The Promise of a Future

by Hugh Masekela

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: UNI
  • Country: South Africa
  • Length: 30:11
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Promise of a Future' famously features the massive instrumental hit 'Grazing in the Grass'. Hugh Masekela seamlessly blends South African township rhythms with American jazz and pop, crafting an uplifting, universally accessible cross-cultural statement.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1:55)
  2. Madonna (3:13)
  3. No Face, No Name And No Number (3:28)
  4. Almost Seedless (3:38)
  5. Stop (2:35)
  6. Grazing In The Grass (2:37)
  7. Vuca (3:37)
  8. Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song) (6:32)
  9. There Are Seeds To Sow (2:32)

Credits

  • Hugh Masekela - primary artist, trumpet [uncredited], written-by
  • Henry Franklin - bass
  • Chuck Carter - drums
  • Hugh Masekela Quintet - performer
  • William Henderson - piano
  • Al Abreu - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, written-by
  • Ashford & Simpson - written-by
  • Jim Capaldi - written-by
  • Stewart Levine - producer

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