The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus

1999 greatest hits album by Hugh Masekela

Greatest hits album by Hugh Masekela

Released

May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)

Genre

Jazz

Length

57:05

Label

RCA Records CDRCA(VM) 3074

Producer

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela chronology

Black to the Future
(1996)

The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus
(1999)

Sixty
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus is an album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. This is a collection of his best tracks recorded for Novus label.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Emavungweni"	Ndikho Xaba	4:31
2.	"Sekunjalo"	Hugh Masekela	7:24
3.	"Polina"	Hugh Masekela, Dudu Pukwana	6:57
4.	"Ngena"	Bakithi Kumalo	0:51
5.	"Batsumi (Mayibuye I Afrika)"	Tony Cedras	7:35
6.	"No Woman, No Cry"	Vincent Ford, Bob Marley	5:24
7.	"Elijah"	Hugh Masekela	5:28
8.	"Ngena-Ngena"	Tony Cedras	6:07
9.	"Languta"	Hugh Masekela	6:47
10.	"Uptownship"	Hugh Masekela	6:01
Total length:			57:05

References

"Hugh Masekela: The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
Who's who of Southern Africa. Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited. 2005. p. 406. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
"Hugh Masekela – Notes of Life". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"Best of Bra Hugh". Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa. African Drum Publications: 69. August 1999. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

External links

Official website

v t e Hugh Masekela
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	The Best of Masekela (1969) 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)

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