Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz

Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
Studio album by Hugh Masekela
Released	1973
Recorded	July 1973
Studio	Recorded at EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria.
Genre	Jazz
Label	Blue Thumb Records BTS 62
Producer	Stewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
Home Is Where the Music Is (1972) Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (1973) I Am Not Afraid (1974)

Professional ratings
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AllMusic	[1]

Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz is the fifteenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria and released in 1973.^[2][3] Hedzoleh Soundz were a band from Accra, Ghana. The word Hedzoleh means freedom in the Ga language.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Languta"	Hugh Masekela	4:49
2.	"Kaa Ye Oya"	Nii Morton, Sam Nortey	4:36
3.	"Adade"	Nii Morton, Obo Addy, Sam Nortey	4:16
4.	"Yei Baa Gbe Wolo"	Nii Morton, Sam Nortey	5:40
5.	"Patience"	Nat Hammond, Richard Neesai	3:50
6.	"When"	Nat Hammond	7:31
7.	"Nye Tamo Ame"	Nat Hammond	5:25
8.	"Rekpete"	adapted by Hedzoleh Soundz	3:48

Personnel

• Congas, vocals – James Kwaku Morton
• Congas, vocals, flute – Nat "Leepuma" Hammond
• Design, cover – Milton Glaser
• Drums – Acheampong Welbeck
• Electric bass, vocals – Stanley Kwesi Todd
• Engineer – Rik Pekkonen
• Guitar – Richard Neesai "Jagger" Botchway
• Mastered by – Arnie Acosta
• Percussion, vocals – Samuel Nortey
• Producer – Stewart Levine
• Talking drum, vocals, percussion – Isaac Asante

References

1. "Hugh Masekela – Hugh Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. "Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz – Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
3. "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
4. "Hedzoleh Soundz: Artist Biography". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

External links

• Official website