Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela - Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela (1978) [VINYL]

Just pure, sweet, beautiful music from start to finish on this album. My favourite song is Moonza, full of soul and funk, jazzy and brilliant. In truth, all of the songs on this album are beautifully crafted and utterly joyful. That these two superb musicians only made one album together is a shame but what they did make will forever stand the test of time… they really do not make music like this anymore.

Track List
1. Skokiaan (Tom Glazer, August Msarurgwa) 3:37
2. Moonza (Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert) 4:38
3. Ring Bell (George David Weiss, Jerry Ragovoy) 3:24
4. Happy Hanna (Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard) 4:58
5. El Lobo (The Wolf) (Edu Lobo) 7:20
6. African Summer (Caiphus Semenya) 3:20
7. I'll Be There For You (Caiphus Semenya) 7:05

musicians
Acoustic guitar – Tommy Tedesco (tracks: 5)
Arranged by – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Stewart Levine
Backing vocals – Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Lani Hall, Letta Mbulu
Bass – Chuck Domanico
Bass – Louis Johnson (tracks: 1)
Co-producer – Hugh Masekela
Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci
Drums – Carlos Vega (tracks: 5), James Gadson, Spider Webb (tracks: 6)
Flugelhorn – Hugh Masekela
Flugelhorn, trumpet – Herb Alpert
French horn – Marylin L. Robinson, Sidney Isaac Muldrow
Guitar – Arthur Adams, Freddie Harris, Lee Ritenour
Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 7)
Orchestrated By – Donald Cooke
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Piano – Caiphus Semenya, Hotep Cecil Barnard
Synthesizer – Craig Hindley (tracks: 4), Michael Boddicker (tracks: 6)
Synthesizer – Ian Underwood
Trombone – Donald Cooke, George Bohanon
Trombone (bass) – Maurice Spears

Produced by Caiphus Semenya, Herb Alpert, and Stewart Levine