Masekela '66-'76

"When Hugh Masekela died in January this year, he was rightly revered as one of Africa's finest musicians, a trumpeter and flugelhorn player, singer and songwriter who blended jazz with South African styles, and used his music to battle apartheid. His early career was not easy, and this remarkable 47-track retrospective is taken from 11 varied and experimental albums, many of which were never released in the UK. It's crammed with great music that was not commercially successful, either because it was too angry or simply too far ahead of its time".

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"Masterful collection remembering a jazz crusader: Though the sleevenotes acknowledge the South African's passing in January, this is clearly no fast-buck cash-in: Masekela and longtime compadre Stewart Levine together picked 47 tracks from 11 albums released in a decade that encompassed Jazz, soul, pop and roots; hitting the high spots when "Grazing In The Grass", the single from 1968's "The Promise Of A Future" made Number 1 ... [Later], the horn player uncovered something far deeper, a truly spiritual, political mood that meant his 1970s output still thrills".