Grrr | ||||
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Studio album by Hugh Masekela | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | April 1965 — May 1965 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:41 | |||
Label | Mercury SR 61109 | |||
Producer | Ed Townsend | |||
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
Grrr is the second studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and released in 1966 via Mercury Records.Grrr was re-released on LP in 1968 on Wing/Mercury labels as Hugh Masekela and on CD in 2003 on Verve label. On this record, he seamlessly fuses jazz ideas with the rhythmically complex South African music known as Mbaqanga.
The uncredited personnel is identified by Hugh Masekela in his autobiography Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela (Crown 2004, ).