Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela — Rejoice (Special Edition) (2021)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 455 MB | Cover | 01:13:58 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 170 MB
Afrobeat, African, Jazz | Label: World Circuit
\’Rejoice\’ is the classic collaboration between Tony Allen, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master trumpet player of South African jazz. The record, released to great acclaim in March 2020, became the first posthumous release from Masekela, and the last release from Allen, who sadly passed away a month later.
For this Special Edition, World Circuit have gone back to the original 2010 mixes and added previously unheard parts from the 2019 sessions to create 8 reimagined bonus mixes. The CD and LP releases also feature a booklet with sleeve notes and photos.
Having first met in the 70s thanks to their respective close associations with Fela Kuti, the two world-renowned musicians talked for decades about making an album together. When, in 2010, their touring schedules coincided in the UK, the moment presented itself and producer Nick Gold took the opportunity to record their encounter. The unfinished sessions, consisting of all original compositions by the pair, lay in archive until after Masekela passed away in 2018. With renewed resolution, Tony Allen and Nick Gold, with the blessing and participation of Hugh Masekela\’s estate, unearthed the original tapes and finished recording the album in summer 2019 at the same London studio where the original sessions had taken place.
\’Rejoice\’ can be seen as the long overdue confluence of two mighty African musical rivers — a union of two free-flowing souls for whom borders, whether physical or stylistic, are things to pass through or ignore completely. According to Allen, the album deals in \»a kind of South African-rian swing-jazz stew\», with its roots firmly in Afrobeat. Allen and Masekela are accompanied on the record by a new generation of well-respected jazz musicians including Tom Herbert (Acoustic Ladyland / The Invisible), Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective), Mutale Chashi (Kokoroko) and Steve Williamson.
CD 01 (8 / 38:17)
1. Tony Allen — Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O\’Galajani)
2. Tony Allen — Agbada Bougou
3. Tony Allen — Coconut Jam
4. Tony Allen — Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same)
5. Tony Allen — Slow Bones
6. Tony Allen — Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony)
7. Tony Allen — Obama Shuffle Strut Blues
8. Tony Allen — We\’ve Landed
CD 02 (8 / 35:41)
1. Tony Allen — Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O\’Galajani) (Cool Cats Mix)
2. Tony Allen — Agbada Bougou (Cool Cats Mix)
3. Tony Allen — Coconut Jam (Cool Cats Mix)
4. Tony Allen — Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same) (Cool Cats Mix)
5. Tony Allen — Slow Bones (Cool Cats Mix)
6. Tony Allen — Jabulani (Rejoice, Here Comes Tony) (Cool Cats Mix)
7. Tony Allen — Obama Shuffle Strut Blues (Cool Cats Mix)
8. Tony Allen — We\’ve Landed (Cool Cats Mix)
