The following material is quoted from the Daily OM Music review. You can read the whole article at dailyom.com.May 2, 2008Hugh Masekela Presents the Chisa Years 1965-1975Hugh Masekela2005"Having scored with his 1968 instrumental, "Grazing in the Grass," and his blazing number at the Monterey Pop festival, Hugh Masekela was an in-demand producer who too often found himself turning out watered-down versions of the steamy Afro-fusion he longed to create. Chisa Records was Masekela's own small label, his chance to break out on his own, to create and market the spirited African-pop sound that would one day fall into the catch-all category of World Beat music. Hugh Masekela Presents the Chisa Years, then, is a collection of unreleased tracks and B-sides from the label's heyday, and the stuff on display here ranges from rock-steady proto-acid jazz to buoyant African-pop, the wellspring from which would one day come Paul Simon's Graceland, and so many others."