An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba

Studio album by Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte

Released

1965

Recorded

RCA Victor Studio A, New York City

Andy Wiswell

Harry Belafonte chronology

Ballads, Blues and Boasters
(1964)

An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
(1965)

An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri
(1966)

Miriam Makeba chronology

Miriam Makeba
(1960)

An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
(1965)

Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba
(1975)

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An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba is a Grammy Award-winning 1965 album by Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba. It was the second outcome of the long lasting collaboration between Belafonte and Makeba, the first being the appearance of Makeba in the song "Just One More Dance" on Belafonte's 1960 album, Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall.

Despite the title, the album is not a collection of live duet performances by Harry Belafonte and Makeba. It is a studio album of 12 tracks, five by Belafonte, five by Makeba, and two duets. The songs are all African traditional tunes sung in tribal languages like Xhosa and Zulu.

In the mid-1960s, Belafonte was very active in supporting emerging African artists as well as making African music known worldwide, and this album is an example of this activity. It includes classical African songs like Malaika (with the English title My Angel) as well as songs in African languages such as Zulu, Sotho and Swahili.

Track listing

"Train Song" (Mbombela)– 3:08 (Harry + Miriam)
"'In the Land of the Zulus" (Kwazulu) – 2:30 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
"Hush, Hush" (Thula Thula) – 3:03 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
"To Those We Love" (Nongqongqo)– 2:15 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
"Give Us Our Land" – 2:27 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
"Ndodemnyama Verwoerd!" – 2:05 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
"Gone Are My Children" – 2:47 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
"Hurry, Mama, Hurry!" – 3:25 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
"My Angel" – 3:12 (Harry + Miriam)
"Cannon" – 2:47 (sung by Miriam Makeba)
"Lullaby" – 2:46 (sung by Harry Belafonte)
"Show Me the Way, My Brother" – 3:10 (sung by Harry Belafonte)

Personnel

Harry Belafonte – vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Miriam Makeba – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Sam Brown – guitar
Eddie Diehl – guitar
Marvin Falcon – guitar
Ernie Calabria – guitar
Jay Berliner – guitar
William Salter – bass
John Cartwright – bass
Auchee Lee – percussion
Solomon Ilori – percussion
Chief Bey – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Percy Brice – percussion

Production

Andy Wiswell – producer
Conducted by Jonas Gwangwa and Howard Roberts
Arrangements by Jonas Gwangwa
Harry Belafonte – executive producer, liner notes
Bob Simpson – engineer

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

Belafonte Tracks discography site.

Harry Belafonte
Discography
Studio albums	Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954) Belafonte (1956) Calypso (1956) An Evening with Belafonte (1957) Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958) Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959) My Lord What a Mornin' (1959) Swing Dat Hammer (1960) Jump Up Calypso (1961) Midnight Special (1962) The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962) Streets I Have Walked (1963) Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964) In My Quiet Room (1966) Calypso in Brass (1966) Belafonte on Campus (1967) Belafonte Sings of Love (1968) Homeward Bound (1970) Belafonte by Request (1970) The Warm Touch (1971) Calypso Carnival (1971) Play Me (1973) Turn the World Around (1977) Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981) Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
Live albums	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959) Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964) En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966) Belafonte...Live! (1972) Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974) Belafonte '89 (1989) An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Compilations	Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001) The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001) The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
Collaborations	Porgy and Bess (1959) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri (1966) Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life (1970) "We Are the World" (1985)
Related articles	Shari Belefonte (daughter) March on Washington Mississippi Freedom Summer

Miriam Makeba
Studio albums	The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1960) Miriam Makeba (1960) The World of Miriam Makeba (1963) The Voice of Africa (1964) Makeba Sings! (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) The Magic of Makeba (1965) The Magnificent Miriam Makeba (1966) All About Miriam (1966) Pata Pata (1967) Makeba! (1968) Keep Me in Mind (1970) A Promise (1974) Miriam Makeba & Bongi (1975) Country Girl (1978) Comme une symphonie d'amour (1979) Sangoma (1988) Welela (1989) Eyes on Tomorrow (1991) Sing Me a Song (1994) Homeland (2000) Reflections (2004)
Compilations	Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba (1975) The Queen of African Music (1987) Africa (1991)
Singles	"The House of the Rising Sun" (1960) "The Click Song" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (1963) "Malaika" / "Malcolm X" (1965) "Pata Pata" (1967) "Mas que Nada" (1967) "I Shall Be Released" / "Iphi Ndilela (Show Me the Way)" (1969) "Soweto Blues" (1988) "Brand New Day" "Chauffeur Blues" "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
People	Bongi Makeba (daughter) Hugh Masekela (3rd husband) Stokely Carmichael (4th husband)

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