Jabulani is a studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.
Backed by a bevy of talented musicians even including a small choir, Masekela is in top form throughout this celebratory album.
"[5] Thomas Carroll of All About Jazz noted: "At the age of 72, South African vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Hugh Masekela is still making music with as much energy and passion as he did in the days of 'Grazin' in the Grass' at the height of his international fame in the 1960s and 1970s.
Historically, Masekela has used his music as a form of social and political activism to combat issues like Apartheid.
Jabulani strays from this trend of defiance and instead focuses on the joys and drawbacks of marriage, a highly ritualized and ceremonial institution in the South African village where Masekela was born... As a whole, Jabulani provides more of a snapshot of South African culture than a body of instrumental ingenuity.