The Promise of a Future

The Promise of a Future
Studio album by
Released1968
Recorded12–14 March 1968
StudioGold Star (Hollywood, California)
GenreJazz
Length29:57
LabelUni Records 73028
ProducerStewart Levine
Hugh Masekela chronology
Hugh Masekela Is Alive and Well at the Whisky
(1967)
The Promise of a Future
(1968)
Africa '68
(1968)
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The Promise of a Future is the eighth studio album by South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label. It was recorded in March 1968 in Los Angeles, California. The album was re-released on CD in 1993 on One Way label. The Promise of a Future features Masekela's version of a famous instrumental composition "Grazing in the Grass".