Hugh Masekela

trumpet, flugelhorn · 1939–2018 · Witbank

Trumpeter in exile against apartheid.

Styles

• South African jazz

Landmark tracks

• Grazing in the Grass (1968)
• Stimela (Coaltrain) (1974)
• Soweto Blues (1976)
• Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) (1987)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• May 30, 2025: Hugh Masekela, naissance d'un jazz sud-africain (Pour qui sonne le jazz, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN : Hugh Masekela

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