About
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as “the father of South African jazz”. Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as “Soweto Blues” and “Bring Him Back Home”. He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of “Grazing in the Grass”.
Albums/Songs:
- Hugh Masekela’s Latest
- Waiting for the Rain
- Tomorrow
- You Told Your Mama Not to Worry
- Techno‐Bush
- Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
- Beatin’ Aroun de Bush
- Black to the Future
- Uptownship
- Home
- The Americanization of Ooga Booga
- Masekela
- The Promise of a Future
- Home Is Where the Music Is / The African Connection
- Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
- Colonial Man
- I Am Not Afraid
- Hugh Masekela’s Next Album
- The Boy’s Doin’ It
- Hope
- Reconstruction
- The Emancipation of Hugh Masekala
- The Lasting Impressions of Ooga Booga
- Sixty
- Time
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