Hugh Masekela

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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