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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