Masekela was given his first trumpet at the age of 14 Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died ...

Hugh Masekela: trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, with: CD1 1-7: Charlie Smalls: piano; John Cartwright: bass; Chuck Carter: drums; Big Black: congas. CD1 8, 9: Al Abreu ...

Fans will be in for a serious jazz treat as South African music maestro Hugh Masekela takes to the stage for the much awaited Jazz festival. The 77 year old who has been in the country before will ...

These included Kipper Moeketsi, saxophonist and “father of South African jazz,” about whom his friend the trumpeter Hugh Masekela said “If he had lived in America Kippie would have been up ...

"This annotated mix of his music is not so much a tribute to a son of the soil than it is a conversation with his music".

When Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela first met in Lagos in ... topped by some exquisite jazz phrasing from Masekela. Elsewhere Allen’s groove is at its most skittering on “Obama Shuffle Strut ...

South Africa arguably offers the headiest jazz brew found beyond the borders of the U.S. And since the 2018 death of trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the undisputed elder statesman of the nation's jazz has ...