Profile
Hugh Masekela
Trumpeter + Composer + Singer
Male
Born
Apr 4, 1939
Age
74
Genres
Afrobeat + Jazz
Instruments
Trombone + Cornet...
Record Label
Polygram Records
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela is a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer. He is the father of American television host Sal Masekela.
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Romance
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Elinam CofieMarried 1999
News + Updates
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David Hunt: "Certain Birds Make Certain Sounds": An Interview With Hugh MasekelaHuffington Post - Apr 22, 2013
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Jazz Great Hugh Masekela, Fresh Because He's FascinatedNPR - Apr 17, 2013
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Remembering Caravan Of Dreams, South Africa And FreedomStar Telegram- blogs - Jul 30, 2012
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Ralph A. Miriello: Notes On Jazz Third Annual 4th Of July Living Legends Of Jazz CelebrationHuffington Post - Jul 02, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1939
Birth
Born on April 4, 1939.
TEENAGE
1958
19 Years Old
Following a Manhattan Brothers tour of South Africa in 1958, Masekela wound up in the orchestra of the musical King Kong, written by Todd Matshikiza.
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TWENTIES
1960
21 Years Old
Following the March 21, 1960, Sharpeville Massacre – where 69 peacefully protesting Africans were shot dead in Sharpeville, and the South African government banned gatherings of ten or more people – and the increased brutality of the Apartheid state, Masekela left the country.
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1967
28 Years Old
He also appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and was subsequently featured in the film Monterey Pop by D. A. Pennebaker.
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FORTIES
1980
41 Years Old
A renewed interest in his African roots led Masekela to collaborate with West and Central African musicians, and finally to reconnect with Southern African players when he set up with the help of Jive Records a mobile studio in Botswana, just over the South African border, from 1980 to 1984.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2003
64 Years Old
In 2003, he was featured in the documentary film Amandla!
2004
65 Years Old
In 2004, he released his autobiography, Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela, co-authored with journalist D. Michael Cheers, which thoughtfully detailed Masekela's struggles against apartheid in his homeland, as well as his personal struggles against alcoholism from the late 1970s through to the 1990s.
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2010
71 Years Old
In 2010, Hugh Masekela was featured, with his son Salema, in a series of videos on ESPN.
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