Background
Masekela, Hugh was born on April 4, 1939 in Witbank, Republic of South Africa.
Masekela, Hugh was born on April 4, 1939 in Witbank, Republic of South Africa.
Student, Manhattan School Music.
Home is Where the Music Is (with Dudu Pukwana, in London) 1972, I Am Not Afraid (with Hedzoleh Soundz) Technobush 1985. Jazz trumpeter, since 1955.
Formed Merry Makers of Spring, 1955. Joined Alfred Herbert's African Jazz Revue, 1958. Member Jazz Epistles with Dollar Brand.Now touring Africa and the world with Kalahari Band, since 1984. Albums include Grazing in the Grass, Trumpet African, The Americanization of Ooga Booga, The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela, Promise of a Future, Reconstruction, Home Is Where the Music Is, 1972, Main Event, Beatin' Aroun de Bush, (with Hedzollah Soundz) Colonial Man, (with Herb Alpert) Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela, I Am Not Afraid, (with Kalahari Band) Technobush, 1985, Beatin' Aroun De Bush, 1992. Writer Broadway museum Sarafina.Museum director Paul Simon's Graceland tour.