Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela
Born: Apr 4, 1939 in Witbank, South Africa
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Pop, World Fusion, African Jazz, Instrumental Pop, Afro-Pop
Biography: Hugh Masekela has an extensive jazz background and credentials, but has enjoyed major success as one of the earliest leaders in the world fusion mode. Masekela's vibrant trumpet and flugelhorn solos have been featured in pop, R&B, disco, Afropop and jazz contexts. He's had American and international ...Read full biography
Stimela
Released: 1994
Label: Connoisseur Collection
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These recordings are largely in Afro-funk style, though with heavy township infusions in places, from the 1960s and 1970s, including his massive hit, "Grazin' in the Grass." As a jazz rather than a roots ...Read full review
Tomorrow
Released: 1986
Label: Warner Bros.
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Still in exile from his homeland, Hugh Masekela leaves no doubt where he would rather be in this carefully produced, majestically swinging, techno-pop-jazz album that leans heavily in the direction of ...Read full review
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