Born: Witbank, South Africa, 1939
Years Active: 1986-2007
Member of: The Jazz Epistles
Influenced by: Louis Jordan, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, Glenn Miller
Genre: Jazz
Biography: Hugh Masekela has an extensive jazz background and credentials, but has enjoyed major success as one of the earliest leaders ...
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04/02/09
Hugh Masekela: The sound of South Africa The music of Hugh Masekela is the sound of Sout...
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08/08/08
Ladysmith Black Mambazo And Hugh Masekela: Carrying South Africa Joseph Shabalala grew u...
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