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	Hugh Masekela
		Hugh was obsessed with the music he heard around him, whether it was traditional or jazz from America.
		Hugh also joined African Jazz Revue and in the late 1950s recorded the first album by a fl South African jazz band, the Jazz Epistles with pianist Dollar Brand (who is now called Abdullah Ibrahim), Kippie Moeketsi and others.
		Hugh moved to Botswana in 1981 and began the Botswana International School of Music and he had a band there called Kalahari.
	www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com /HughMasekela.htm (569 words)

	Hugh Masekela on The Paula Gordon Show
		Masekela remembers that he may not have been ready for fame, but he was always centered: he knew that there were people suffering where he came from and that those people were, as he puts it, the people he sourced from.
		Masekela says, “Graceland”; was the first time in the whole world that music had an effect that rippled up the hallways of governments.
		Masekela remembers how surprised he was by his early successes and considers what he learned from some of his mistakes.
	www.paulagordon.com /shows/masekela/index.html (1143 words)

	Hugh Masekela - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: 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 was in the orchestra for the musical {+King Kong}, whose cast included Miriam Makeba.
		Masekela and Makeba, his wife at that time, left South Africa one year before Ibrahim and Sathima Bea Benjamin in 1961.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/339/Hugh-Masekela/1017772.html (480 words)

	Hugh Masekela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hugh Masekela (born Johannesburg, April 4, 1939) is a South African flugelhorn and cornet player.
		Hugh Masekela was an old collaborator of Abdullah Ibrahim.
		Hugh Masekela is the father of Sal Masekela, host of American channel E!
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Masekela (425 words)

	World's Fair: Hugh Masekela
		Hugh Masekela and I met for the first time in the fall of 1961.
		Hugh had brought over many 45s of this kind of music and whenever any of the newly exiled South African students would arrive in New York their first stop would be Hughie's apartment on 87th Street.
		Cut to September 1965, Masekela had recorded a live album entitled "The Americanization of Ooga Booga." Although it was recorded with a Jazz trio it reflected his love of the traditional music that he had grown up with.
	www.worlds-fair.net /hugh_masekela (1160 words)

	Hugh Masekela - Wikipedia
		Hugh Masekela anafahamika ulimwenguni kote kwa aina ya kupiga Jazz la mtindo wa Afri Jazz na hasa upulizaji wake wa tarumbeta; uongozi wa bendi ya muziki; mtunzi na muandishi mahiri wa mashairi ya muziki.
		Masekela alijifunza kupuliza tarumbeta akiwa shuleni na mwalimu wake ni Padri Trevor Huddleston.
		Hugh ameshirikiana na wasanii kama Miriam Makeba wa Afrika ya kusini na Paul Simon wa Marekani kwenye albamu ya Graceland.
	sw.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Masekela (330 words)

	Jazz From South Africa: Hugh Masekela
		Masekela’s music is often not jazz in the strictest sense, but there can be no question that jazz music was a profound influence on him once he arrived in the U.S. There is certainly a strong jazz element to most of the tracks here, and that element is not limited to his trumpet work.
		When Masekela arrived in America, everyone from Belafonte to Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey advised him to form his own group and to play music influenced by the music of his homeland.
		Apartheid was a major theme of Masekela’s work for many years, which is inevitable considering his background and state of exile from his homeland.
	www.jazzitude.com /africajazz_southafrica03.htm (527 words)

	Black to the Future with Hugh Masekela
		For many of Americans, Hugh Masekela was the first South African jazz musician ever heard on these shores.
		In addition to the aforementioned huge hits he's had, Masekela has also found tremendous success on Broadway with his Tony-nominated musical "Sarafina," and as a record executive with Chisa Records which he owned in the 70's..
		Masekela had always written protest music, so the movement caught up with him as the 60's gave way to the 70's.
	www.jazzusa.com /stories/blacktothefuture.asp (735 words)

	JE page 7 - Hugh Masekela ...
		Hugh Masekela is a living musical illustration of how one music influences another, how musicians of different musical backgrounds can meet and create a music that is all the richer for this meeting, of the musical journey of Africa-meets-the-West-meets-Africa.
		Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on April 4, 1931, in the coal mining town of Witbank, South Africa.
		The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela was the first of 11 albums the duo produced.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /rushdie/593/music8.html (1382 words)

	Hugh Masekela - Pandora Internet Radio
		Masekela and Makeba, his wife at that time, left South Africa one year before Ibrahim and Sathima Bea Benjamin in 1961.
		Masekela alternated between American and Africa, cutting a successful pop/dance album with Herb Alpert in the late '70s.
		Masekela was part of Paul Simon's Graceland tour in the mid-'80s, while he continued recording and produced sessions by Makeba.
	www.pandora.com /music/artist/64d7e7a92615bc2e (545 words)

	African Music Encyclopedia: Hugh Masekela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Masekela was originally introduced to the trumpet by anti-apartheid activist Father Trevor Huddleston.
		Masekela also played with such luminaries as Miriam Makeba, Zimbabwean Dorothy Masuka, the Jazz Epistles, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Hedzoleh Soundz, Francis Fuster, Dudu Pukwana, and was instrumental in the South African Broadway-style musical King Kong with many of the same people.
		Masekela went on to performd with Paul Simon on the Graceland tour and defended Simon vigorously when the tour was seen as a violation of the ANC's cultural boycott.
	www.africanmusic.org /artists/masekela.html (256 words)

	Hugh Masekela: Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela - PopMatters Music Review
		South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela will probably be forever remembered for his one major pop hit, the cheery instrumental "Grazing in the Grass".
		By not focusing on "hits", or even fan favorites, this new compilation is able to establish Hugh Masekela as not just a "world music pioneer", but as a highly experimental musician breaking down genre barriers and occasionally eschewing the concept of genre altogether.
		Masekela's trumpet playing itself only emerges in the song's last few seconds during a lonely solo that fades out almost as soon as it begins.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/masekelahugh-still.shtml (1030 words)

	JamBase \| THE PRESENCE OF A LEGEND: HUGH MASEKELA
		When Hugh Masekela took the stage at the tiny, intimate, famous Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, CA, the capacity-plus crowd was aglow with the knowledge that they were in the presence of an absolute legend.
		As Masekela led his band into a call-and-response selection between the band and the audience including the words: Africa Unite, we were again reminded of one of society's most disgusting displays in all of recorded history: Apartheid.
		As Masekela spoke in his beautiful, soothing accent about Africa's need to unite, workers dying in diamond mines, the struggle for freedom, and the work still needing to be done, it was apparent that we weren't just witnessing a great jazz performance; we were watching a revolutionary in action.
	www.jambase.com /headsup.asp?storyID=8569 (1073 words)

	Hugh Masekela News
		Trumpeter Hugh Masekela surprised several hundred guests in Washington DC at a 12th anniversary celebration of South Africa's first post-apartheid government.
		Hugh Masekela celebrated his 67th birthday this month, and while fans may remember him best for his jazzy 1968 breakout hit "Grazing in the Grass," he's anything but out to pasture.
		Hugh Masekela has earned his place in the musical history books as one of the foremost exponents of South African township jazz, as well as the possessor of a extraordinarily vibrant, joyous and glossy tone on...
	www.topix.net /who/hugh-masekela (718 words)

	Red Bull Music Academy :: TUTORS
		Hugh Masekela, born near Johannesburg in 1939, grew up immersed in the urban and traditional sounds of South Africa.
		Hugh Masekela: »When Huddleston finally got me papers to get out of town, Johnny Dankworth, who was a great English jazz band leader, had been here.
		Hugh Masekela: »I think that any artists best work, this is my crazy notion, their best work is not originated by themselves.
	www.redbullmusicacademy.com /TUTORS.9.0.html?act_session=84 (4179 words)

	VH1.com : Hugh Masekela : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
		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.
		Masekela was in the orchestra for the musical King Kong, whose cast included Miriam Makeba.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/masekela_hugh/bio.jhtml (534 words)

	Biographies of Special South Africans - Hugh Masekela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It was during this time that Masekela had the opportunity to meet Louis Armstrong, who a few years earlier had sent the Huddleston Jazz Band a trumpet after the chaplain told the trumpet king about the band he had helped start back in South Africa.
		Masekela began recording extensively with Miriam Makeba and can be heard adding his trumpet, singing and arranging talents to some of the singer's very best records.
		Masekela and Makeba divorced in 1966 and the trumpeter relocated to Los Angeles.
	zar.co.za /hugh.htm (834 words)

	HUGH MASEKELA: BIOGRAPHY
		Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on April 4, 1939, in Witbank, South Africa.
		Masekela moved to Guinea (where, at the time, Miriam Makeba was living), then Liberia and then on to Ghana shortly after recording (in London) the historical HOME IS WHERE THE MUSIC IS with the great African reed player, Dudu Pukwana.
		Masekela continues to maintain a very active tour schedule, spreading his musical message of peace, harmony and unity throughout the world.
	www.dougpayne.com /hmbio.htm (1298 words)

	Hugh Masekela bio at Agency Griot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Huddleston was deported by the racist government of the time for his emancipation militancy and when Hugh kept on badgering him to help him leave the oppressive country for music education opportunities abroad, the priest worked very hard to get him to England.
		After the March 21, 1960 Sharpeville Massacre where 69 Africans peacefully protesting the pass laws along with thousands of their fellow comrades were mercilessly mowed down, the ensuing national outrage caused the government to proclaim a state of emergency and the banning of gatherings by more than ten people.
		Hugh finally met Louis Armstrong who had sent the Huddleston Band a trumpet after Huddleston told the trumpet king about the band he had helped start back in South Africa before his deportation.
	www.griot.de /biomasekela.html (1014 words)

	Photo 1 of 31, Hugh Masekela Visits T.H.E. Clinic
		Masekela, with Andre Alporter and Rudy Gerren as cameramen.
		Hugh Masekela and Steven Houston were the two stars of the day on June 18 at T.H.E. Clinic, Inc.
		Masekela was outspoken about AIDS and the need to help Africans who are dying from the disease at an alarming rate while Houston was there to discuss the issue of the issue of the "Downlow."
	imageevent.com /icdra/hughmasekelavisitstheclinic (178 words)

	Hugh Masekela
		With no additional brass other than Masekela, the music and vibes depended upon the lead guitarist and keyboardist, who were allowed ample room for improvisation although at points there was an excessive slickness.
		In the song and spoken intro, Masekela referenced his decision during his youth to become a musician, and the heated response that it caused within his large family.
		That was a fond memory that we were able to relive this evening with Hugh Masekela in attendance once again on this special date.
	www.africasounds.com /hugh_masekela.htm (701 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed for decades, trumpeter, bandleader, composer and lyricist Hugh Masekela is known for his professionalism and charisma to fans of his mix of jazz, bebop, funk and Afrobeat from New York to Dakar.
		Masekela arrived in London in 1960 to study at the Guildhall School of Music, but then took off for New York, where he studied in Manhattan.
		Masekela takes his place among those near-legendary South African artists, who with their pan-African experience and global horizons, have carved out an international landscape for South African music.
	www.music.org.za /artist.asp?id=96 (699 words)

	3rd Ear Music Hidden Years - Reissues - Hugh Masekela - Tattoo Field Bands
		Masekela is the first to acknowledge that he's had a life that's offered up hardship and astonishing high points in generous amounts.
		Masekela added yet another arrow to his an already impressive quiver when he was asked by Paul Simon to take part in the Graceland tour alongside the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Miriam Makeba.
		And Masekela's ability to remain a compelling force on the contemporary scene was confirmed when his recording projects - including Black to the Future and Sixty - streaked ahead to platinum status.Amazingly, Masekela remains committed to the ordinary people of South Africa - in a way that displays his integrity and belief in the country.
	www.3rdearmusic.com /reissue/hughmasakela.html (3067 words)

	VSO - Events - Hugh Masekela - On Tour in May 2007
		Living legend Hugh Masekela is an international jazz star and one of the most charismatic figures in South African culture.
		Hugh Masekela has been at the heart and soul of South African music for forty years — even though he spent most of those years in enforced exile.
		He is South Africa’s most enduring musical ambassador and an exuberant and powerful live performer - his vibrant dancing rhythms of township jazz stir the soul and brim over with a contagious, joyful warmth and optimism.
	www.vso.org.uk /events/hugh_masekela_on_tour_may_2007.asp (195 words)

	Hugh Masekela: GlobalVillageIdiot
		Masekela, 61, whose latest album is, Sixty, (Shanachie), started his musical career with piano lessons when he was six.
		Masekela's prowess on the trumpet meant that he soon became involved in bands, playing with African Jazz and the Merry Makers, "which had my main mentors, Elijah Nkwanyna and Banzi Bangane.
		These days, Masekela is involved in trying to put together an infrastructure for young musicians, film makers, and television producers in his country, so that "maybe by the next generation our artists will be going to other countries as an exception, not a rule.
	www.globalvillageidiot.net /masekela.htm (885 words)

	SoundRoots World Music & mp3 Blog: Monday's mp3: Hugh Masekela
		Tomorrow, Hugh Masekela marks another birthday in an amazing life and career.
		As the story goes, Masekela received a trumpet from Archbishop Trevor Huddleston in 1954, and went on to use it to spread South African melodies throughout the jazz
		Masekela tours the USA from April 13 to May 14: Tour details here.
	soundroots.org /2006/04/mondays-mp3-hugh-masekela.html (420 words)

	NPR : Hugh Masekela Taps His Deep Roots
		Hugh Masekela's career spans decades of progressive jazz.
		Masekela, from South Africa, has enjoyed major success over the years, and is recognized as one of the greatest innovators in world fusion.
		Now Masekela has a new record, Revival -- the songs reveal inspirations in pop, jazz and R&B. We discuss those influences and listen for them in some of Masekela's new work.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4727308 (183 words)

	Hugh Masekela, Barbican, London \| \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Hugh Masekela confessed that he had been nervous.
		Indeed, but it has to work, and Masekela's celebrated blend of South African township jazz and political lyrics were here backed by a band famous for its ska and reggae rhythms, and by an English choir surely too young to remember South Africa's transformation to a multi-racial democracy 10 years ago.
		Masekela was now conducting, playing percussion and horn, and eventually singing as well, proving he is still in fine, gruff voice.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /reviews/story/0,11712,1248673,00.html (373 words)

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