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PHOTO: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty. Hugh Masekela performs on the fluegelhorn in Kenya in 2007. He says he was inspired by a recording of Miles Davis playing the instrument. "He got that fat, dark, rich tone," Masekela says. "And I decided to go buy a fluegelhorn right there and then. I haven't blown the trumpet since."

PHOTO: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty. Hugh Masekela performs on the fluegelhorn in Kenya in 2007. He says he was inspired by a recording of Miles Davis playing the instrument. “He got that fat, dark, rich tone,” Masekela says. “And I decided to go buy a fluegelhorn right there and then. I haven’t blown the trumpet since.”

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