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Mr. Masekela is still haunted by the music that was everywhere during his childhood
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Hugh Masekela’s 70th birthday concert
It’s not often that Hugh Masekela is left speechless during one of his own shows. But for one moment during his 70th birthday concert at London’s Barbican Centre, the celebrated South African trumpeter appeared lost for words.
Hugh Masekela birthday concert, review
Hugh Masekela at 70 is still magnificent, even if he now longer has oppression to fight against.
Hugh Masekela, Barbican, London
The veteran South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela turned 70 in April, and this concert was a belated birthday offering from the London Symphony Orchestra and its community choir.
These nights of exhilarating live performance are reinventing music
The Guardian By Simon Jenkins The last time I heard the trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela was at a New Year’s Eve party in 1990 on the slopes of Table Mountain. Nelson Mandela had recently been released and Masekela had returned from exile. The hot night air blew in from False Bay, and conversation crackled … Read more
How a 68-Year-Old Horn Player Makes the Ladies Scream
The South African ex-pats in the crowd in particular exploded upon seeing the aging jazzman work his considerable backside to the music, making Masekela perhaps the only 68-year-old who can inspire a dozen young South African women to scream in excitement at his every move.
