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Hugh Masekela wins WOMEX Award for Artists 2011

WOMEX have announced that this year’s Award for Artists goes to Hugh Masekela, the trumpet prodigy, fiery denouncer of Apartheid and Afro-jazz pioneer from South Africa.

Jazz review: Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl

… opener Hugh Masekela, has built a long career out of melding jazz with sounds from his native South Africa along with touches of pop and funk …

Trumpet grooves from Masekela’s homeland

Africa Review By Billie Odidi Born out of South Africa’s apartheid system, Hugh Masekela was an early entrant into the world of trumpets and drumbeats; benefiting immensely from some of the best musical experiences of the world. His first trumpet was a gift from Louis Armstrong; Harry Belafonte facilitated his flight to New York where … Read more

South African jazz after apartheid: Looking for a new direction

It’s one of those historical ironies that haunts Hugh Masekela, that the good times for South African music were also the bad times for political freedom.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Hugh Masekela Last Night

If you don’t believe that music is a universal language, do yourself a favor and check out Hugh Masekela.

Hugh Masekela to appear at Ottawa Jazz Festival

Fans of World Music, rest easy; you have not been forgotten – at least not by the upcoming TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival.

Bra Hugh goes in search of SA’s rich pageant

“In Western culture, children go to ballet. There is Bach, Beethoven, who lived 500 years ago. Opera was invented 700 years ago. Yet these cultures are still retained. They were funded by the church and by royalty. Heritage has to be funded,” says the jazz legend.

Hugh Masekela Day Proclaimed in the V.I.

Governor John P. de Jongh Jr. has proclaimed March 18 on St. Croix and March 19 on St. Thomas as “Hugh Masekela Day” in the U.S. Virgin Islands in honor of the legendary South African musician.

Man with a horn gives voice to a people

“I get a little confused when artists say ‘my music,’ ” said Masekela in an interview from Los Angeles. “I don’t think anybody comes into the world with music. You find it here. I found it here.”

After Apartheid, His Music Brings Us Together

“Our heritage has been condemned over the years by religion and colonization, and by Western media and culture,” Masekela noted, “and unless African music is owned, produced, distributed, packaged, and sold by Africans to Africans in Africa, you can’t say African music is growing.”