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He’s just got back from Ghana where he performed at the inauguration of the new president Nana Akufo-Addo… an old friend
I ask Bra Hugh if he’s on Twitter. He replies: “No, but I’m on Whatsapp.” I’m defeated.
He notices my disappointment and we burst out in laughter…
At 77, Masekela still likes to surprise in this memorable return to the club he first played in the 80s.
Guardian Review – 4/5stars
Bra Hugh’s new album shows that he’s lost none of his fire
World renowned trumpet and flugelhorn legend, Hugh Masekela returns with a fiery 44th album entitled ‘No Borders’.
Encompassing socio-political commentary, solid dance floor grooves and tender love songs, the 16 tracks move effortlessly through continental styles taking in Nigerian Afro-Beat, Congolese Kwassa Kwassa and South African Masqandi. From the opening angry salvo…
“The last time I was in Uganda, I had a great time and wondered why I never came back. Was it about something I said?”
South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela lived up to his billing and left the crowd crying out for more at an epic performance at the 7 Arts Theatre in Harare.
“I started a career that I hadn’t planned, and it flowered and flowered,” he says. “I had a very successful exile.”
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela headlined the first concert in Carnegie Hall’s series “Ubuntu: Music and Arts of South Africa”
“We’re not perfect,” Masekela observed, “But we’re not underfoot anymore.”
When Hugh Masekela finished his Oppikoppi set to rapturous applause, a member of his crew wrapped a champion’s belt around his waist as if he was an undisputed heavyweight boxer.
