Hugh Masekela
4 April 1939 - 23 january 2018
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Hugh Masekela had 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. He's had American and international hits, worked with bands around the world, and played with African, African-American, European and various American musicians during a stellar career. His style, especially on flugelhorn, is a charismatic blend of striking upper register lines, half valve effects, repetitive figures and phrases, with some note bending, slurs and tonal colors. ...MORE |
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Update : mars 24, 2023 |
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Many thanks to Mabusha Masekela who kindly has supplied me with most of the information below. |
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| Originals LPs and CDs | |||
| 1961 | Trumpet Africaine | ST91610 MG20797 SR60797 |
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| 1964 | Hugh Masekela's Next Album | SE-4415 |
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| 1966 | The Emancipation Of Hugh Masekela | 73007 CHS4101 CHM101 |
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| 1966 | grrr...Hugh Masekela | MG21109 SR61109 |
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| 1967 | Hugh Masekela's Latest | 73010 |
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| 1967 | Hugh Masekela Is Alive And Well At The Whiskey A-Go-Go | 73015 |
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| 1968 | The Promise Of A Future | 73028/ MCAD 22077 |
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| 1968 | The Lasting Impression Of Hugh Masekela (On CD as The Lasting Impression of Ooga-Booga) |
SE-4468 |
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| 1968 | Masekela | 73041 |
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| 1969 | Reconstruction | CS803 |
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| 1969 | Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa | LP:CS808 CD:0330 |
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| 1972 | Home Is Where The Music Is The African Connection |
BTS6003 IA9343 |
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| 1973 | Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz | BTS62 |
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| 1974 | I Am Not Afraid | BTS6015 |
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| 1975 | The Boy's Doin' It | 557403-2 |
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| 1976 | Colonial Man | NBLP-7023 |
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| 1976 | Melody Maker | NBLP-7036 |
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| 1977 | You Told Your Mama Not To Worry | NBLP-7079 |
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| 1977 | Grazing In The Grass | UPF-195 |
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| 1978 | Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela | SP-728 CD-819 |
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| 1978 | Main Event Live Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela | SP4727 |
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| 1984 | Technobush | 656.057 |
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| 1984 | African Breeze (with Jonathan Butler) | T173 |
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| 1985 | Waiting For The Rain | 6.26155AP |
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| 1987 | Hugh Masekela with Kalahari: Tomorrow | 1-25566 |
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| 1987 | Bring Him Back Home | U8466T |
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| 1988 | Uptownship | 63070-2 |
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| 1989 | Live In Lesotho |
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| 1992 | Beatin' Aroun De Bush | 63136-2 |
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| 1993 | Hope | TR8023 |
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| 1996 | Notes Of Life | 484450-2 |
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| 1997 | Black To The Future | 489477-2 |
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| 1999 | Sixty | 495227-2 |
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| 2000 | South Africa's Jazz Legend Hugh Masekela Homecoming Concert |
DVD 107 |
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| 2002 | Time | 508295-2 |
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| 2002 | Live At The BBC | 302 061 197-2 |
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| 2002 | Time | CDCOL8198 |
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| 2002 | Tsepotshola - A New Dawn | CDCOL8209 |
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| 2005 | Revival | Chisa |
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| 2005 | Almost Like Being In Jazz | Heads Up |
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| 2007 | Live At The Market Theatre | Chisa |
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| 2008 | Phola | Gallo |
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| Compilation LPs and CDs | |||
| 1968 | 24 Karat Hits (S4372 and SE-4415) | V6-651-2 |
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| 1994 | Stimela | VSOP CD-200 |
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| 1995 | African Breeze | MOCD-3013 |
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| 1996 | Lasting Impressions Of Ooga Booga | 531630-2 |
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| 1999 | Best Of Hugh Masekela | 68714-2 |
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| 1999 | Liberation - The Best Of Hugh Masekela | 0523592 |
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| 2001 | Hugh Masekela's Greatest Hits | 498266-2 |
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| 2008 |
Grazing In The Grass - The Best Of Hugh Masekela |
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| 1984 | Motlalepula Imvula |
VUS-14A VUS-14B |
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| Hugh Masekela also performs on the following album: | |||
| 1995 | Johannesburg | AN-0102-2 |
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