Hugh Masekela
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1939
- Place of birth
- Witbank, South Arfrica
- Died
- January 23, 2018
Biography
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home". He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".
Movies with Hugh Masekela
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021 · ★ 7.6
- Monterey Pop 1968 · ★ 7.4
- Soul Power 2009 · ★ 6.5
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony 2002 · ★ 6.5
- I Am Thalente 2015 · ★ 7.3
- Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert 1987 · ★ 6.1
- Sophiatown 2003 · ★ 7.3
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute 1988 · ★ 6.5
- The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert 1988 · ★ 10.0
- Alekesam 2013 · ★ 1.0
- Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella 1990 · ★ 10.0
- Blue Notes and Exiled Voices 1992
- Freedom Beat 2003
- The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2011
- We Are Universal 1971
- Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella 1990