{"id":1367,"date":"2014-05-02T16:42:14","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2022-11-15T06:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T05:45:38","slug":"hugh-masekela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/hugh-masekela\/","title":{"rendered":"Life and Death of Hugh Masekela: His Songs, Personal Life and Legacies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hugh Masekela (4 April 1939 \u2013 23 January 2018) was a well-known trumpeter, composer, flugelhornist, and bandleader who was born in Witbank town South Africa. Growing up, Masekela was motivated and inspired by the music on the 78 RPM, GRAMOPHONE RECORDS OF Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.<\/p>\n
He was a trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer, one who has been described as “the father of South African jazz.” His Jazz compositions as well as his very popular anti-apartheid songs such as “Soweto Blues” and “Bring Him Back Home,” are some of the works he is famed for. In 1968, he reached a milestone in his career as his version of “Grazing in the Grass,” reached number 1, on the US pop hit charts.<\/p>\n
Hugh lived his life, both career-wise and on a personal level, to the fullest before bowing to death in 2018. He was celebrated world over even as his legacies have a promise of living for always.<\/p>\n