Hugh Masekela
Actor
- Born
- April 4, 1939 · Witbank, South Arfrica
- Died
- January 23, 2018 (age 78)
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".
Known for
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
July 2, 2021
Monterey Pop
December 26, 1968
Soul Power
June 10, 2009
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
September 21, 2002
I Am Thalente
June 15, 2015
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
August 20, 1987
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
June 11, 1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
January 1, 1988
Alekesam
April 25, 2013
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
January 1, 1990
Freedom Beat
January 5, 2003
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
July 5, 2011
Acting16
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)
- 2015I Am Thalente as Self
- 2013Alekesam
- 2011The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa as Self
- 2009Soul Power as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Sophiatown as Self
- 2003Freedom Beat as Self
- 2002Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self
- 1992Blue Notes and Exiled Voices
- 1990Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella