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 the song "Grazing in the Grass", which was later covered by various other artists.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Graceland
1986
Cheat Codes
2022
In Colour
2015
The Rhythm Of The Saints
1990
Some Rap Songs
2018
Younger Than Yesterday
1967
Orc
2017
Think!
1968
Life
1995
Songs Of Freedom
1992
Rejoice
2020
Conscious Party
1988
Everything Must Change
1976
The Columbia Years 1968-1969
2016
Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience
1991
The Path
1978
Colonial Man
1976
The Americanization Of Ooga Booga
1966
The Voice Of Africa
1964
Mbongeni Ngema's Sarafina!
1988
Waiting For The Rain
1985
I Am Not Afraid
1974
Masekela Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
1973
Masekela
1969
Credited work
1,738 releases · 293 albums · active 1959–2026
- Performance · 4,166
- Production · 517
- Other credits · 380
- Engineering · 68
- Mastering · 7
Studios: The Hit Factory · Battery Studios, London · Battery Mobile Studio, Botswana · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Miriam Makeba
- Masekela
- Mbongeni Ngema
- Myriam Makeba
- Paul Simon
- Harry Belafonte
- Herb Alpert