2.http://www.answers.com/topic/hugh-masekela#ixzz1HLIrCUxX
3.a.april 4 1939
b.south sfrica
c.no siblings
d.Attended missionary schools; studied music at Guildhall School of Music, London, England; attended the Manhattan School of Music, New York City, 1960-64
e.Began playing trumpet with South African dance bands while a teenager; member of Alfred Herbert's African Jazz Revue, 1958-59; formed own band, the Jazz Epistles, 1959; studied music in England, and in the United States, 1960-64; co-founder of Chisa Records, 1965; leader of and member of numerous musical groups, 1965--; left United States for Botswana, 1982, joined the Kalahari Band; founded the Botswana International School of Music, 1986; co-wrote (with Mbongemi Ngema) musical play Sarafina!; returned to South Africa, 1990.
quotes----"grazing in the grass""beautiful struggle"
partner, producer Stewart Levine, released such signature Masekela performances asTHE EMANCIPATION OF HUGH MASEKELA,Masekela's biggest hit ever, 1968's "Grazing In The Grass," from THE PROMISE OF A FUTURE.
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5.trumpet
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7.composer
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timeline:Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on April 4, 1939, in Witbank, South Africa.t the end of 1959, Dollar Brand (later known as Abdullah Ibrahim), Kippie, Jonas,Makhaya Ntshoko, Johnny Gertze and Hugh formed the Jazz Epistles, the first African jazz group to record an LP and perform to record-breaking audiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town through late 1959 to early 1960.Following the March 21, 1960, Sharpeville Massacre - where 69 peacefully protesting Africans were mercilessly mowed down and the government banned gatherings of ten or more people - and the increased brutality of the Apartheid state, Hugh finally left the country. Hugh was helped by Trevor Huddleston and international friends like Yehudi Menuhin.By 1963, the trumpeter had recorded his first solo album, TRUMPET AFRICAINE, and the following year, Makeba and Masekela were wed.
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