Hugh Masekela

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collaborator on:	The Johannesburg Street Band
member of:	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa
married:	Miriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) (from 1964 until 1966)

founded:	Chisa

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Masekela_2009.jpg [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556249/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/14661 [info]
biographies:	http://www.headsup.com/bios/masekela.html [info] (until 2007)
official homepages:	http://www.hughmasekela.co.za/ [info]
discography pages:	http://www.dougpayne.com/hmlist.htm [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85151985 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v12mp3 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897177c [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/129389692 [info] https://ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hugh-masekela-12119 [info] https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-952096 [info] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6972672A [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/hugh_masekela [info] https://www.45cat.com/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.45worlds.com/12single/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.45worlds.com/live/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.45worlds.com/tape/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/artist/hugh-masekela [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/hugh-masekela/ [info] https://www.whosampled.com/Hugh-Masekela/ [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85151985 [info]
Myspace:	https://myspace.com/hughmasakela [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/83a2e0fb-3d9b-46ff-b383-3dde54c15297 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
social networking:	https://www.facebook.com/Hugh-Masekela-ZA-147130960234 [info]
YouTube channels:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAkbN43RQG_Pe1xOevukfA [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/1b3F5FI7TX4IWTNA4P1kWp [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/6796 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/artists/Hugh-masekela [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000830319 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/5177 [info]
VIAF ID:	118997628 [info]
Wikidata:	Q246594 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/140299 [info]
setlist.fm:	https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/hugh-masekela-3d619b3.html [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Hugh Masekela [info]
Bandsintown:	https://www.bandsintown.com/a/46234 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	Both Sides Now		Hugh Masekela	2:16
	Egoli		Hugh Masekela	5:39
	Elijah		Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Emavungwengi		Hugh Masekela	4:33
	Going Back to My Roots		Lamont Dozier	9:47
	Hold On		Hugh Masekela	5:35
	If You Don’t Know Me by Now		Hugh Masekela	6:28
	Leave Us Alone		Hugh Masekela	4:24
	Make Me a Potion		Hugh Masekela	5:30
	Naledi		Hugh Masekela	4:14
	No Woman, No Cry		Hugh Masekela	5:24
	Nomalizo		Hugh Masekela	7:12
	Now or Never		Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Ooo, Baby, Baby		Hugh Masekela	6:19
	Polina		Hugh Masekela	6:57
	Sale Le Mane		Hugh Masekela	5:05
	Sekunjalo		Hugh Masekela	7:24
	Uptownship		Hugh Masekela	6:04
	Woza		Hugh Masekela	2:18
	instruments
1965	Abangoma (Song of Praise)	brass	Hugh Masekela	3:35
1965	Bajabula Bonke (Healing Song)	brass	Hugh Masekela	7:12
1965	Cantelope Island	brass	Hugh Masekela	5:04
1965	Dzinorabiro (The Good Old Days)	brass	Hugh Masekela	5:57
1965	Masquenada	brass	Hugh Masekela	6:18
1965	Myxolydia	brass	Hugh Masekela	6:14
1965	U-Dwi (Song for My Mother)	brass	Hugh Masekela	5:10
1965	Unhlanhla (Lucky Boy)	brass	Hugh Masekela	5:01
1966-10	Child of the Earth	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:44
1966-10	Felicidade	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	10:15
1966-10	Ha lese le di khanna	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	6:48
1966-10	Up, Up and Away	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	5:35
1966-11-28	So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star	horn	The Byrds	2:07
1967	November Night	brass	Peter Fonda	3:00
1968-03-14	Bajabula bonke (The Healing Song)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	6:32
1968-03-14	Grazing in the Grass	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	2:38
1968-09	Gold	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:12
1968-09	Mace and Grenades	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	3:56
1973-07	Languta	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:52
1974-03 – 1974-04	Been Such a Long Time Gone	flugelhorn and trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:01
1974-03 – 1974-04	Stimela (Coal Train)	flugelhorn and trumpet	Hugh Masekela	6:26
2012-07-15	Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (live, 2012-07-15: Hyde Park, London, UK)	flugelhorn	Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo	6:29
2012-07-15	You Can Call Me Al (live, 2012-07-15: Hyde Park, London, UK)	flugelhorn	Paul Simon	4:55
2016-04-30	Bring Him Back Home (live, 2016-04-30: International Jazz Day 2016: The White House, Washington, DC, USA)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kendrick Scott, Kris Bowers, Lee Ritenour, Till Brönner, Bobby Watson, John McLaughlin & Marcus Miller	?:??
	Abangoma (The Healers)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Abangoma (The Healers)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Ade	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:47
	An Evening in Gibraltar	guest and trumpet	Keiko Matsui	3:31
	Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	7:37
	Beatin’ Aroun de Bush	flugelhorn and keyboard	Hugh Masekela	6:31
	Bouka	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	5:30
	Bouka	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	5:30
	Broken Sticks	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	8:01
	Broken Sticks	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	8:01
	Caution!	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:43
	Child of the Earth	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:41
	Chisa	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	2:13
	Dee Mwa Wee	flugelhorn	Andy Narell	7:20
	Do Me So La So So	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	2:33
	Don’t Let Me Down	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	3:58
	Dyambo	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:49
	Enum	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	6:15
	Enum	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	6:15
	Everything Must Change (live)	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	4:53
	Ganza	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	4:53
	Ganza	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	4:53
	Goin' Back to New Orleans	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:08
	Gombo Sauce	trumpet	Manu Dibango	5:19
	Grazin’ In the Grass	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	3:28
	Grazin’ In the Grass	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	3:28
	Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	5:38
	Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	5:38
	Ha Lese Le Di Khanna	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	6:44
	Hush (Somebody’s Calling My Name)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:34
	I Had to See You One More Time	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	3:38
	I Let You Walk Away	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	3:25
	I’m Easy	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	3:43
	I’ve Never Been to Me	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	3:35
	Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:58
	Lady	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	7:01
	Lady	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	7:01
	Languta	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	6:49
	Languta	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	8:04
	Languta	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	8:04
	Makossa '87	trumpet	Manu Dibango	16:53
	Mamani	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:25
	Mandela (Bring Him Back Home!)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	5:10
	Mandela (Bring Him Back Home!)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	5:10
	Marketplace	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Marketplace	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Nali Kola	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	17:18
	Nali Kola	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	17:18
	Ngena-Ngena	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	6:07
	Nomali	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	8:55
	Nomali	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	8:55
	Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	5:55
	Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	5:55
	Old Potch Road	guest and trumpet	Keiko Matsui	5:55
	Only Your Love Song Lasts	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	4:07
	Polina	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	6:57
	Rock With You	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	3:33
	Sekunjalo	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	7:24
	She Doesn’t Write	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	3:42
	Shebeen	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	4:03
	Snake Back Solos	trumpet	Hamiet Bluiett	5:39
	Snake Back Solos	flugelhorn	Hamiet Bluiett	5:39
	Something So Right	flugelhorn	Randy Crawford	4:12
	Sqo	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	2:15
	Steppin’ Out	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	3:37
	Stimela (The Coal Train)	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	10:00
	Stimela (The Coal Train)	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	10:00
	To Get Ourselves Together	trumpet	Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	2:52
	Until When	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:09
	Until When	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	4:09
	Uptownship	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	4:51
	Uptownship	flugelhorn	Hugh Masekela	4:51
	What Is Wrong With Groovin’?	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	3:01
	Why Are You Blowing My Mind?	trumpet	Hugh Masekela	2:36
	mixed
	Abangoma (The Healers)		Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Grazin’ In the Grass		Hugh Masekela	3:28
	Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song)		Hugh Masekela	5:38
	Lady		Hugh Masekela	7:01
	Languta		Hugh Masekela	8:04
	Mandela (Bring Him Back Home!)		Hugh Masekela	5:10
	Marketplace		Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Nomali		Hugh Masekela	8:55
	Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)		Hugh Masekela	5:55
	Stimela (The Coal Train)		Hugh Masekela	10:00
	Until When		Hugh Masekela	4:09
	Uptownship		Hugh Masekela	4:51
	performed
	Im Ghetto von Soweto (Auntie's House)		Joy Denalane feat. Hugh Masekela	5:26
	Mamani		Joy Denalane feat. Hugh Masekela	2:08
	Shosholoza	guest	Ladysmith Black Mambazo feat. Lucky Dube, Bhekumuzi Luthuli, Hugh Masekela, Vusi Mahlasela, Nokukhanya, Phuzekhemisi & Thandiswa	4:53
	produced
	A Song for Brazil		Hugh Masekela	4:13
	Abangoma (The Healers)		Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Cecil Rhodes		Hugh Masekela	5:13
	Colonial Man		Hugh Masekela	5:04
	Egoli		Hugh Masekela	5:39
	Elijah		Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Emavungwengi		Hugh Masekela	4:33
	For the Love of You		Hugh Masekela	8:25
	Grazin’ In the Grass		Hugh Masekela	3:28
	Ha Le Se (The Dowry Song)		Hugh Masekela	5:38
	Hold On		Hugh Masekela	5:35
	If You Don’t Know Me by Now		Hugh Masekela	6:28
	Lady		Hugh Masekela	7:01
	Languta		Hugh Masekela	8:04
	Mandela (Bring Him Back Home!)		Hugh Masekela	5:10
	Marketplace		Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Naledi		Hugh Masekela	4:14
	No Woman, No Cry		Hugh Masekela	5:24
	Nomali		Hugh Masekela	8:55
	Nomalizo		Hugh Masekela	7:12
	Now or Never		Hugh Masekela	4:59
	Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird)		Hugh Masekela	5:55
	Ooo, Baby, Baby		Hugh Masekela	6:19
	Stimela (The Coal Train)		Hugh Masekela	10:00
	Until When		Hugh Masekela	4:09
	Uptownship		Hugh Masekela	6:04
	Uptownship		Hugh Masekela	4:51
	Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man)		Hugh Masekela	5:28
	Whitch Doctor		Hugh Masekela	7:31
	vocals
1966-10	Child of the Earth		Hugh Masekela	4:44
1966-10	Ha lese le di khanna		Hugh Masekela	6:48
1968-03-14	Bajabula bonke (The Healing Song)		Hugh Masekela	6:32
1968-09	Gold		Hugh Masekela	4:12
1968-09	Mace and Grenades		Hugh Masekela	3:56
1973-07	Languta		Hugh Masekela	4:52
1974-03 – 1974-04	Been Such a Long Time Gone		Hugh Masekela	4:01
1974-03 – 1974-04	Stimela (Coal Train)		Hugh Masekela	6:26
	Ade		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:47
	Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika)	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	7:37
	Beatin’ Aroun de Bush	lead vocals	Hugh Masekela	6:31
	Caution!		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:43
	Child of the Earth		Hugh Masekela	4:41
	Dyambo		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:49
	Egoli	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	5:39
	Goin' Back to New Orleans		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:08
	Ha Lese Le Di Khanna		Hugh Masekela	6:44
	Hold On		Hugh Masekela	5:35
	Hold On	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	5:35
	Hush (Somebody’s Calling My Name)		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:34
	If You Don’t Know Me by Now	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	6:28
	Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	3:58
	Languta	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	6:49
	Mamani		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	5:25
	Naledi	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	4:14
	Ngena		Hugh Masekela	0:52
	No Woman, No Cry	lead vocals	Hugh Masekela	5:24
	No Woman, No Cry	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	5:24
	Nomalizo	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	7:12
	Ooo, Baby, Baby	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	6:19
	She Doesn’t Write		Hugh Masekela	3:42
	Shebeen		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	4:03
	To Get Ourselves Together		Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa	2:52
	U-Mama	background vocals	Hugh Masekela	4:08
	What Is Wrong With Groovin’?		Hugh Masekela	3:01
	Why Are You Blowing My Mind?		Hugh Masekela	2:36
	instruments
1966-02-21 – 1967-06-21	Younger Than Yesterday	additional and horn	The Byrds
	Blue Horizon	flugelhorn	Eric Gale
	Dancin' Through the Streets	trumpet	The Johannesburg Street Band
	Revival	cornet, flugelhorn and keyboard	Hugh Masekela
	Sangoma	additional and percussion	Miriam Makeba
	The Complete Columbia Albums Collection	additional and horn	The Byrds
	Younger Than Yesterday (Gold disc, mono)	additional and horn	The Byrds
	produced
	Letta		Letta Mbulu
	vocals
	Revival	lead vocals	Hugh Masekela
	Revival	background vocals [backing vocals]	Hugh Masekela
	Sangoma	additional and background vocals	Miriam Makeba
	The Americanization of Ooga Booga		Hugh Masekela
	composed
	A Person Is a Sometime Thing
	Africa Burning in the Sun
	Bring Back Nelson Mandela
	Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)
	Child of the Earth
	Chisa
	Do Me So La So So
	Excuse Me Baby
	Goodbye
	Languta
	Macongo
	Meeting Tonight
	Polina
	Sarafina
	Sechaba
	Son of Ice Bag
	Soweto Blues
	Sqo
	Stimela (The Coal Train)
	Township Jive
	What Is Wrong With Groovin’?
	Why Are You Blowing My Mind?
	Yes, Mistress It's a Pity
	lyrics
	Africa Burning in the Sun
	Bring Back Nelson Mandela
	Child of the Earth
	Excuse Me Baby
	Goodbye
	Languta
	Macongo
	Meeting Tonight
	Sarafina
	Sechaba
	Stimela (The Coal Train)
	What Is Wrong With Groovin’?
	Why Are You Blowing My Mind?
	Yes, Mistress It's a Pity
	wrote
	Don’t Go Lose It Baby
	Marketplace
	Obvs
	Uptownship

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