Hugh Masekela

Masakela, 2009

Hugh Masekela (amezaliwa 4 Aprili 1939) ni mpulizaji mashuhuri wa tarumbeta wa Muziki ya Jazz. Alizaliwa mji wa Wilbank, Afrika Kusini. Hugh Masekela anafahamika ulimwenguni kote kwa aina ya kupiga Jazz la mtindo wa Afri Jazz na hasa upulizaji wake wa tarumbeta; uongozi wa bendi ya muziki; tena kama mtunzi na mwandishi mahiri wa mashairi ya muziki. Masekela alijifunza kupuliza tarumbeta akiwa shuleni na mwalimu wake ni Padri Trevor Huddleston. Padri Trevor alikuwa ni mkuu wa shule yao Huddleston. Masekela alifanya ziara New York, Marekani ambako alikutana na msanii maarufu wa kimarekani Louis Armstrong na aliporudi Afrika Kusini alibeba tarumbeta alizopewa na Armstrong ambazo zilimzindua Masekela na kuanza kufahamika.

Akiwa na umri wa miaka ishirini Masekela alikuwa akitumbuiza muziki ya aina tofauti, hasa ya Jazz; Bebop; Funk na Afrobeat wakati huo alikuwa na kundi la Jazz Epistles; kundi hilo lilikuwa na wasanii maarufu kama mpiga kinanda mahiri Abdillah Ibrahim. Mwaka 1960 Masekela alikwenda London, Uingereza ambako alijiunga na shule ya muziki ya Guildhall School of Music na baadaye alikwenda New York, Marekani ambako alisoma katika mji wa Manhattan. Mwaka 1962 alitoa albamu yake ya kwanza iitwayo Trumpet Africa. Miaka miwili baadaye alitoa nyingine iitwayo The Americanisation of Ooga Booga ambayo ilitamba mpaka kushika chati, hasa baada ya kupigwa na kituo kimoja cha radio cha mjini California.

Mpaka kufikia Agosti 2000 alikuwa ameuza nakala milioni 50 na kumfanya apate tuzo ya Platinum. Hugh ameshirikiana na wasanii kama Miriam Makeba wa Afrika Kusini na Paul Simon wa Marekani kwenye albamu ya Graceland. Tarumbeta lake limesikika zaidi kwenye wimbo wa Gumboots na Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.

Albamu

• Trumpet Africaine (Mercury 1963)
• Grrr (Mercury 1965)
• The Americanization of Ooga Booga (MGM 1966)
• Hugh Masekela's Next Album (MGM 1966)
• The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela (UNI 1966)
• The Lasting Impression of Hugh Masekela (MGM 1968)
• Hugh Masekela's Latest (UNI 1967)
• Hugh Masekela is Alive and Well at the Whiskey (UNI 1967)
• The Promise of a Future (Uni 1968)
• Masekela (Uni 1968)
• Reconstruction (Chisa 1970)
• Hugh Masekela & Union of South Africa (Chisa 1971)
• Home Is Where the Music Is (Chisa 1972)
• I Am Not Afraid (Chisa 1974)
• The Boy's Doin' It (Casablanca 1975)
• Colonial Man (Casablanca 1976)
• Melody Maker (Casablanca 1976)
• You Told Your Mama Not to Worry (Casablanca 1977)
• Live in Lesotho (Down South 1980)
• Home (Moonshine 1982)
• Techno Bush (Jive Afrika 1984)
• Waiting for the Rain (Jive/Arista 1985)
• BBC Radio I Live in Concert (Strange Fruit 1985)
• Tomorrow (Warner 1986)
• Sarafina! (Shanachie 1987)
• Uptownship (Novus 1989)
• In Concert - Vukani (BMG 1990)
• Beating' Around the Bush (Novus 1992)
• Homecoming Concert (Shanachie 1991)
• Hope (Triloka 1993)
• Notes of Life (Columbia 1995)
• Black to the Future (Sony Jazz 1997)
• The Best of Hugh Masekela on Novus (RCA 1999)
• Sixty (Sony Jazz 2000)
• Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela (Sony 2000)
• Time (Sony Jazz 2001)
• Almost Like Being in Jazz (Straight Ahead 2004)
• Revival (Heads Up 2004)
• The Chisa Years: 1965-1975 (BBE 2006)
• Live at the Market Theatre (Four Quarters End 2006)
• The Best of Hugh Masekela (Jive 2007)

Na Jazz Epistles

• Jazz Epistle: Verse 1 (Continental 1959)

Na Herp Albert

• Herb Alpert/Hugh Masekela (Horizon 1978)
• Main Event Live (A&M 1978)

Na wengine

• John Mehegan, Jazz in Africa (Continental 1959)
• King Kong: The Original Stage Cast (1959)
• The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Buddah)
• Miriam Makeba, The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (Kapp 1962)
• Harry Belafonte, The Many Moods of Belafonte (RCA)
• Miriam Makeba, The World of Miriam Makeba (RCA 1963)
• Miriam Makeba, The Voice of Africa (RCA 1964)
• Miriam Makeba, Makeba Sings! (RCA 1965)
• Harry Belafonte na Miriam Makeba, An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (RCA 1965)
• The Byrds, Younger Than Yesterday (Columbia 1966)
• The Monterey International Pop Festival
• Stu Gardner, To Soul with Love (Revue 1967)
• Johannesburg Street Band, Dancin' Through the Streets (UNI 1968)
• Letta Mbulu, Letta (Chisa 1970)
• Hedzoleh Soundz, Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz (Chisa 1973)
• When We Were Kings (DAS/Mercury 1974)
• Johnny Nash, Tears of My Pillow (CBS 1975)
• Randy Crawford, Everyhing Must Change (Warner Bros 1976)
• Lamont Dozier Dozier, Peddlin' Music on the Side (Warner Bros 1977)
• Miriam Makeba, Country Girl (Disques Esperance 1978)
• Ralph MacDonald, The Path (Marlin 1978)
• Eric Gale, Blue Horizon (Elektra Musician 1982)
• African Sounds for Mandela (Tsafrika 1983)
• Sakhile, New Life (Jive Afrika 1984)
• Barney Rachabane, Blow Barney Blow (Jive Afrika 1985)
• Jewel of the Nile (1985)
• Blancmange, Believe You Me (Sire 1985)
• Aswad, To the Top (Mango 1986)
• Manu Dibango, Afrijazzy (Enemy 1986)
• Artists Against Apartheid, Freedom Beat (Video Arts 1986)
• Kiki Dee, Angel Eyes (Columbia 1986)
• Paul Simon, The Graceland Concert (Warner 1987)
• Miriam Makeba, Sangoma (Warner Bros 1987)
• Hamiet Bluiett, Nali Kola (Soul Note 1987)
• Marc V., Too True (Elektra 1988)
• Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Conscious Party (Virgin 1988)
• Mbongeni Ngema, Time to Unite (Mango 1988)
• Sarafina! The Music of Liberation (RCA 1988)
• Sipho Mabuse, Chant of the Marching (Virgin 1989)
• Dave Grusin, Migration (GRP 1989)
• Paul Simon, The Rhythm of the Saints (Warner Bros 1989)
• Jonathan Butler, Deliverance (Jive 1990)
• Miriam Makeba, Eyes on Tomorrow (Polydor 1991)
• 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, Underground (Antilles 1991)
• Ivan Lins, Awa Iyô (Reprise 1991)
• René McLean, In African Eyes (Triloka 1992)
• Cindy Lauper, Hat Full of Stars (Epic 1993)
• Sekunjalo - Now Is the Time - The Official ANC Album (Mango 1993)
• Tandie Klaasen, Together As One (HKM 1995)
• Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation (Mango 1995)
• Simply Red, Life (Eastwest 1995)
• Place of Hope (Warner Bros 1995)
• MarcAlex, Enjoy (Gallo 1995)
• Rebecca Malope, Live at the State Theater (CCP 1995)
• Hedzoleh Soundz, Wala (Alive) (Edzo 1996)
• Brenda Fassie, Brenda Fassie Live (VBREN1 1996)
• Stewart Sukuma, Afrikiti (Tropical Music 1998)
• Wendy Mseleku, Powerhouse (Columbia 1999)
• Smooth Africa (Heads Up 1999)
• Jazz Crusaders, Power of Our Music: The Endangered Red Species (Indigo Blue 1999)
• Themba Mkhize, Tales from the South (Sony Jazz 1999)
• Family Factor, Deliverance (Epic 1999)
• Sibongile Khumalo, Immortal Secrets (Columbia 2000)
• Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Cachaito (World Circuit/Nonesuch 2001)
• South Africa Freedom Day: Concert on the Square (Image Entertainment 2001)
• Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness (Sting 2001)
• Brothers of Peace, Zabalaza: Project B (Kalawa-Jazmee 2001)
• Jimmy Dludlu, Afrocentric (Universal 2001)
• Prisca Molotsi, Where Are You Going? (Jigsaw 2001)
• Joy Denalane, Mamani (Four Music 2002)
• Tsepo Tshola, A New Dawn (Columbia 2002)
• Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (Colosseum 2002)
• Amdanla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (ATO)
• Jeff Maluleke, Mambo: The Collection (CCP 2003)
• Busi Mhlongo, Freedom (Columbia Chissa 2003)
• Mafikizolo, Kwela (Kalawa-Jazmee 2003)
• Solidarity Forever: A Tribute to South African Workers by South African Artists (Gallo 2003)
• Andy Narell and Calypsociation, The Passage (Heads Up 2003)
• Enzo Avitabile na Botari, Save the World (Wrasse 2004)
• The Trio, My Pride, My Joy (Kisanji 2004)
• Poncho Sanchez, Do It! (Concord Picante 2004)
• Spikiri, Spikiri Featuring Hugh Masekela (Vega 2005)
• Tsepo Tshola, Winding Rivers and Waterfalls (Chissa/Heita 2005)
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Long Walk to Freedom (Heads Up 2005)
• Ngwako, Ramelodi (Chissa 2005)
• Corlea, Shades of the Rainbow (Chissa 2005)
• In for a Mez, Rocking the Cradle (Chissa 2005)
• The Bala Family, Genesis (Bala Brothers/Chissa 2006)
• Sam Bridges & the Levite Camp, Some Bridges (Concord 2006)
• Nathi, Soze (Chissa 2006)
• Keiko Matsui, Moyo (Shout Factory)

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