Hugh Masekela
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1939, Witbank, South Arfrica
- Died
- January 23, 2018
- Movies
- 16
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".
Best-Known Movies
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Monterey Pop
1968
Soul Power
2009
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
I Am Thalente
2015
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
1987
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
Alekesam
2013
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
Filmography
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | I Am Thalente | Self |
| 2013 | Alekesam | |
| 2011 | The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Self |
| 2009 | Soul Power | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Sophiatown | Self |
| 2003 | Freedom Beat | Self |
| 2002 | Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Self |
| 1992 | Blue Notes and Exiled Voices | |
| 1990 | Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella | |
| 1990 | Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella | Self |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self |
| 1988 | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self |
| 1987 | Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert | Self |
| 1971 | We Are Universal | |
| 1968 | Monterey Pop | Self |
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