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Participations
3
Song Writer
12
Vocalist
238
Songwriter
41
Co-Performer
4
Trumpeter
355
Performer
97
Producer
3
Composer
6
Flugelhornist
1
Horn Player
1
Background Singer
1
Arranger
3
Co-Producer
1
Executive Producer
2
Instrumentalist
Bio
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was a well-known South African trumpeter, singer, and composer known as "the father of South African jazz." He wrote several anti-apartheid songs and had a number-one US pop hit with "Grazing in the Grass" in 1968. Masekela left South Africa in 1960 due to the increasing brutality of the Apartheid regime and went on to collaborate with musicians from West and Central Africa. Unfortunately, he died due to health challenges.
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