David Dalle
Thursday January 25th, 2018 with David Dalle
Celebrating the life and music of Hugh Masekela, the supreme South African musician who passed away this week aged 78.
Today we celebrate the life and music of the great South African musician Hugh Masekela (April 4 1939-Jan 23 2018) who for nearly 6 decades explored the intersections of Jazz and African musics, beginning in 1959 with Abdullah Ibrahim in the Jazz Epistles, recording the first ever LP by African Jazz musicians. He left South African for the US in 1960 and spent three decades as an exile fighting against Apartheid and championing Nelson Mandela. He returned to Africa to live in Botswana in 1980, but did not return to live in South Africa until Mandela was released in 1990 and Apartheid came to an end. He collaborated with many great South African musicians, American Jazz musicians, and other African musicians including collaborations in Afrofunk with Fela Kuti and the Ghanian group Hezdoleh Soundz.
We will hear a wide range of selections from his long and illustrious career, starting with his 1987 anthem for Nelson Mandela "Bring Him back Home".
| Bring Him Back Home Hugh Masekela - Tomorrow - Warner |
| Bajabula Bonke Hugh Masekela with Hal Dotson, Henry Jenkins - The Americanization of Ooga Booga - MGM |
| Laku Tshoni 'ilanga Manhatten Brothers with Miriam Makeba - The Very Best of the Manhatten Brothers - Stern's |
| Minawa Hugh Masekela with Dudu Phukwana, Larry Willis, Makhaya Ntshoko, Eddie Gomez - Home Is Where The Music Is - Chisa/Blue Thumbs |
| Jungle Jim Hugh Masekela - I Am Not Afraid - Chisa/Blue Thumbs |
| Adade Hugh Masekela with Hedzoleh Soundz - Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz - Chisa/Blue Thumbs |
| Kikirikiki Miriam Makeba - Comme Une Symphonie D'Amour - Sonodisc |
| Umsindo Webhanoyi Afrika Mamas - Iphupho - ARC 
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| Nye Tamo Ame Hugh Masekela with Hedzoleh Soundz - Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz - Chisa/Blue Thumbs |
| Cecil Rhodes Hugh Masekela - Colonial Man - Casablanca |
| Motlalepula Hugh Masekela - Techno-Bush - Jive Africa |
| Maseru Hugh Masekela with Dudu Phukwana, Larry Willis, Makhaya Ntshoko, Eddie Gomez - Home Is Where The Music Is - Chisa/Blue Thumbs |
| Kalahari Pleiades Abdullah Ibrahim - The Song Is My Story - Intuition |
| Yo Si Como Candela Estrellas de Areito - Los Heroes - World Circuit/Nonesuch |
| Stimela Hugh Masekela - Live At The Market Theatre - Four Quarters Entertainment |
| Juznjacka Uteha Boban Markovic Orkestar - Boban i Marko - Piranha |
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2:19 PM, January 25th, 2018