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".

KNOWN FOR

Great Performances
1990
Kraft Music Hall
1967
Show & Co. mit Carlo
1984
Arthouse
1997
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Tonight in Person
1965
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
Soul Power
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
21
Sound
2
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2015
I Am Thalente
as Self
2013
Alekesam
2011
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
as Self
2009
Soul Power
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Sophiatown
as Self
2003
Freedom Beat
as Self
2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self
1997
Arthouse
as Self
1992
Blue Notes and Exiled Voices
1990
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as Self
1990
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Great Performances
as Self
1988
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1987
Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
as Self
1984
Show & Co. mit Carlo
as Self
1971
We Are Universal
1968
Monterey Pop
as Self
1967
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1965
Tonight in Person
as Self