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Hugh Masekela at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on February 16, 2014
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Mon, March 24, 2014
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Hugh Masekela
flugelhornAbout
More so than any other artist today, trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela is the embodiment of African jazz. After honing what became the sound of ‘Afro-jazz’ in the late 1950s, Masekela left his native South Africa for New York City, where he worked with Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong and garnered several instrumental pop hits. A truly global figure known for his activism against apartheid and his relationship with Miriam Makeba, Masekela has received the highest recognition in South Africa, “The Order of Ikhamanga”. He continues to release new music, including 2013’s Playing @ Work.