Hugh Masekela’s life and music to be celebrated at the EFG London Jazz Festival

The line-up will include Oliver Oliver Mtukudzi, Sibongile Khumalo and Complete as well as members of Masekela’s bands.

15-10-2018 14:35

About Hugh Masekela

For 78 years, South Africa was blessed with a phenomenal visionary who impacted African jazz with a unique brass tone and storytelling style.

World-renowned trumpet and horn player, bandleader and defiant political voice, Hugh Masekela was renowned for international hits like Grazing in the Grass, Stimela and Bring Him Back Home, as well as his work on Paul Simon’s Graceland.

Masekela’s connection with the London Jazz Festival

Masekela was a long-time friend of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Together with the Masekela family, the organisers have put together a complete evening to celebrate his life, featuring Hugh Masekela’s full band of musicians, a top-class brass section and a stellar cast of guest vocalists, all showing their love and respect to the great Bra Hugh.

About the evening

At the festival, you can expect evergreen hits from the Masekela songbook – township anthems that carry the weight of the nation’s history but live on to inspire and convey the abundant joy of rootsy Afro-fusion.