Hugh Masekela, South Africa’s trumpeter, jazz artist and music legend, is dead. “A baobab tree has fallen, the nation has lost a one of a kind musician with the passing of Jazz legend bra Hugh Masekela. We can safely say bra Hugh was one of the great architects of Afro-Jazz and he uplifted the soul of our nation through his timeless music”, Mthethwa tweeted. Masekela’s was introduced to the trumpet in 1954 when he got it as a gift from another Jazz legend, Louis Armstrong. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the CHOMVA, Ghana Music Awards, Jazz FM Awards and MAMAs.

Source: Punch January 23, 2018 10:18 UTC