Hugh Masekela
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Born in Witbank, South Africa, Masekela first learned trumpet under the guidance of Uncle Sauda after Archbishop Trevor Huddleston secured the instrument for him, later refining his technique at London’s Guildhall School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He co-founded the pioneering Jazz Epistles, the continent’s initial jazz group to record an LP, and after leaving South Afr…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources