On its 10th anniversary, Nigeria’s premier jazz festival –Lagos International Jazz Festival (LIJF) scheduled to hold on Monday, April 30 which is globally recognized as International Jazz Day will honour the memory of South African trumpeter, Hugh Masekela. The one-day multistage event takes...
Approaching the venue from any side of the street that evening, there was an unmistakable flurry of activities at a particular address on Akin-Olugbade at Victoria Island-Lagos where Nigeria’s leading jazz musicians joined the world in remembering the legacy of the international jazz icon, music...
As confirmed by his family and the South African Minister of Culture and Tourism, Legendary South African Trumpeter and Musician Hugh Masekela has passed on at the age of seventy-eight (78) after
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Trumpeter, composer and singer, Hugh Masekela, affectionately known as the ‘father of South African jazz’, has died after a long battle with prostate cancer, the media reported on Tuesday. He was 78. In a career spanning more than five decades, Mr. Masekela gained international recognition with...
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