Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 Mmesa 1939 - 23 Pherekhong 2018) e ne e le moqapi wa terompeta, Flyelhornist, cornetist, ebile e le. sebini se neng se hlaloswa e le "ntate wa Jazz ya Afrika Borwa". Masekela o ne a tsejwa ka boqapi tsa ba hae mminong wa jazz le ho ngola dipina tse tsebahalang tse kgahlanong le kgethollo ya merabe tse kang "Soweto Blues" le "Bring Him Back Home". O ile a boela a ba le pina ya setlabolane ya pele ya US pop hit ka 1968 ka phetolelo ya hae ya "Grazing in the Grass".

Hugh Masekela

Bophelo ba pele

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Hugh Ramapolo Masekela o hlahetse toropong ya KwaGuqa e Witbank (eo hona jwale e bitswang Emalahleni), Afrika Borwa, ele mora wa Thomas Selena Masekela, eo e neng e le mohlahlobi wa bophelo bo botle le setsing se betlilweng le mosadi wa hae, Pauline Bowers Masekela, e leng mosebeletsi wa sechaba. Kgaitsedi ya hae e nyane Barbara Masekela ke seroki, mosuwe le mohanyetsi wa mokgatlo wa ANC. Ha a sa le ngwana, o ile a qala ho bina le ho bapala piano mme o ile a hōlisetswa haholo ke nkgono wa hae, ya neng a tsamaisa bareng e seng molaong bakeng sa basebetsi ba merafong.[1] Ha a le dilemo di 14, ka mora ho bona filimi ya 1950 Young Man with a Horn (e leng Kirk Douglas a bapalang sebopeho se etsiswang ke mokganni wa jazz wa Amerika Bix Beiderbecke), Masekela o ile a qala ho bapala terompeta. Terompeta ya hae ya pele e ile ya mo rekela lebenkeleng la mmino la lehae ke Moarekabishopo Trevor Huddleston, moruti ya kgahlanong le kgethollo ya merabe Sekolong sa Sekolo sa Bobeli sa St. Peter's se tsejwang hona jwale e le Sekolo sa St. Martin (Rosettenville).

Huddleston o ile a kopa moetapele wa Johannesburg "Native" Municipal Brass Band, Malome Sauda, ho ruta Masekela metheo wa ho letsa terompeta.

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