The session is only dimly remembered now. It took place in January 1960, in the midst of the South African summer, at the Gallo recording studio in Johannesburg. The album that emerged, Jazz Epistle, ...

Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, two of the biggest stars to emerge from South Africa, achieved success independently. But the two are... Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, ...

There are rare instances when a musical message for the times manages to transcend its place, evolving into a message for all time. Such is the case with The Jazz Epistles, the first black South ...

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The Jazz Epistles, led by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, was one of South Africa’s most acclaimed and influential jazz ensembles and a crusader for the anti-apartheid movement in its very ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Hugh Masekela, originally part of the Jazz Epistles concert with Abdullah ...

Even in death, Hugh Masekela is opening new doors. In 2016, for the first time in more than half a century, the trumpet star and pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim reunited in The Jazz Epistles, the ...

Note: This story has been updated following Masekela's cancellation due to illness. A chorus of voices singing in work-style unison sets the stage for the first song on Hugh Masekela's new album, No ...

Hugh Masekela was an up-and-coming trumpeter, all of 20, when he took an overnight train from Johannesburg to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South Africa: Abdullah Ibrahim, ...