33-474: No Borders is the forty-fourth and final studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela . The album was released on 11 November 2016 via Universal Music label. The album takes on a journey through the diverse culture, history, and politics of the African continent. The image on the album sleeve is that of a map of Africa from 1590, long before the modern boundaries were drawn up. The message of this
66-621: A Manhattan Brothers tour of South Africa in 1958, Masekela joined the orchestra of the musical King Kong , written by Todd Matshikiza . King Kong was South Africa's first blockbuster theatrical success, touring the country for a sold-out year with Miriam Makeba and the Manhattan Brothers' Nathan Mdledle in the lead. The musical later went to London's West End for two years. At the end of 1959, Dollar Brand (later known as Abdullah Ibrahim ), Kippie Moeketsi , Makhaya Ntshoko , Jonas Gwangwa , Johnny Gertze and Hugh formed
99-505: A number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of " Grazing in the Grass ". Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was born in the township of KwaGuqa in Witbank (now called Emalahleni), South Africa, to Thomas Selena Masekela, who was a health inspector and sculptor and his wife, Pauline Bowers Masekela, a social worker. His younger sister Barbara Masekela is a poet, educator and ANC activist. As
132-660: A camp for the city's poor children, and funding the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral . He was granted the Freedom of the City of Coventry as an Honorary Freemen on 15 June 1933 in recognition of his philanthropy and contributions to the industrial development of the city. After the Coventry Blitz he donated £20,000 for reconstruction work at the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, in 1940. Herbert's legacy also lives on in
165-427: A child, he began singing and playing piano and was largely raised by his grandmother, who ran an illegal bar for miners. At the age of 14, after seeing the 1950 film Young Man with a Horn (in which Kirk Douglas plays a character modelled on American jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke ), Masekela took up playing the trumpet. His first trumpet was bought for him from a local music store by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston ,
198-496: A daily meal to students of township schools in Soweto . From 1964 to 1966 Masekela was married to singer and activist Miriam Makeba . He had subsequent marriages to Chris Calloway (daughter of Cab Calloway ), Jabu Mbatha, and Elinam Cofie. During the last few years of his life, he lived with the dancer Nomsa Manaka . He was the father of American television host Selema Masekela . Poet, educator, and activist Barbara Masekela
231-473: A further £100,000 to the project. Lady Herbert's Garden off Hales Street is named in honour of his second wife. He was married three times; he married Ellen Adela Ryley (1864 -1918) on 17 September 1889, with whom he had four daughters, Gladys (1890–1962), Beatrice (1892 -1969), Doris (1894–1969) and Phyllis (1896–1972). They separated and then divorced in 1913. He married Florence Lucas ( née Pepper) in 1913, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. E. Lucas. She
264-443: A nomination for Best World Music Album for his 2012 album Jabulani , one for Best Musical Cast Show Album for Sarafina! The Music Of Liberation (1989) and one for Best Contemporary Pop Performance for the song " Grazing in the Grass " (1968). Alfred Herbert Sir Alfred Edward Herbert KBE (5 September 1866 – 26 May 1957) was an English industrialist and museum benefactor. He moved to Coventry in 1887 to manage
297-775: A series of videos on ESPN . The series, called Umlando – Through My Father's Eyes , was aired in 10 parts during ESPN's coverage of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The series focused on Hugh's and Selema's travels through South Africa. Hugh brought his son to the places he grew up. It was Selema's first trip to his father's homeland. On 3 December 2013, Masekela guested with the Dave Matthews Band in Johannesburg, South Africa. He joined Rashawn Ross on trumpet for " Proudest Monkey " and " Grazing in
330-510: A single entitled "Don't Go Lose It Baby" peaked at number two for two weeks on the dance charts. In 1987, he had a hit single with " Bring Him Back Home ". The song became enormously popular, and turned into an unofficial anthem of the anti-apartheid movement and an anthem for the movement to free Nelson Mandela . A renewed interest in his African roots led Masekela to collaborate with West and Central African musicians, and finally to reconnect with Southern African players when he set up with
363-600: A small engineering business in the Butts where his brother, William, was director. In 1888 he went into partnership with William Hubbard. They bought C&M for £2,375 and traded as Herbert & Hubbard . Herbert bought out Hubbard in 1894 and the company was incorporated under the name Alfred Herbert Limited : a company that would become one of the World's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools . During World War I Herbert became Controller of machine tools for
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#1732802112536396-459: A small engineering business which grew to become Alfred Herbert Limited , one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools . Born in Leicester and educated at Stoneygate House School in Leicester , Alfred Herbert became an apprentice at Joseph Jessop & Sons , crane builders in 1884. In 1887 he moved to Coventry to become manager of Coles & Matthews ,
429-495: A stirring reworking of The Rooster and the gutsy KwaZulu. At almost 80 minutes, it's a long and varied set." Hugh Masekela Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist , cornetist , singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz ". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as " Soweto Blues " and " Bring Him Back Home ". He also had
462-474: Is 77 but still breaking down musical barriers with a set 'covering most of the international African world'. This is Hugh Masekela’s first album in five years, and the emphasis is on his powerful vocal work as much as his horn playing. There are reminders of his travels to Nigeria and meetings with Fela Kuti on Shango, his visits to Kinshasa with Congo Women, while the South African township jive includes
495-446: Is a blues /jazz piece that mourns the carnage of the Soweto riots in 1976. He also provided interpretations of songs composed by Jorge Ben , Antônio Carlos Jobim , Caiphus Semenya , Jonas Gwangwa , Dorothy Masuka , and Fela Kuti . In 2006 Masekela was described by Michael A. Gomez, professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University as "the father of African jazz ." In 2009, Masekela released
528-495: Is deliberate and clear: the boundaries between African people are artificial and have been drawn up by the colonial powers. The album is Masekela's first in almost five years, and it features an impressive list of guests, including Zimbabwean artist Oliver Mtukudzi in the song "Tapera" that talks about the devastating effects of HIV AIDS in Zimbabwe, and South African Kabomo Vilakazi and Congolese Tresor Riziki in "Congo Women" that
561-470: Is his younger sister. Masekela died in Johannesburg on the early morning of 23 January 2018 from prostate cancer , aged 78. Masekela was honoured with a Google Doodle on 4 April 2019, which would have been his 80th birthday. The Doodle depicts Masekela, dressed in colourful shirt, playing a flugelhorn in front of a banner. Masekela was nominated for a Grammy Award three times, including
594-762: Is of rumba style, known in the Congolese music as sebene. For No Borders Masekela recorded a new version of his song "Been Such a Long Time Gone"; its lyrics express the feeling of coming back to Africa from his exile in US. "Makeba" is a tribute song to Miriam Makeba , who was his wife for two years. "In an Age" is the only song that Masekela recorded with his son, the American TV presenter Sal Masekela aka Alekesam (Masekela spelled backwards). Robin Denselow of The Guardian wrote: "South Africa’s most celebrated musician
627-593: The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum , of which he was a major benefactor. In 1938 he donated £100,000 to Coventry City Council to erect a Gallery and Museum on a town centre site owned by the council. The city's destruction during the Second World War meant that construction was suspended. New plans were drawn up in 1952, and in May 1954 the foundation stone was laid by Herbert, who also donated
660-606: The Jazz Epistles , the first African jazz group to record an LP . They performed to record-breaking audiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town through late 1959 to early 1960. Following the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville massacre —where 69 protestors were shot dead in Sharpeville , and the South African government banned gatherings of ten or more people—and the increased brutality of the Apartheid state, Masekela left
693-668: The Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa set around the Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. He played primarily in jazz ensembles, with guest appearances on recordings by the Byrds (" So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star " and " Lady Friend ") (the latter being denied by David Crosby ) and Paul Simon ("Further to Fly"). In 1984, Masekela released the album Techno Bush ; from that album,
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#1732802112536726-399: The anti-apartheid chaplain at St. Peter's Secondary School now known as St. Martin's School (Rosettenville) . Huddleston asked the leader of the then Johannesburg "Native" Municipal Brass Band, Uncle Sauda, to teach Masekela the rudiments of trumpet playing. Masekela quickly mastered the instrument. Soon, some of his schoolmates also became interested in playing instruments, leading to
759-432: The 1950s and 1960s inspired and influenced him to make music and also spread political change. He was an artist who in his music vividly portrayed the struggles and sorrows, as well as the joys and passions of his country. His music protested about apartheid , slavery , government; the hardships individuals were living. Masekela reached a large population that also felt oppressed due to the country's situation. Following
792-547: The Grass ". In 2016, at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim performed together for the first time in 60 years, reuniting the Jazz Epistles in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the historic 16 June 1976 youth demonstrations . Masekela was involved in several social initiatives, and served as a director on the board of the Lunchbox Fund , a non-profit organization that provides
825-676: The Ministry of Munitions. He was knighted in 1917 and appointed an Officer in the Belgian Order of Leopold and an Officer in the French Légion d'honneur in 1919. He retired to Dunley Manor in Whitchurch, Hampshire and died at King's Somborne in 1957. As well as being an industrialist, Herbert was a philanthropist within Coventry, building almshouses , supporting wounded servicemen through donations, establishing
858-542: The US with the pop jazz tunes " Up, Up and Away " (1967) and the number-one smash " Grazing in the Grass " (1968), which sold four million copies. He also appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and was subsequently featured in the film Monterey Pop by D. A. Pennebaker and mentioned in the song Monterey by Eric Burdon & the Animals. In 1974, Masekela and friend Stewart Levine organised
891-515: The album Phola (meaning "to get well, to heal"), his second recording for 4 Quarters Entertainment/ Times Square Records . It includes some songs he wrote in the 1980s but never completed, as well as a reinterpretation of "The Joke of Life (Brinca de Vivre)", which he recorded in the mid-1980s. From October 2007, he was a board member of the Woyome Foundation for Africa. In 2010, Masekela was featured, with his son Selema Masekela , in
924-457: The annual Botswana Music Camp, giving local musicians of all ages and from all backgrounds the opportunity to play and perform together. Masekela taught the jazz course at the first workshop, and performed at the final concert. Also in the 1980s, Masekela toured with Paul Simon in support of Simon's album Graceland , which featured other South African artists such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo , Miriam Makeba, Ray Phiri , and other elements of
957-755: The band Kalahari , which was co-founded by guitarist Banjo Mosele and which backed Masekela in the 1980s. As well as recording with Kalahari, he also collaborated in the musical development for the Broadway play Sarafina! , which premiered in 1988. In 2003, he was featured in the documentary film Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony . In 2004, he released his autobiography, Still Grazing : The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela , co-authored with journalist D. Michael Cheers, which detailed Masekela's struggles against apartheid in his homeland, as well as his personal struggles with alcoholism from
990-825: The country. He was helped by Trevor Huddleston and international friends such as Yehudi Menuhin and John Dankworth , who got him admitted into London's Guildhall School of Music in 1960. During that period, Masekela visited the United States, where he was befriended by Harry Belafonte . After securing a scholarship back in London, Masekela moved to the United States to attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he studied classical trumpet from 1960 to 1964. In 1964, Miriam Makeba and Masekela were married, divorcing two years later. He had hits in
1023-517: The formation of the Huddleston Jazz Band, South Africa's first youth orchestra. When Louis Armstrong heard of this band from his friend Huddleston he sent one of his own trumpets as a gift for Hugh. By 1956, after leading other ensembles, Masekela joined Alfred Herbert 's African Jazz Revue. From 1954, Masekela played music that closely reflected his life experience. The agony, conflict, and exploitation faced by South Africa during
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1056-624: The help of Jive Records a mobile studio in Botswana , just over the South African border, from 1980 to 1984. Here he re-absorbed and re-used mbaqanga strains, a style he continued to use following his return to South Africa in the early 1990s. In 1985 Masekela founded the Botswana International School of Music (BISM), which held its first workshop in Gaborone in that year. The event, still in existence, continues as
1089-582: The late 1970s to the 1990s. In this period, he migrated, in his personal recording career, to mbaqanga , jazz/ funk , and the blending of South African sounds, through two albums he recorded with Herb Alpert , and solo recordings, Techno-Bush (recorded in his studio in Botswana), Tomorrow (featuring the anthem "Bring Him Back Home"), Uptownship (a lush-sounding ode to American R&B), Beatin' Aroun de Bush , Sixty , Time , and Revival . His song " Soweto Blues ", sung by his former wife, Miriam Makeba,
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