2021Winner
Best Performance
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Hugh Masekela
Actor
Witbank, South Arfrica
April 4, 1939
Biography
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 a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2009Nominee
Best Performance
Soul Power
2002Nominee
Best Performance
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Career Highlights
1996Highlight
Best Performance
Mandela
1968Highlight
Best Performance
Monterey Pop
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Sophiatown
Soul Power