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South Africa's trumpeter,Hugh Masekela dies at 78

South Africa's Trumpeter,Hugh Masekela Dies At 78

South Africa and indeed Africa has lost a one of a kind musician with the passing of Jazz Legend bra Hugh Masekela. Masekela was introduced to the trumpet in 1954 when he got it as a gift from another Jazz legend, Louis Armstrong. His classic, Grazing In The Grass, topped the Billboard Hot 100. He was the first African male Grammy nominee (1968). He won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the



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