Hugh Masekela

vocal, trumpet, producer, arranger, flugelhorn, performer, keyboard, brass

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Stewart Levine producer African Secret Society, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Almost Seedless, Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Been Such a Long Time Gone, Black Beauty, Child of the Earth, Felicidade, Gold, Grazing in the Grass, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna, Hangover (Ibabalazie), In the Market Place, Jungle Jim, Languta, Mace and Grenades, Madonna, Makonko, Mamiwater, Night in Tunisia, Nina, No Face, No Name, No Number, Soweto Blues, Stimela (Coal Train), Stimela (Coaltrain), Stop, The Mandingo Man, There Are Seeds to Sow, Up, Up and Away, Vuca, You Told Your Mama Not To Worry
Rik Pekkonen engineer, producer A Song for Brazil, African Secret Society, Been Such a Long Time Gone, Black Beauty, Blues for Huey, Cecil Rhodes, Colonial Man, For the Love of You, Hangover (Ibabalazie), In the Market Place, Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song), Inner Crisis, Jungle Jim, Maesha, Makonko, Mamiwater, Maseru, Minawa, Night in Tunisia, Nina, Nomali, Part of a Whole, Soweto Blues, Stimela (Coaltrain), The Big Apple, The Mandingo Man, Unhomé, Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man), Whitch Doctor, You Told Your Mama Not To Worry
Morris Goldberg producer, alto saxophone, whistle Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Egoli, Elijah, Emavungwengi, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, Languta, Naledi, Ngena-Ngena, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Now Or Never, Ooo, Baby, Baby, Polina, Sekunjalo, Uptownship
John Cartwright producer, bass Child of the Earth, Egoli, Elijah, Emavungwengi, Felicidade, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, Naledi, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Now Or Never, Ooo, Baby, Baby, Uptownship
Zwai Bala producer, vocal After Tears, District Six, For the Love of You, Fresh Air, Ibala Lam, Nontsokolo, Open the Door, Sleep, Smoke, Spring, Woman of the Sun, Working Underground

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Stewart Levine producer African Secret Society, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Almost Seedless, Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Been Such a Long Time Gone, Black Beauty, Child of the Earth, Felicidade, Gold, Grazing in the Grass, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna, Hangover (Ibabalazie), In the Market Place, Jungle Jim, Languta, Mace and Grenades, Madonna, Makonko, Mamiwater, Night in Tunisia, Nina, No Face, No Name, No Number, Soweto Blues, Stimela (Coal Train), Stimela (Coaltrain), Stop, The Mandingo Man, There Are Seeds to Sow, Up, Up and Away, Vuca, You Told Your Mama Not To Worry
Rik Pekkonen engineer, producer A Song for Brazil, African Secret Society, Been Such a Long Time Gone, Black Beauty, Blues for Huey, Cecil Rhodes, Colonial Man, For the Love of You, Hangover (Ibabalazie), In the Market Place, Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song), Inner Crisis, Jungle Jim, Maesha, Makonko, Mamiwater, Maseru, Minawa, Night in Tunisia, Nina, Nomali, Part of a Whole, Soweto Blues, Stimela (Coaltrain), The Big Apple, The Mandingo Man, Unhomé, Vasco Da Gama (The Sailor Man), Whitch Doctor, You Told Your Mama Not To Worry
Morris Goldberg producer, alto saxophone, whistle Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Egoli, Elijah, Emavungwengi, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, Languta, Naledi, Ngena-Ngena, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Now Or Never, Ooo, Baby, Baby, Polina, Sekunjalo, Uptownship
John Cartwright producer, bass Child of the Earth, Egoli, Elijah, Emavungwengi, Felicidade, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, Naledi, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Now Or Never, Ooo, Baby, Baby, Uptownship
Zwai Bala producer, vocal After Tears, District Six, For the Love of You, Fresh Air, Ibala Lam, Nontsokolo, Open the Door, Sleep, Smoke, Spring, Woman of the Sun, Working Underground
Bakithi Kumalo vocal, bass guitar Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Emavungwengi, Languta, Naledi, Ngena-Ngena, Now Or Never, Polina, Rock With You, Sekunjalo, Steppin' Out, U-Mama, Uptownship
Godfrey Pilane producer After Tears, District Six, For the Love of You, Fresh Air, Ibala Lam, Nontsokolo, Open the Door, Sleep, Smoke, Spring, Woman of the Sun, Working Underground
Rick Rowe producer Egoli, Elijah, Emavungwengi, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, Naledi, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Now Or Never, Ooo, Baby, Baby, Uptownship
Tony Cedras arranger, vocal, keyboard Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Egoli, Hold On, Languta, Naledi, Ngena-Ngena, No Woman, No Cry, Polina, Sekunjalo
Alex Kazanegras mix, recording Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Languta, Ngena, Ngena-Ngena, Polina, Rock With You, Sekunjalo, Steppin' Out, U-Mama
Themba Mokoena guitar After Tears, District Six, For the Love of You, Fresh Air, Ibala Lam, Nontsokolo, Open the Door, Smoke, Spring, Working Underground
Richard Druz arranger, producer, vocal arranger, drums, percussion, timbales Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Languta, Ngena, Ngena-Ngena, Polina, Rock With You, Sekunjalo, Steppin' Out, U-Mama
Chuck Carter drums Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Child of the Earth, Felicidade, Gold, Grazing in the Grass, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna, Mace and Grenades, Up, Up and Away
Lawrence Matshiza guitar For the Love of You, Fresh Air, Nontsokolo, Rock With You, Smoke, Steppin' Out, Working Underground
Emmanuel Gatewood vocal, bass guitar Egoli, Hold On, If You Don't Know Me by Now, No Woman, No Cry, Nomalizo, Ooo, Baby, Baby
Mark Ledford vocal, keyboard, trumpet Egoli, Naledi, No Woman, No Cry, Now Or Never, Uptownship
Henry Franklin bass Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Gold, Grazing in the Grass, Mace and Grenades, Up, Up and Away
John Selolwane vocal, guitar Egoli, Naledi, No Woman, No Cry, Sleep
William Henderson (jazz pianist) piano Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Gold, Grazing in the Grass, Mace and Grenades
Stanley Todd Kwesi vocal, electric bass guitar, guitar Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Al Abreu soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Bajabula Bonke (The Healing Song), Grazing in the Grass, Mace and Grenades, Up, Up and Away
Nat Hammond vocal, congas, flute Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Remi Kabaka percussion, talking drum Hold On, Sekunjalo, U-Mama
James Kwaku Morton vocal, congas Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Francis Fuster congas, percussion Beatin' Aroun de Bush, Ngena-Ngena, Sekunjalo
Deborah McDuffie vocal A Song for Brazil, Cecil Rhodes, For the Love of You
Damon Duewhite drums Ngena-Ngena, Polina, Sekunjalo
Maeretha Stewart vocal A Song for Brazil, Cecil Rhodes, For the Love of You
Issac Asante vocal, percussion, talking drum Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Ngoako Manamela vibraphone After Tears, For the Love of You, Fresh Air
Patti Austin vocal A Song for Brazil, Cecil Rhodes, For the Love of You
Charlie Smalls piano Child of the Earth, Felicidade, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna
Richard Neesai Botchway guitar Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Big Black (percussionist) congas Child of the Earth, Felicidade, Ha Lese Le Di Khanna
Sammy Nortey vocal, percussion, shekere Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Acheampong Welbeck bass drum, bells, drums, percussion Been Such a Long Time Gone, Languta, Stimela (Coal Train)
Ntomb'khona Dlamini vocal Nomalizo, Ooo, Baby, Baby
Lebo M (producer/composer Lebohang Morake) vocal Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Languta
Pauline Faraee vocal Beatin' Aroun de Bush, U-Mama
Fred White (Soul singer, songwriter, arranger and producer) vocal Rock With You, Steppin' Out
Joe Sample electric piano, piano Been Such a Long Time Gone, Stimela (Coal Train)
Cussie Kunene vocal Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Languta
Branice McKenzie vocal If You Don't Know Me by Now, Ooo, Baby, Baby
Clydene Jackson vocal Rock With You, Steppin' Out
Ronald Kunene vocal Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Languta
Sharon Brooks vocal If You Don't Know Me by Now, Ooo, Baby, Baby
Arthur Adams (US blues singer, guitarist & songwriter) guitar Gold, Mace and Grenades
Ambition Sandqnela vocal Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Languta
Stix Hooper drums Been Such a Long Time Gone, Stimela (Coal Train)
Teco Cardoso tenor saxophone Rock With You, Steppin' Out
Thandi Bhengu vocal Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika), Languta
Thandi Zulu vocal Nomalizo, Ooo, Baby, Baby
Guy Spells vocal Beatin' Aroun de Bush, U-Mama
Todd Jasmin keyboard Rock With You, Steppin' Out
Jynnifer Quick vocal Beatin' Aroun de Bush, U-Mama
Hotep Cecil Barnard piano Up, Up and Away
Pat Mlaba vocal Egoli
Bruce Langhorne performer Grazing in the Grass
Jenny Douglas vocal Hold On
Richard Cummings keyboard U-Mama
Jimmy Dludlu guitar After Tears
Dudu Pukwana arranger Polina
Carl Craig (Detroit-based techno producer) remixer The Boy's Doin' It (Carl Craig remix)
Frankie Todd drums Beatin' Aroun de Bush
Sandy Simmons vocal U-Mama
Gboyega Adelaja keyboard Beatin' Aroun de Bush
Sipho Kunene drums Uptownship
Leleti Khumalo vocal Egoli
Lindiwe Diamini vocal Egoli
Gene Jackson drums U-Mama
Malaika (South African group) vocal Open the Door
Mali Hlatshwayo vocal Egoli
George Doering guitar U-Mama
Mbongeni Ngema organ Uptownship
Metro Area remixer Mama (Metro Area Birthday dub)
Ben Liebrand mix-DJ Don't Go Lose It Baby
Wayne Henderson trombone Mace and Grenades
Corlea Botha vocal District Six
Wilton Felder tenor saxophone Mace and Grenades
Yaw Opoku bass guitar Beatin' Aroun de Bush
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist - Do not add releases here, if possible.) percussion Grazing in the Grass

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa vocal, trumpet Ade, Caution!, Dyambo, Goin' Back to New Orleans, Hush (Somebody's Calling My Name), Johannesburg Hi-Lite Jive, Mamani, Shebeen, To Get Ourselves Together
MSRW Commissioner performer Im Ghetto von Soweto (Auntie's House), Mamani
松居慶子 trumpet An Evening in Gibraltar, Old Potch Road
Manu Dibango trumpet Gombo Sauce, Makossa '87
Andy Narell flugelhorn Dee Mwa Wee
Lamont Dozier arranger Going Back to My Roots
Peter Fonda brass November Night
Strictly Sabbath performer Shosholoza