HUGH MASEKELA's distinct musical signature is much in evidence throughout a four-decade recording career that spans everything from jazz and pop to r & b and dance music. However, he is among the best known of "world music" artists for his extraordinary gift of wedding the musical traditions of his native South Africa with the sounds he loves from all other parts of the world. He's also heard widely on a variety of other recordings - from Bob Marley's earliest recordings to 

Buena Vista Social Club bassist Cachaito Lopez's recent solo disc. Masekela is best known for his 1968 pop hit cover of Philemon Hou's "Grazing In The Grass." But he has written a number of perennial classics including "Coal Train (Stimela)," "Bring Him Back Home," "In The Market Place," "U-Dwi" and (for ex-wife Miriam Makeba) "Soweto Blues." He continues to record actively and is an energetic and exciting concert draw, performing on a regular basis throughout over the world.

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