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Legendary jazz trumpeter and activist, Hugh Masekela, dead at 78

Hugh Masekela was one of the few jazz artists to penetrate pop music with covers of “Up, Up and Away” in 1967, and the next year, the through-the-roof hit â€śGrazing in the Grass” — his unique trumpet style rendering the mellow, laid-back tune a strutting ode to quintessential cool. Released in May and topping the charts […]

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