Blue Notes and Exiled Voices - ACE242.4

Hugh Masekela, exiled 1960. Intercut with photographs of Trevor Huddleston, footage of Dorkay House where the Union of Artists was based, photographs of Masekela and friends. Masekela talks about Huddleston collecting instruments for them and helping them to form the Union of Artists; about benefits they played; about government detentions and being under suspicion because of association with detainees. Sleeve for a Jazz Epistles record; Masekela talking about the banning of gatherings of more than ten people which caused the Jazz Epistles to be disbanded. Newsfilm of the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre, March 21, 1960; bodies on the ground, being carried away, ambulances. Masekela band playing over. The Hugh Masekela Band playing Stimela, with Goldberg on saxophone. Photo of Huddleston., expelled 1954. Masekela relates how the gift of a trumpet from Louis Armstrong got them on the front pages of the white press; photograph of Masekela holding the trumpet. Masekela on the lack of musical growth in both South Africa and Europe. Masekela playing and singing with the band.