Sad news also reaches us in 2018 at the very beginning of the year. Hugh Masekela succumbs to cancer at the age of 78. Enjoy Jazz mourns the passing of this great musician and unique human being. His commitment and his work will have an effect and live on far beyond a human lifetime.
The photo was taken by Manfred Rinderspacher at Masekela's last concert in Germany, the opening of the 17th Enjoy Jazz Festival 2015.
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