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Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela at Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Courtesy of MC Marketing | Posted on January 16, 2015

Where

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA
Map
(530) 754-2787

When

Tue, March 10, 2015
8:00 pm

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Musicians

About

Legendary South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela and vocalist Vusi Mahlasela join together in a musical celebration of freedom and the legacy of Nelson Mandela. Masekela’s hit song, “Bring Him Back Home”—written while in exile from his homeland— became an anthem for the Free Nelson Mandela movement. Best known for his Grammy-nominated single “Grazing in the Grass,” Masekela has collaborated with such icons as Miriam Makeba, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Herb Alpert, Fela Kuti, Franco, and Paul Simon. Vusi Mahalasela is simply known as “The Voice” in South Africa. He performed at Mandela’s inauguration and continues to spread Mandela’s message as an ambassador to his HIV/AIDS initiative...

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