he was instrumental, particularly in the song, soweto blues, which was recorded to commemorate what happenedarticularly in the song, soweto blues, which was recorded to commemorate what happened in 1976. instrumental in getting the story out there. that is what i owe my name to. the musical legacy, their musical style, how would you characterise it? he managed to embody something we all strive for as jazz musicians. it is about finding their own voice and articulating their own culture and background. that is what he did. he revolutionised the way phrasing was done with the trumpet. township jazz is the phrase. you have been to south africa so many times they named the township after you. true story! you are going to play for us now. thank you for that. that's it then for tonight. emily is here tomorrow but here to play us out with hugh masekela's grazing in the grass, here's soweto kinch. good night. hello. the weather will be turning considerably more disturbed at the moment. and stormers passing to the north—west of the british isles, named storms georgina by the irish weather service. it

he was also renowned for anti—apartheid songs, such as soweto blues.pt the torch of freedom alive, and his contribution in the struggle for liberation would never be forgotten. it has been confirmed that the former manchester united and mr medstar phil neville takes over from the interim manager mo marley, who has been in charge since mark sampson's sacking in september. britain's kyle edmund has pulled off a spectacular win at the australian open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. the world number 49 beat the third seed grigor dimitrov making him only the sixth british man to reach the last four at a grand slam for 50 years. joe wilson reports. this is potential realised. this is hope made reality. this is kyle edmund in melbourne. a big first serve delivers! his opponent in the quarterfinal, gregor dimitrov, has been the next big thing in men's tennis for years. and he fought back to win the second set. he closes it out at the second time of asking. —— at the second time of asking. but edmund won the third, and found himself on the brink. now,

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his 1977 hit soweto blues became synonymous with the anti—apartheid movement.poke to us about his contribution to music and politics in south africa. from the 19605 politics in south africa. from the 1960s and 1970s, he was a very prominent figure outside of south africa in tins of using his platform in the arts to bring attention to apartheid. he and others really held apartheid. he and others really held a torch all over the world and brought attention to what was happening in south africa. butjust recently he gained prominence by collaborating with a young artist in south africa, and that brought hugh to the awareness of young people who may not have known about his music. his music is jazz, which is not particularly popular with young people in south africa, or in africa, but collaborating with young musicians brought his name and his prominence and his music into the awareness of young people. so young, old, anybody, everybody knows who hugh masekela is, and everybody is in shock. and for the next seven days, probably he will be the number one story. neil