Hugh Masekela
Jack Barron, Sounds, 14 July 1984
"THIS IS really embarrassing, we've come thousands of miles and now this happens," sighed Hugh Masekela looking at the vast blue tent-balloon Espace Balard venue in Paris. He clutched his flugelhorn case tighter.
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