Hugh Masekela Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Harlem’s Larry Willis, Who Play With Jackie McLean, Dizzy Gillespie And More Dies At 76

Larry Willis, a jazz pianist who performed with Blood Sweat & Tears and was nominated three times for a Grammy Award, died September 29th, 2019, at a hospital in Baltimore. He was 76.Continue reading

Seitu’s World: Hugh Masekela Honored At Harlem Hospital (Photographs)

On Friday, April 13, 2018, photographer Seitu Oronde was at the memorial service for Hugh Masekela honored at Harlem Hospital in Harlem, New York, NY.Continue reading

African Singer Somi’s ‘Petite Afrique,’ Dedicated To Harlem At The Schomburg

East African singer-songwriter Somi returns to the Neighborhood Concert series with her blend of jazz and African music. Continue reading

Somi’s ‘Petite Afrique,’ Dedicated To Harlem’s African Immigrant Community (Video)

Somi's new album, Petite Afrique, is a song cycle dedicated to the gentrification of Harlem’s African immigrant community in Little Africa on 116th Street (in central Harlem) —her most political work to date.Continue reading

JImi Hendrix And Others At “Monterey International Pop Festival” At Maysles In Harlem

Before Jimi Hendrix played in Harlem at Harlem's United Block Association Benefit concert in 1969, he played on a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade's spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Continue reading

When Spanish Harlem Made The Boogaloo Big (video)

The Wall Street Journal reports that in 1966, at the height of rock and soul’s invasion of the pop charts, Latin music in New York underwent its own cultural revolution. Continue reading