Kippie Moeketsi knew how to play the blues. But his blues was shaped by multiple musical influences.
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With a story as harrowing as the times he lived in, he was a singular voice in the country’s rich jazz history.
Zulu spirituality and the legacy of the ancestors, personal and musical, are the concerns of the saxophonist and composer.
The saxophone legend played much more than jazz - he delighted in layering styles and genres.
Despite devastating setbacks like his studio being vandalised, the saxophonist and teacher believed that music can heal - part of a vision that shaped a future generation of jazz artists.
The saxophonist and singer leaves a legacy spanning more than 60 years of musical production that will continue to echo in global sounds.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Lafayette College
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Music lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Global Jazz Studies and Music, Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles