His unique trumpet style and gentle professionalism is remembered by a former teacher and band member.
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Morojele’s creative career was remarkable. He not only played the jazz changes, but lived and wrote the social and political ones.
Zulu spirituality and the legacy of the ancestors, personal and musical, are the concerns of the saxophonist and composer.
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.
When they arrived in Europe in the early 1960s, South African jazz outfit the Blue Notes revolutionised the London scene. Half a century later, their music is coming home in several new projects.
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