Zim Ngqawana obituary

Free-spirited South African saxophonistThe South African saxophonist Zim Ngqawana has died aged 51 after suffering a stroke during a rehearsal. Ngqawana's debut studio album, San Song (1996), introduced his measured yet free-spirited style of music, which sought to break down barriers between South Africa's jazz dialect and that of his predecessors in the African diaspora.The Blue Notes, Bheki Mseleku, Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo, among others, had laid the foundation for Ngqawana. He kept the...

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