Kippie Moeketsi

Kippie Moeketsi
Birth nameJeremiah Morolong Moeketsi
Born(1925-07-27)27 July 1925
Johannesburg, South Africa
Died27 April 1983(1983-04-27) (aged 57)
GenresJazz
InstrumentAlto saxophone
Formerly ofBand in Blue
Shantytown Sextet
Harlem Swingsters
The Jazz Epistles

Jeremiah "Kippie" Morolong Moeketsi (27 July 1925 – 27 April 1983)[1] was a South African jazz musician, notable as an alto saxophonist.[2] He is sometimes referred to as "the father of South African jazz"[3] and as "South Africa's Charlie Parker".[1] He played with and influenced some of South Africa's great musicians, including Jonas Gwangwa, Abdullah Ibrahim, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela.

  1. ^ a b Jürgen Schadeberg, "Profiles", Jazz, Blues & Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa, New Africa Books, 2007, p. 145.
  2. ^ "Kippie Jeremiah Moeketsi", South African History Online.
  3. ^ Maya Jaggi, "The sound of freedom", The Guardian, 8 December 2001.