Ray Phiri

Ray Phiri
Phiri performing in 2007
Born
Raymond Chikapa Phiri

(1947-03-23)23 March 1947
Nelspruit, South Africa
Died12 July 2017(2017-07-12) (aged 70)
Nelspruit, South Africa
Occupation(s)Recording artist, jazz fusion
Years active1970–2017
SpouseDaphney Phiri (deceased)
Children3 sons, 5 daughters
Musical career
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, reggae, mbaqanga
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar (Fender Stratocaster)
LabelsGallo, Barclay

Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician[1] born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African guitarist nicknamed "Just Now" Phiri. He was a founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970s. When the Cannibals disbanded Ray founded Stimela, with whom he conceived gold and platinum-selling albums like Fire, Passion and Ecstacy (1984), Look, Listen and Decide (1986). He collaborated with Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Simon's Graceland (1986) album.

  1. ^ Mojapelo 2008, p. 136.