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South Africa's jazz tradition started in the 1950s by such influential musicians as Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Hugh Masekela was inherited by saxophonist, percussionist, and composer Makhaya Mahlangu. Along with guitarist/vocalist Sipho Gumede and keyboardist Jabu Nkosi, Mahlangu formed one of South Africa's greatest Afro-fusion bands, Sakhile, in 1982. During ...more

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