Kippie Moeketsi

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Kippie Moeketsi was a pioneering South African jazz alto saxophonist and key figure in the development of modern jazz in South Africa, influential to many musicians including Hugh Masekela.

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instanceOf South African musician
alto saxophonist
human
jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 1970s
activeYearsStart 1940s
causeOfDeath alcohol-related illness
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
dateOfBirth 1925-07-27
dateOfDeath 1983-04-27
ethnicGroup Black South African
fullName Jeremiah Moeketsi
genre bebop
jazz
givenName Jeremiah
hasHeritage Sotho
hasInfluenceOnGenre Cape jazz
South African township jazz
honouredIn Kippies jazz club, Johannesburg
influenced Abdullah Ibrahim
Hugh Masekela
Jonas Gwangwa
South African modern jazz
instrument alto saxophone
clarinet
languageOfWorkOrName English
Sesotho
memberOf Jazz Epistles
linked to: The Jazz Epistles

Merry Blackbirds
Shantytown Sextet
movement South African jazz
modern jazz
nickname Kippie
notableRelative Mike Moeketsi
notableStudent Abdullah Ibrahim
Hugh Masekela
Jonas Gwangwa
notableWork Jazz Epistle, Verse 1 (as member of Jazz Epistles)
linked to: The Jazz Epistles

Jazz in Africa (album)
occupation musician
saxophonist
partOf South African jazz scene
placeOfBirth Johannesburg
Transvaal
Union of South Africa
placeOfDeath Johannesburg
sexOrGender male
subjectOf Kippie Moeketsi: Sad Man of Jazz (biographical writings)

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Hugh Masekela associatedAct Kippie Moeketsi