The SABC on this morning reported that South African jazz legend, Ray Phiri had died. The 70-year-old musician suffered from lung cancer and had recently been admitted to a hospital in Nelspruit.
In an interview with The Sowetan earlier this month Phiri asked for space and privacy during his sickbed. He told the newspaper: “Let me suffer [in peace with my] pain, on my own with my dignity.”
Phiri - a jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician - was born on 23 March 1947 near Nelspruit ,
Mpumalanga. He was a founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970s. Later, the Cannibals would grow in size and rename themselves, becoming the hugely influential Afro-fusion band Stimela.
Phiri was scheduled to perform at Rocking the Daisies music festival later this year. May God rest his soul.
In an interview with The Sowetan earlier this month Phiri asked for space and privacy during his sickbed. He told the newspaper: “Let me suffer [in peace with my] pain, on my own with my dignity.”
Mpumalanga. He was a founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970s. Later, the Cannibals would grow in size and rename themselves, becoming the hugely influential Afro-fusion band Stimela.
Phiri was scheduled to perform at Rocking the Daisies music festival later this year. May God rest his soul.
South African Jazz Musician Ray Phiri Dies
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