Mongezi Feza
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mongezi Feza is referenced by 78 other articles, and connects out to London, England and Copenhagen.
It is catalogued under topics including 1945 births, 1975 deaths and 20th-century flautists.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1945
- Active to
- 1975-12-14
Discography
- Music For Xaba1973
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- Listeners
- 149
- Total plays
- 2,739
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Mongezi Feza (1945 – 14 December 1975) was a South African jazz trumpet player and flautist. A member of The Blue Notes, he left South Africa in 1964 and settled in Europe, living in London and Copenhagen. As a trumpeter, his influences included hard bopper Clifford Brown and free jazz pioneer Don Cherry. After The Blue Notes splintered in the late 1960s, he played with British rock musician Robert Wyatt, progressive rock band Henry Cow, and most extensively with fellow ex Blue Notes Johnny Dya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Queenstown
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- flute
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 1975-12-14
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of birth
- 1945-01-01
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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