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South African jazz musician Jonas Gwangwa dies at 83

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency ...

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'The day music died': South African jazz giant Jonas Gwangwa dies aged 83

The trombonist and composer's music powered the anti-apartheid struggle

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South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies aged 83 - National Accord Newspaper

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South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies aged 83

By Reuters Staff
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said.
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela (L), leaves with Caiphus Semenya and Jonas Gwangwa after paying tribute during Miriam Makeba.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to the legendary musician who was nominated for an Oscar for the theme song of the 1987 film “Cry Freedom”.
“A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest,” Ramaphosa said.
“The trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force” the president added.

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South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies aged 83 | South Africa News

There were no immediate details on how or where Gwangwa died.
He passed away on the third anniversary of the death of the “father of South African jazz” Hugh Masekela and the second anniversary of the death of Zimbabwean musical legend Oliver Mtukudzi.
January 23 had become “the day the music died,” The South African and other media outlets said.
Gwangwa was born in October 1937 in Soweto and went on to have a career spanning 40 years.
“He delighted audiences in Sophiatown until it became illegal for black people to congregate and South African musicians were jailed merely for practising their craft,” the presidency’s statement said.

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South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies aged 83 - Netscape Entertainment

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By Syndicated Content
Jan 23, 2021 5:25 PM
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said.
President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to the legendary musician who was nominated for an Oscar for the theme song of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom".
"A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest," Ramaphosa said.
"The trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force" the president added.
There were no immediate details on how or where Gwangwa died.

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Jonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa's struggle for a national culture

Music is not a zero sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national culture, it must be trombonist, composer and cultural activist Jonas Mosa Gwangwa, who was born on 19 October 1937 in Orlando East, Johannesburg, and died on 23 January 2021 in Johannesburg aged 83.
Through 65 years on stage, Gwangwa’s playing contributed to every genre of South African jazz.
Overseas, he was hailed as player, producer and composer. Yet he chose to step away from mainstream success for ten years, leading the Amandla Cultural Ensemble of the African National Congress (ANC) to win hearts for the anti-apartheid struggle everywhere and present a vision of what post-apartheid national culture could be.

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