- Zim Ngqawana
Zim Ngqawana (born
1959 ,Port Elizabeth ,South Africa ), is a South Africanflautist and saxophonist.He is the youngest of five children and started playing
flute at the age of 21. He dropped out of school prior to meeting university entrance requirements but won entrance to a place atRhodes University with his abilities. He later studied for a diploma in Jazz Studies at theUniversity of Natal . He was offeredscholarship s to theMax Roach /Wynton Marsalis jazz workshop and later a scholarship to theUniversity of Massachusetts . At the University of Massachusetts he studied with jazz legendsArchie Shepp andYusef Lateef .After his return to South Africa in the 1990's he worked with veteran South African jazz musicians
Hugh Masekela andAbdullah Ibrahim . Zim features onBjorn Ole Solburg and his Norwegian San Ensemble's album 'San Song'. He toured the United States with his band 'Ingoma' in 1995 and made an appearance at Black History Week inChicago .Zim performs a duet with poet Lefifi Tladi in the documentary GIANT STEPS (2005), directed by Geoff Mphakati and
Aryan Kaganof .Gallery
Discography
* "
San Song " (1996, with the Norwegian San Ensemble)
* "Zimology " (1998)
* "Ingoma " (1999)
* "Zimphonic Suites " (2001)
* "Vadzimu " (2004)
*The Best of Zim Zgqawana References
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