McCoy Mrubata

McCoy Mrubata (born 1959 in Cape Town) is a South African jazz saxophonist. He plays tenor, soprano, and alto saxophone in addition to flute.^[1]

He had an interest in music from an early age and in 1976 played flute for a time. By 1979 he had started playing professionally with a group. After some difficulties he began a successful career in the United Kingdom in 1988 and later worked with Hugh Masekela. Since then he has had a number of successes and in 2003 he won the South African Music Award in the Traditional Jazz category.^[2]

In 2007 he gained news attention in South Africa due to the murder of his daughter Nonceba Mzondo.^[3]

Web sources

1. ^ Calabash
2. ^ Interview with Mrubata
3. ^ Independent online

External links

• Mccoy Mrubata website

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Name	Mrubata, McCoy
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Date of birth	1959
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