Moses Taiwa Molelekwa

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Moses Taiwa Molelekwa Biography

Highly acclaimed jazz artist who met a tragic end in 2001 after he and his wife Flo were murdered.

He was graduated from the Federal Union of Black Arts in 1987 with honors.

His 1994 debut album was titled Finding Oneself, and he won two FNB South Africa Music Awards for traditional jazz in 1996.

He was born into a family of jazz musicians. His father was known as Monk because of his mastery of Thelonious Monk .

He was heralded as the successor to Abdullah Ibrahim, carrying on the Marabi piano tradition.

Moses Taiwa Molelekwa (17 April 1973 – 13 February 2001) was a South African jazz pianist from a family of jazz musicians. He was brought up in the town of Tembisa, situated in the province of Gauteng, South Africa.

In the 1980s he played with Miriam Makeba, Jonas Gwangwa, and others. In 1988 Hugh Masekela asked him to join his bands and this period saw Molelekwa winning the first of several awards. His solo career began in 1994 with the debut album Finding Oneself. By 1996 he had gained widespread attention as a solo artist, winning two FNB South Africa Music Awards for traditional jazz, and was heralded as the successor for the great Marabi piano tradition, following in the footsteps of the prolific Abdullah Ibrahim.

The following years saw other successes, but on 13 February 2001 he and his wife Florence “Flo” Mtoba were found dead. He had been hanged, while she had been strangled to death. They had an eight-year-old son at the time.

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