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'''Jeremiah "Kippie" Morolong Moeketsi''' (27 July 1925 – 27 April 1983)<ref name=Schadeberg /> was a South African jazz musician, notable as an alto saxophonist.<ref>[http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/kippie-jeremiah-moeketsi "Kippie Jeremiah Moeketsi", South African History Online.]</ref> He is sometimes referred to as "the father of South African jazz"<ref>[[Maya Jaggi]], [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2001/dec/08/jazz "The sound of freedom"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 8 December 2001.</ref> and as "South Africa's [[Charlie Parker]]".<ref name=Schadeberg>[[Jürgen Schadeberg]], [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HkuXMAtuAh4C&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=kippie+moeketsi+died+april+1983&source=bl&ots=5Y0_a2LWu9&sig=xNhX_P6047EbsGintu4AJgycN2M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhvqHC3sbQAhUGDcAKHRcJBSQQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=kippie%20moeketsi%20died%20april%201983&f=false "Profiles"], ''Jazz, Blues & Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa'', New Africa Books, 2007, p. 145.</ref> He played with and influenced some of South Africa's great musicians, including [[Jonas Gwangwa]], [[Abdullah Ibrahim]], [[Miriam Makeba]] and [[Hugh Masekela]].
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