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Mongezi Feza (11 May 1945 – 14 December 1975) was a South African jazz and Flute.
A member of The Blue Notes, Feza left South Africa in 1964 and settled in Europe, living in London and Copenhagen. As a trumpeter, his influences included Clifford Brown and free jazz pioneer Don Cherry. After The Blue Notes splintered in the late 1960s, he played with British rock music musician Robert Wyatt, progressive rock band Henry Cow, and most extensively with fellow ex-Blue Notes musicians Johnny Dyani, Chris McGregor and Dudu Pukwana. Feza's compositions "Sonia" and "You Ain't Gonna Know Me ('Cos You Think You Know Me)" remained in the repertoire of his colleagues long after his death. In the early 1970s, Feza was also member of the afro-rock band Assagai.
Feza died in London, in December 1975, from untreated pneumonia. Shortly after his death, the remaining members of The Blue Notes reunited to record a tribute that would be released as Blue Notes for Mongezi (Ogun, 1976).
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Bibliography
Philippe Carles, André Clergeat, and Jean-Louis Comolli, Dictionnaire du jazz, Paris, 1994
Categories: 1945 Births, 1975 Deaths, 20th-century Trumpeters, Assagai Members, Brotherhood Of Breath Members, Centipede Members, Deaths From Pneumonia In England, South African Expatriates In Denmark, South African Expatriates In England, South African Jazz Trumpeters, South African Jazz Flautists, The Blue Notes Members, 20th-century Flautists
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