Ray Phiri
South African jazz musician
Died when: 70 years 111 days (843 months)Star Sign: Aries
Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African guitarist nicknamed "Just Now" Phiri.
He was a founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970s.When the Cannibals disbanded Ray founded Stimela, with whom he conceived gold and platinum-selling albums like Fire, Passion and Ecstacy (1984), Look, Listen and Decide (1986).
He collaborated with Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Simon's Graceland (album) project in 1985.
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