15 November 2021: With heavy hearts, we join the South African music community in mourning the passing of Barney Rachabane (1946-2021), a master saxophonist who stands among the luminaries that have shaped modern South African jazz. Photographed here at Gallo Studios in 1976 during the recording of Tete’s Big Sound, his long and inspiring legacy of associations, collaborations and solo projects includes notable contributions to As-Shams recordings by Abdullah Ibrahim, Tete Mbambisa, Kippie Moeketsi, Lionel Pillay and Richard “Groove” Holmes. We offer our deepest condolences to his beloved family.
Barney Rachabane at his home in Soweto in January 2021
(Photo: Calum MacNaughton)
