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Barney Rachabane: South Africa's little giant who took an epic jazz journey

By Chatradari Devroop, Associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Preparing for a jazz gig on 13 November 2021, I learned of the passing of my South African music soul brother and boyhood idol, Barney Rachabane. He was 75. The words of US alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy ran through my head in that moment:

When you hear music, after…

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