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Vibrant Hangout Sessions 4 [TRIBUTE TO JABU KHANYILE] Mixed By Octrajazz

Khanyile was born in Soweto,and forced to abandon his education at the age of fourteen in order to earn a living after his mother died. His father was a miner and performed traditional accapella songs,and his brother John played in a reggae and soul covers band. Jabu followed theminto the music ,first joining a local band called The Daffodils and in 1974 joining Jonh's band The Editions as drummer ,later becoming the group's vocalist. In 1977he moved on to The Movers, and by 1984 Khanyilehad joined Bayethe as drummer, a band that combined afro-jazz and reggae. Bayathe split up in 1992,and Khanyile embarked on a solo career, with releases credited to Jabu Khanyile & Bayethe ,although none of the original memebers of Bayethe were involved by this time . Khanyile became known internationally in 1996 after an appearance at the Royal Gala evening in honour of Nelson Mandela. In 1996 and 2000 he was the Kora award for best Southern African artist. He performed internationally with Bussou N'Dour,Angelique Kidjo and Papa Wemba. He generally performed in a Mausalcostume carrying a trademark fly-whisk,an african symbol of royalty. Khanyile performed at the live 8 concerrt in Johanesburg in July 2005 at the A frica Calling handover ceremony at the end of the world cup in Berlin. He died in November 2006 oafter a battle with diabetes and prostrate cancer/