MCCOY MRUBATA - SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ SAXOPHONIST.

McCoy Mrubata is a South African jazz saxophonist. Born 1959 in a township named Langa, Cape Town South Africa. McCoy’s childhood was surrounded by many African hymns, from the sounds of Zion churches to the very brassy sounds of Merry Macs band who rehearsed opposite his home. With the difficulty of living under the apartheid government and the 1976’s uprising, McCoy left school and followed his music passion. His instrument then was flute which He studied informally under the likes of Madoda Gxabeka, the Ngcukanas, Winston Ngozi, Ezra and many Langa Greats.