Formerly self-exiled from South Africa in the 1960s, Caiphus Semenya has built a solid reputation as a musical director and composer, working with his wife, vocalist
Letta Mbulu, as well as with a variety of other exiled and semi-exiled African artists, such as
Hugh Masekela and
Miriam Makeba. Moving to Los Angeles, Semenya found himself working with and composing for a broad range of jazz and pop artists, including
Lou Rawls,
Nina Simone and
Cannonball Adderley, his facility with both jazz and African forms serving him well. Semenya's Los Angeles stay also yielded an ongoing c…
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