Marlowe jabu khanyile biography

Musical artist

Jabu Khanyile (28 February 1957 – 12 November 2006)^[1] was a South African musician and lead vocalist from the band Bayete.

Life and career

Khanyile was born in Soweto, and was forced to abandon his education at the age of fourteen in order to earn a living, after his mother died.^[2][3] His father was a miner and performed a capella songs in the isicathamiya style.

His brother John played in a reggae and soul covers band.^[2] Jabu followed them into music, first joining a local band called The Daffodils, and in 1974 joined John's band The Editions as a drummer, later becoming the group's vocalist.^[2]

In 1977 Khanyile moved on to The Movers, and by 1984 he had joined Bayete as drummer, a band that combined Afro-jazz and reggae.

Bayete split up in 1992, and Khanyile embarked on a solo career, with releases credited to Jabu Khanyile & Bayete, although none of the original members of Ba