The Jazzolomos, Sophiatown, 1953

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Title: The Jazzolomos, Sophiatown, 1953
Creator: Schadeberg, Jurgen, 1931-
Subject: Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--Social conditions, Entertainers--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Musicians, Black--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg), Jazz musicians--South Africa--Sophiatown (Johannesburg)
Description: "We three the Jazz dizzlers be..." The popular Jazzolomos rocked the Reef in the fifties. Band members were from left: Jacob 'Mzala' Lepers (bass), Sol 'Beegeepee' Klaaste (piano) and Benni 'Gwigwi' Mrwebi (alto saxophone). Sophiatown, 1953.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 1953
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Format: still image, documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:7445
Source: Best of SA collection
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Rights: Copyright held by the photographer, Jrgen Schadeberg. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.