Ray Phiri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ray Phiri

South African jazz musician

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1947

Place of Birth: Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2017

Profession: singer, guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March 1947 – 12 July 2017) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri, a Malawian immigrant worker, and South African guitarist nicknamed "Just Now" Phiri.
He collaborated with Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on Simon's Graceland (album) project in 1985, and became founding member of the Cannibals in the 1970s.
When the Cannibals disbanded Ray founded Stimela, with whom he conceived gold and platinum-selling albums like Fire, Passion and Ecstacy (1982), Look, Listen and Decide (1986).