# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kippie-moeketsi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:35.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kippie-moeketsi"
name: "Kippie Moeketsi"
slug: "kippie-moeketsi"
description: "Jeremiah \"Kippie\" Morolong Moeketsi was a South African jazz musician, notable as an alto saxophonist. He is sometimes referred to as \"the father of South African jazz\" and as \"South Africa's Charlie Parker\". He played with and influenced some of South Africa's great musicians, including Jonas Gwangwa, Abdullah Ibrahim, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela."
tagline: "South African saxophonist and jazz musician (1925-1983)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-06-27"
deathDate: "1983-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.06
  momentum:             20.65625
  historical:           6.418036
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/326677"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippie_Moeketsi"
    title: "Kippie Moeketsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "كيپى مويكيتسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippie_Moeketsi"
    title: "Kippie Moeketsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippie_Moeketsi"
    title: "Kippie Moeketsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippie_Moeketsi"
    title: "Kippie Moeketsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippie_Moeketsi"
    title: "Kippie Moeketsi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d45aeffc-ab0d-4534-94c7-6c9ce31d4838"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump