His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.

Analysis - Ismail Mohamed-Jan - better known by South African jazz fans as Pops Mohamed - has passed away at the age of 75.

Mohamed was born on December 10, 1949 in the working-class gold-mining town of Benoni in South Africa. By his mid-teens, the ...

South African musical icon Pops Mohamed, a master multi-instrumentalist, died on 4 December 2025. His passing leaves a void ...

SAMRO is saddened by the passing of legendary South African multi-instrumentalist and musical visionary Pops Mohamed (Ismail ...

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Tributes pour in for Pops Mohamed, the revered South African musician who dedicated his life to preserving and evolving ...

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From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz ...

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The word jazz is far too narrow for the musicianship of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator T.K. Blue.