Hotep Idris Galeta

Artist 1941–2010 Cape Town connection

Cape Town pianist, born Cecil Galeta in 1941 and known as Cecil Barnard before he left. He went into exile in 1961, worked in the United States with Hugh Masekela and Jackie McLean, and taught at the University of Hartford. He came home in 1991 and spent the rest of his life teaching young musicians. He died in 2010.

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was born in

Cape Town (1941) born Cecil Galeta

worked with

Hugh Masekela (1967) in Masekela's band in the United States

was influenced by

Abdullah Ibrahim Galeta followed in his footsteps as a young Cape Town pianist

lived in

New York City (1962) he arrived there in the summer of 1962

taught

Kesivan Naidoo Naidoo names him among those he learned from

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