In his teens he played with some of the best jazz musicians in South Africa ; Abdullah Ibrahim ( then known as Dollar Brand ) and Lami Zokufa introduced him to bebop and hard bop . In 1961 he left South Africa clandestinely , following many other South African performers to the United Kingdom ( severe restrictions on public gatherings following the Sharpeville massacre had made entertainment careers impossible for any but white artists , and the already poor quality of life for non-whites was deteriorating rapidly as apartheid became ever stricter ) . After a year in the United Kingdom , he moved to the United States
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
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