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Dyani, J. Angolian cry, p1986. (double bass)
Grove Music Online, viewed Dec. 17, 2014: New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. (Dyani, Johnny (Mbizo) (b East London, South Africa, 30 Nov 1945; d Berlin, 24 Oct 1986). South African double bass player and singer)
Wikipedia, April 27, 2015: (Johnny Dyani; Johnny Mbizo Dyani; born November 30, 1945, East London, South Africa; died October 24, 1986, West Berlin; a South African jazz double bassist and pianist; moved to Copenhagen, Denmark in the early 70s, and about ten years later to Sweden, recording many albums under his own name)
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dyani, Johnny Mbizo; jazz musician, composer, arranger, bassist; born 1945 in South Africa; played with MacGregor’s big-band, Brotherhood of Breath; went into exile in Great Britain (1965) and made London his home until the 1970s; recorded two albums, Echoes of Africa (1979) and Good News from Africa (1973); worked with New Jungle Orchestra (1970s) and recorded the Brikama album with them (1984); recorded as a leader on Danish Steeplechase label; died 1986 in South Africa)