

ABOUT
Jazz musician who excelled at piano, saxophone, guitar, composition, and arrangement. He had no training and was completely self-taught.His career had many early stops and starts as he searched for his niche. Finally, in 1987, he successfully debuted as a solo act at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.He was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize in 1991 for his album Celebration that featured saxophonist Courtney Pine.
BEFORE FAMEHe was in a go-karting accident as a young man that left two of his right fingers without their upper joints.
PERSONAL LIFEHis father was a Cambridge University music graduate, yet possessed curious religious beliefs about his children and their pursuit of so-called devilish music.
FUN FACTSPianist Bheki Mseleku were born on Thursday, birthstone is Aquamarine, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Goat, it is 50 days until Bheki Mseleku next birthday.