West Nkosi

Saxophonist and record producer (1940–1998)
Person human Q1280506
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West Nkosi

Summary

West Nkosi is a human[1]. He was born in Mbombela[2]. He was born on January 1, 1940[3]. He died in Johannesburg[4]. He died on October 8, 1998[5]. He worked as a record producer[6], songwriter[7], saxophonist[8], and composer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • West Nkosi's place of birth was Mbombela[2].
  • West Nkosi passed away in Johannesburg[4].
  • West Nkosi was born on January 1, 1940[3].
  • West Nkosi died on October 8, 1998[5].
  • West Nkosi held citizenship in South Africa[11].
  • West Nkosi worked as a record producer[6].
  • West Nkosi worked as a songwriter[7].
  • West Nkosi's professions included saxophonist[8].
  • West Nkosi's professions included composer[9].
  • West Nkosi is recorded as male[12].
  • West Nkosi's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • West Nkosi's genre is jazz[14].
  • West Nkosi's instrument is recorded as saxophone[15].
  • West Nkosi's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[16].
  • West Nkosi's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+758413'}[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: ZA[19]

  • Began / founded: 1940[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1998-10-08[21]

  • Genre(s): jazz[22]

  • Community tags: jazz[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e8c15de7-2247-4e40-8772-89fb64f643e4[24]

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Origins and Family

West Nkosi was born in Mbombela[2]. He was born on January 1, 1940[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include record producer[6], songwriter[7], saxophonist[8], and composer[9].

Death and Burial

West Nkosi died on October 8, 1998[5]. He passed away in Johannesburg[4].

Why It Matters

West Nkosi ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[10]

FAQs

Where was West Nkosi born?

Born in Mbombela[2], West Nkosi…

Where did West Nkosi die?

West Nkosi passed away in Johannesburg[4].

What did West Nkosi do for work?

West Nkosi worked as record producer[6], songwriter[7], saxophonist[8], and composer[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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