Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku, known as Bheki Mseleku and born 3 March 1955 in Durban, South Africa, was a pianist, guitarist, saxophonist and vocalist who began playing on a family piano. He started as an organist in an R&B band, moved to Johannesburg in 1975, joined the Drive, and later formed Spirits Rejoice with Sipho Gumede and Russell Herman. His debut album, Celebration, released in 1991 on World Circuit, earned a Mercury Prize nomination and featured Steve Williamson and Courtney Pine. Subsequent releases include Meditation Suite (1992), Timelessness (1994), Star Seeding (1995), Beauty of Sunrise (1997), and Home at Last (2003). In 1996, he received a KORA All Africa Music Award for Best Instrumentalist (Southern Africa). Mseleku died 9 September 2008 in London.
