By Stevens Muendo
Minutes to midnight, the exhilarating mood at the star-studded Carnivore City hotel in Johannesburg died. Suddenly, tears began flowing as South Africa guitar superstar Jimmy Dludlu, (a protÈgÈ of the late Ghanaian legend George Lee) and the departed icon’s fellow activist stood on the half lit podium narrating moving tales on the life and times of the jazz icon who had died two weeks before receiving the coveted Special Recognition award 2008.