Uncle Rex

Rex Mukubonda (born June 28, 1962) known as Uncle Rex is a Zambian professional Award-winning Jazz guitarist, songwriter and record producer who was born in Kabwe as the sixth child in a family of 10. Widely referred to as the pioneer of jazz music in Zambia, Uncle Rex ranks among the most talented guitarists Zambia has ever produced. The shy, down-to-earth, friendly and soft-spoken guitarist earned his experience in the early ’70s as a child and continues to mentor young upcoming musicians as well as build his brand to higher heights.
Rex has been a recipient of various accolades such as KORA nominee for best song in Southern Africa when his “Ziko Lino” song was featured in 2003. He has won 4 Ngoma awards, 2 AZAMI awards and most recently a ZMA award for best jazz album.
Uncle Rex has three albums under his name. Fingerspeech was his debut in 2004, followed by Coming Home two years later. His third, This is Me, came in 2010. While Fingerspeech was mixed in taste, Coming Home, as the title suggests, was about traditional and ethnic tunes from Zambia. On the other hand, This is me helped Uncle Rex discover the depth of his skill and the potential that existed for him to soar even higher.