Alex van Heerden
Alex van Heerden (born November 23, 1974 in Port Elizabeth ; † January 7, 2009 in Cape Town ) was a South African musician ( trumpet , accordion , vocals ) of Cape Jazz .
Live and act
Van Heerden learned to play the trumpet as an autodidact at the age of 17. He then became a member of Robbie Jansen's Sons of Table Mountain and also played with Winston Mankunku . Together with Hilton Schilder , with whom he made several guest appearances in Switzerland until 2008, he founded the duo RockArt , which fused traditional South African music with contemporary genres. He worked even more in the electronic field with the Swedish music producer Håkan Lidbo. With his brother-in-law, the guitarist Derek Gripper, he created acoustic landscapes based on the music of the Western Cape . He also recorded with farm bands.
Van Heerden died in a car accident.
Discographic notes
- Gramadoelas Gramadoelas (Afrimusik, 1999)
- Alex van Heerden & Derek Gripper Sagtevlei (Open Record, 2003)
- RockArt Future Cape (Dala Flat Music, 2006)
- Håkan Lidbo & Alex van Heerden Simple (Container Recordings, 2006)
- Bushtech (Smallfunk, 2007)
- In the Name of Bushtech (Sinergy-Networks, 2008)
- Gramadoelas Gemoedsrus (Leslie Javan, Wesley Rustin, Keith De Bruyn, 2009)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazzmagazine ( Memento from May 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c News 24
- ↑ Openrecord ( Memento from February 1, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Music of Alex van Heerden ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heerden, Alex van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African musician (trumpet, accordion, vocals) of Cape Jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd November 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Elizabeth |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2009 |
| Place of death | Cape Town |