Barney Rachabane

Barney Joel Rachabane (* 1946 in Alexandra , Johannesburg ) is a South African jazz musician ( alto and soprano saxophone , penny whistle ).

Live and act

Rachabane received his first music lessons as an instrument carrier for Zacks Nkosi and Kippie Moeketsi ; During his time in the ensemble of the musical Isintu , he received formal musical training at Dorkay House . He had his first solo appearances with the Castle Lager Big Band of Chris McGregor (1963) and in the quartet of Early Mabuza (1964). Then he played with the Soul Giants as well as with Tete Mbambisa and Zacks Nkosi. In the mid-1970s he founded the fusion band Roots with Jabu Nkosi, Sipho Gumede , Duke Makasi , Dennis Mpale and Enoch Mtlelane . From 1978 he was accompanied by the band Afrozania . He became internationally known in 1982 through his participation in Paul Simon's Graceland album . He also worked with Abdullah Ibrahim ( African Horns ) and in the Techno Bush project with Hugh Masekela, and toured Africa with the musical Buwa . For many years he was also part of Darius Brubeck's band Afro Cool Concept . In 2003, Rachabane led the National Youth Jazz Band of South Africa. He also worked with trumpeter Bruce Cassidy and Allen Kwela and appeared on Victor Ntoni's album Mzansi Sings a Tribute to OR Tambo and on Richard Holmes ' African Encounter .

Discographic notes

• Special Ma-Ma (1975)
• Blow Barney Blow (1984)
• Barney's Way (1989)
• Europeans - Recurring Dreams (2005)

literature

• Basil Breakey, Steve Gordon Beyond the Blues: Township Jazz in the '60s and' 70s 1997, ISBN 978-0864862426
• Max Mojapelo, Sello Galane, Chris Walton: Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music . African Minds 2009, ISBN 978-1-920299-28-6

Web links

• Portrait (South African Music)
• Barney Rachabane at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gwen Ansell Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and Politics in South Africa 2005, p. 321