Duke Ngcukana

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Duke Mkondo Ngcukana (* 1948 in Langa (South Africa) ; † April 16, 2011 in Cape Town ) was a South African jazz musician ( flugelhorn , trumpet ), choirmaster, composer and teacher.

Live and act

Ngukana, who came from a family of musicians (his father was the swing saxophonist Christopher Ngcukana , his brothers were also active as jazz musicians), learned trumpet from the age of six, initially with the Salvation Army . From 1966 he worked professionally as a musician in the Cape region; he played with Chris McGregor and with the Eastern-Cape All Star Band. He then studied Education and Science at Fort Hare University to begin a teaching career. In 1971 he was part of the big band of Abdullah Ibrahim , who called himself Dollar Brand at the time . During the 1970s he was a member of the fusion bands Oswetie and Pacific Express, as well as the soul jazzmen . In 1981 he founded the Langa Adult Choir , which he directed for many years.

From 1989 he was director of the school Musical Action for People's Power ; there he developed chorimba , a crossover of choral and traditional African marimba music with jazz. He also founded the Cups Nkanuka Big Band , with which he performed at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival , and a 20-member ensemble, the Living Heritage Ensemble , where he played with his brothers Ezra, Fitzroy, Cyril and Claude. He also performed with his brother Ezra's band , on whose records he can also be heard.

Lexical entry

  • Gwen Ansell: Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and Politics in South Africa , p. 318f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cape Times obituary April 18, 2011
  2. ^ Jürgen Schadeberg , Don Albert Jazz, Blues & Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa. 2007, p. 125
  3. ↑ Naweek-televisie 1994 ( Memento of the original from December 23, 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 152.111.1.88
  4. ↑ Ntama Uni Hildesheim: Duke Ngcukana passed away
personal data
SURNAME Ngcukana, Duke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ngcukana, Duke Mkondo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Langa (South Africa)
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2011
Place of death Cape Town