Early Mabuza

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Early Mabuza (* in Sophiatown ; † 1969 ) was a South African musician ( drummer , band leader) of modern jazz .

Mabuza played with Dollar Brand in the 1950s . Chris McGregor brought him as drummer in the sextet Blue Notes ; In 1963 he was part of McGregor's Castle Lager Big Band . In 1964 he successfully participated in the Castle Lager Jazz Festival with his own quartet . Then he formed the Early Mabuza Big Five ; his Big Five included Barney Rachabane , Ernest Mothle and Julian Bahula . In 1968 Winston Mankunku brought Mabuza's trio to record his successful album Yakhal'Nkomo .

Mabuza was married to the singer Busi Mhlongo , with whom he also performed. His sister was the South African entrepreneur and talk show master Felicia Mabuza-Suttle.

Dennis Mpale recorded the tribute album Early Mart for Gallo in 1970 . Chris McGregor dedicated his piece Early Bird to him .

literature

  • 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
  • Chatradari Devroop: Unsung: South African Jazz Musicians under Apartheid Sun Press 2007, ISBN 978-1020109669

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maxine McGregor: Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath: My Life with a South African Jazz Pioneer. Flint, MI: Bamberger Books 1995, p. 25. He can also be heard on the first three tracks of the sextet's Township Bop CD (1964).
  2. ↑ Louis Moholo in the blindfold test
  3. ↑ Basil Breakey, Steve Gordon Beyond the Blues: Township Jazz in the '60s and' 70s. 1997, p. 38
  4. ↑ Liner Notes : Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band Jazz: The African Sound (Gallo / Teal, 1963)
personal data
SURNAME Mabuza, Early
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Sophiatown
DATE OF DEATH 1969