Feya Faku

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Feya Faku, Oslo Jazz Festival 2017

Fezile "Feya" Faku (born June 6, 1962 in New Brighton (Port Elizabeth) ) is a South African jazz trumpeter .

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Faku first tried his hand at the flute and saxophone and then received trumpet lessons from Christopher Columbus Ngcukana . In the neighborhood he heard numerous musicians such as Eric Nomvete, Willie "Sax-O-Wheels" Mbali, David Mzimkhulu or Kippie Moeketsi and jammed with the soul jazzmen , who were oriented towards the American jazz messengers . He received practical tips from their flugelhorn player, George Tyefuman. In 1986 he became a member of Victor Ntoni's Big Band. After graduating from high school, he started his jazz career. He played with Barney Rachabane , the singer Thandie Klaasen, Zim Ngqawana , Tete Mbambisa and the saxophonist Duku Makasi. Later he belonged to the quintet of Winston Mankunku Ngozi . In the early 1990s he studied jazz at the University of KwaZulu-Natal up to the Performers Diploma . In 1993 he first visited the United States, where he played with Frank Morgan . In 1994 he worked with Paul van Kemenade for the first time .

Faku toured Europe in 1995 with Darius Brubeck and the NU Jazz Connection ( African Tributes ). After teaching in Durban for a few years, Faku recorded his first album Hommage in the Netherlands in 1998 . He played with Abdullah Ibrahim in the following years and can also be heard on recordings with him ( Made In South Africa Township One More Time , Cape Town Revisited ). He also performed the musical production Mahube: Music from South Africa with Oliver Mtukudzi and others , which was also shown in Munich . He operates from Durban with his quintet The Core ; The CD Tacit followed in 2003 . He also worked with Andile Yenana ( We Used to Dance , 2002), Bheki Mseleku ( Home at Last , 2003) and Pat Matshikiza ( Seasons, Masks and Keys , 2005). Paul van Kemenade brought him in 2006 for a tour and the album Mexi Cozy . He also appears in the sextet of McCoy Mrubata and Paul Hanmer and is part of Dominic Eglis Plurism .

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  1. ↑ Short entry (Radio Swiss Jazz) ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2013 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 / www.radioswissjazz.ch
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, October 20, 2013)
  3. ↑ Mahube (South African Music)
  4. ↑ Freedom Day Concert 2013 (South African Music)
personal data
SURNAME Faku, Feya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faku, Fezile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brighton (Port Elizabeth)