Koloi Lebona

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Hendrik "Koloi Sabata" Lebona (born August 2, 1942 ; † October 2, 2013 in Pretoria ) was a South African music producer , songwriter and jazz musician (guitar).

Live and act

Lebona, who grew up in Winburg , attended the Athlone School for the blind in Cape Town . He founded the short-lived Black Label with Jimmy Mojopelo and Babsy Mlangeni . Lebona formed The All Rounders Band with Babsy Mlangeni, John Mothopeng, Jimmy Mojapelo and Sy Falatsi . Lebona and the Mlangeni he produced, who had the hit Sala Emma , were later members of the Black Artists Management label . In 1979 he promoted the careers of the pop singer Brenda Fassie and Ezra Ngcukana , whose debut album he produced in 1989. In 1984 he founded his label Khaya Records, where Saitana ( Love Fever ), "Special Cane Mahlelebe" and bands like AFUBI ( Get Up and Party ) and Bayete ( Shosholoza ) released. Together with Sipho Mabuse , he supported Paul Simon in his Graceland project in 1985 . Furthermore he produced a. a. Music by Philip Tabane / Malombo, Barney Rachabane , McCoy Mrubata , the African Jazz Pioneers , Jonathan Butler and Jonas Gwangwa ( Flowers of the Nation ); He also worked in the documentary Under African Skies (2012). For his life's work, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the South African Music Awards . He was also a founding member of the South African Blind Musicians Association.

literature

  • Max Mojapelo, Sello Galane, Chris Walton: Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music Somerset 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement in Sowetan , October 8, 2013
  2. ^ Yvonne Huskisson: Black Composers of Southern Africa: An Expanded Supplement to The Bantu , p. 73
  3. ↑ a b Press display (accessed October 9, 2013)
  4. ↑ Nicholas Cook (Eds.) The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music , p. 84 and D. Coetzer Paul Simon Performs 'Graceland' in South Africa 25 Years Later for Documentary , Billboard a. August 2011
personal data
SURNAME Lebona, Koloi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lebona, Hendrik; Lebona, Koloi Sabata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1942
DATE OF DEATH 2nd October 2013
Place of death Pretoria