Monty Weber
Desmond Monty Weber (born June 22, 1941 in Rondebosch , † August 1999 ) was a South African drummer of Cape Jazz .
Live and act
Weber received a drum as a child. Impressed by Tony Scott , he played the clarinet as a teenager , but then switched to drums. In the late 1950s he worked in Cape Town with Johnny Gertze and Dick Schilder , then with Vic Swartz. In the early 1960s he was part of Kenny Jephta's Dixieland band, with whom he also performed in neighboring countries. In 1962 and early 1963 he was a member of the septet of Chris McGregor (with whom he was also documented on a compilation record at the Cold Castle Festival ). In 1974 he was involved in the recording of Abdullah Ibrahim's legendary album Mannenberg - Is Where It's Happening ; He then toured Europe with his band. Between 1979 and 1981 he worked with Basil Coetzee , Pops Mohamed , Richard Peters, Robbie Jansen and Sipho Gumede in the group Movement in the City , which recorded two albums. He also belonged to Pops Mohameds Black Disco . Later he was a member of Tony Schilder's trio . In the field of jazz, Tom Lord recorded seven recordings by Weber between 1974 and 1991. He developed diabetes and died after having both legs amputated as the disease progressed.
Discographic notes
- Abdullah Ibrahim Mannenberg: Is Where It's Happening (1974, with Robbie Jansen , Kippie Moeketsi , Morris Goldberg , Paul Michaels)
- Lionel Beukes, Sammy Hartman, Monty Weber, Basil Coetzee, Errol Dyers , Monwabisi Remember District Six - A Musical Concept by Sammy Hartman, Lionel Beukes & Monty Weber (CBS 1976)
- Tete Mbambisa Did You Tell Your Mother (1979, with Basil Coetze, Zulu Bidi)
- Abdullah Ibrahim Voice of Africa (1988, Kippie Moeketsi , Robbie Jansen or Basil Coetzee, Duku Makasi, Basil Moses or Paul Michaels or Sipho Gumede, Gilbert Mathews )
- Abdullah Ibrahim Mantra Mode ( Enja 1991, with Johnny Mekoa , Basil Coetzee, Robbie Jansen, Errol Dyers, Spencer Mbadu )
Web links
- Short biography (Western Cape Jazz Legends)
- Monty Weber at Allmusic (English)
- Monty Weber at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Transcribed interview with Weber (1998)
- ↑ Cape Town jazz, 1959–1963: the photographs of Hardy Stockmann Copenhagen 2001, p. 80
- ^ Sazi Stephen Dlamini The South African Blue Notes: Bebop, Mbaqanga, Apartheid and the Exiling of a Musical Imagination Diss. University of KwaZulu-Natal 2009
- ^ Jürgen Schadeberg Jazz, Blues & Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa. David Philip 2007, p. 161.
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber, Monty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weber, Desmond Monty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rondebosch |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1999 |