Nick Moyake

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Nikele "Nick" Moyake (* 1934 in Addo (South Africa) , † 1969 in Port Elizabeth ) was a South African musician ( tenor saxophone ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Moyake went to Port Elizabeth as a teenager. He played at African Jazz and formed the Jazz Giants with Dudu Pukwana , with whom he won first prize at the Johannesburg Jazz Festival in 1962 (recordings for New Sound / Gallo). As a studio musician, he was involved in numerous Mbaqanga recordings, including for West Nkosi and Reggie Msomi. In 1963 he presented his own recordings on Meritone Big Beat and was a member of Chris McGregor's Castle Lager Big Band , which was the nucleus for the Blue Notes , with which he then toured. With this sextet - McGregor, Pukwana, Mongezi Feza , Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo - he emigrated to Europe in 1964, after an invitation to the Jazz à Juan festival in Antibes . During the band's stay in Zurich following the festival, he returned to South Africa, where he performed with Harry Moyaga, Pat Matshikiza and Early Mabuza . He also recorded with the Mthunzini Girls (around 1966) and the Makhona Tsohle Band (1967). He died of a brain tumor.

The South African Soul Giants dedicated their first album I Remember Nick to him .

Discographic notes

  • Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band Jazz: The African Sound (Gallo / Teal, 1963)
  • Blue Notes Township Bop (Proper Records, 1964)
  • Blue Notes Legacy: Live In South Africa ( Ogun Records , 1964)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Max Annas : To France or Wherever - The Blue Notes and Their Exile in Europe . In: Marie-Hélène Gutberlet, Cara Snyman: Shoe Shop . Jacana Media 2012, pp. 147–153, here p. 149. Cousin Sidney Moyake named this year of birth in an interview with Annas; otherwise 1930 or 1932 are also given as the year of birth in the literature.
  2. ↑ Louis Moholo: Interview ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In contrast, Maxine McGregor ( Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath: My Life with a South African Jazz Pioneer. Flint, MI: Bamberger Books 1995, p. 95) speaks of the fact that he died barely a year after his return to South Africa. Therefore, 1966 is often noted as the year of death. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allaboutjazz.com
  3. ↑ Basil Breakey, Steve Gordon Beyond the Blues: Township Jazz in the '60s and' 70s , 1997; ISBN 0-86486-242-3 , p. 12
  4. ↑ Various Artists, Cold Castle National Jazz Festival 1962 NSL 1010
  5. ↑ a b Do you remember Nick Moyake?
  6. ↑ Harry Moyaga biography
personal data
SURNAME Moyake, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moyake, Nikele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Addo (South Africa)
DATE OF DEATH 1969
Place of death Port Elizabeth , South Africa