Pat Matshikiza

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Pat Vuyisile Matshikiza (born November 20, 1938 in Queenstown (South Africa) , † December 29, 2014 ) was a South African jazz pianist who also performed under the name Patrick Matthews .

Live and act

Mathikiza, whose father worked as a pianist for the Eisteddfods , received piano lessons from his nephew Todd Matshikiza . After school he completed a teacher training course in St. Matthews, where he also worked as an organist and became familiar with the classics. He then had temporary jobs in the restaurant business and as a bar pianist for the next two years before moving to Johannesburg . There he became a member of Mackay Davashes Jazz Dazzlers , where he performed with Kippie Moeketsi , Makaya Ntshoko and Letta Mbulu on the show Back in Your Own Back Yard . In jam sessions he met Chris McGregor . Unlike many other musicians, he stayed in the country. In the late 1960s he won first prize at a festival and was invited to collaborate by Hugh Masekela .

In 1975 he and Moeketsi presented the album Tshona , the title track of which is considered a classic of South African jazz. In the same year he was involved in the album Our Boys Are Doing It by Dennis Mpale and Moeketsi. In the next few decades, despite having won several awards, he was temporarily dependent on working as a bar pianist and changing his name ( Patrick Matthews ). His album Seasons, Masks and Keys gives an overview of the wealth of his compositional output.

Discographic notes

  • Pat Matshikiza / Kippie Moeketsi Tshona (1975, with Basil Coetzee , Sipho Mabuse , Alec Khaoli, Dennis Phillips)
  • Seasons, Masks and Keys (2005, with Feya Faku , Sidney Mnisi, Zandile Hlatshwayo, Siphokazi Maregana and others)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death report in All.Africa
  2. ↑ Death report at Uncova ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2015 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 / uncova.com
  3. ↑ Chatradari Devroop & Chris Walton Unsung: South African Jazz Musicians under Apartheid Stellenbosch 2007, pp. 13, 65
  4. ^ Gwen Ansell Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in South Africa New York 2004, p. 171
  5. ^ Soweto Blues , p. 152
personal data
SURNAME Matshikiza, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matshikiza, Pat Vuyisile; Matshikiza, Patrick Vuyisile; Matthews, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Queenstown (South Africa)
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2014