Russell Herman
Russell Herman (born December 24, 1953 in Cape Town , † October 5, 1998 in London ) was a South African guitarist and music producer.
Live and act
Herman grew up in District Six ; after his parents died, he lived with his older brother. When he was fifteen, he dropped out of school to focus on music. Initially self-taught , he worked intensively on jazz and the Spanish guitar (one of his early bands, Estudio, is named after a piece by Andrés Segovia ). He soon played with Abdullah Ibrahim and Basil Coetzee and founded his own fusion bands such as District Six , Oswietie and, together with Bheki Mseleku and Sipho Gumede Spirits Rejoice . With Robbie Jansen , pianist Tony Cedras , flautist Qadir Khan and violinist Louis Wald he founded Estudio , for which he also composed and arranged.
In 1982 he moved to London , where he worked with Brian Abrahams and his band (also called District Six ) and founded Kintone as his own project . He also began to work as a music producer. When Mseleku followed to London in 1987, he played in his band and supported them in his further career. As a producer he has appeared beyond Mselekus Celebration with albums by the north Indian flautist Deepak Ram and the drummer Vusi Khumalo . He continued to record with Winston Mankunku and Hi-Life International and was involved in the recording of Jonas Gwangwa's album Flowers of the Nation .
Discographic notes
- District Six Akuzwakale (Let It Be Heard) (1985, with Brian Abrahams, Jim Dvorak , Mervyn Africa , Dill Katz , Ruthie, and Harrison Smith)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The band accompanied the poet Sol Rashid on his recordings in October 1976 http://www.3rdearmusic.com/hyarchive/hyarchive/markettheater.html Third Ear Music (Hidden Years)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herman, Russell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African guitarist and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1998 |
| Place of death | London |