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Johnny “Mbizo” Dyani was from a musical family and began taking part in the piano and singing in a normal choir young. At 13, he turned to bass, but would make use of both tone of voice and piano down the road. Chris McGregor employed him for the Blue Records …

Mongezi Feza began performing the trumpet extremely early, and by his teenagers was already performing professionally in groupings, getting involved in the very well-known jazz tournaments. Chris McGregor discovered him there and invited him to become listed on the Blue Records; together he fled the united states in 1964, playing …

Louis Moholo originates from a music family and is really a self-taught drummer. His music group the Cordettes required part within the 1962 Johannesburg Jazz Festival, where Moholo received first reward for drums. Following this, Chris McGregor asked him to become listed on the Blue Records, replacing the initial drummer. …

Dudu Pukwana was raised learning piano in his family members however in 1956, he switched to alto sax after conference tenor sax participant Nick Moyake. In 1962, he gained first prize on the Johannesburg Jazz Celebration with Moyake’s Jazz Giants (1962 Gallo/Teal). Chris McGregor after that invited him to become …

Pianist Chris McGregor shaped this Southern African group in 1962 with Dudu Pukwana (alto), Mongezi Feza (trumpet), Nick Moyake (tenor), Johnny Dyani (bass), and Louis Moholo (drums). In 1963, the Blue Records earned the country’s Greatest Jazz Group honor, but the tensing rules pursuing anti-apartheid uprisings produced life difficult in …

Chris McGregor was created the son of the Scottish missionary, raised on cathedral hymns and Xhosa dances. He examined on the Cape City University of Music and uncovered the dark jazz picture. His septet performed within the 1962 Country wide Jazz Celebration, and after founding the Blue Records in 1963, …