Vintage South African Jazz

Lisnaholic · 04-30-2014, 08:25 PM

Thanks for the concert footage of Union Spéciale and congrats on being sent such a great-looking book by its author no less! Sounds like you`re a respected member of a music-loving fraternity irl as well as here on MB.

Ian Bruce Huntley is a completely new name to me, so someone I might investigate when I get the chance. In fact, there are so many musicians mushrooming out of the early days of SA jazz that I`m glad I didn`t tackle anything more ambitious than a couple of the early decades.

I checked youtube, but only found one clip of the Mr.Paljas musical that you mentioned. Sorry, rostasi, with it`s English lyrics, I found it a bit disappointing.

At the moment, one artist I`m enjoying is Dollar Brand; I`ve come across a couple of cool tracks by him, for example:-

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Lisnaholic · 05-10-2014, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Yes, Abdullah Ibrahim (as he's been known since the 70's)
is still going stronger than ever (even after his wife's death last year)
and is still amazingly prolific. I think I have about 50 or more of his albums.

If I`d known that earlier, I don`t think I would`ve had the presumption to start this thread, rostasi; I think fifty is about the total number of tracks that I have for the whole genre!

I guess I should also follow your lead by using the name Abdullah Ibrahim, though "Dollar Brand" sounds so much cooler to me. When I get a chance I`m going to check out some more of his music.

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[It's still "Pukwana" - you know I'm gonna hound you until you correct this dontcha?]

OK, it`s fixed!

04-30-2014, 08:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks for the concert footage of Union Spéciale and congrats on being sent such a great-looking book by its author no less! Sounds like you`re a respected member of a music-loving fraternity irl as well as here on MB. Ian Bruce Huntley is a completely new name to me, so someone I might investigate when I get the chance. In fact, there are so many musicians mushrooming out of the early days of SA jazz that I`m glad I didn`t tackle anything more ambitious than a couple of the early decades. I checked youtube, but only found one clip of the Mr.Paljas musical that you mentioned. Sorry, rostasi, with it`s English lyrics, I found it a bit disappointing. At the moment, one artist I`m enjoying is Dollar Brand; I`ve come across a couple of cool tracks by him, for example:- and __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953