Letta Mbulu

Letta Mbulu
mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịSouth Africa Dezie
aha enyereLetta Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya23 Ọgọọst 1942 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụSoweto Dezie
Dị/nwunyeCaiphus Semenya Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụonye na-abụ abụ, odee egwu, jazz musician, onye egwu Dezie
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite)1965 Dezie
ngwa egwuolu egwụ Dezie
ụdịJennifer Hudson, jazz, music of Africa Dezie
akara ndekọIhe ndekọ Capitol Dezie

Mkpúrù èdè íke Letta Mbulu (a mụrụ n'abalị iri abụọ na anọ nke ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1942) bụ onye South Africa na-agụ egwu jazz nke nọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike kemgbe afọ 1960.[1]

Akụkọ ndụ

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Amụrụ ma zụlite ya na Soweto, South Africa, ọ nọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike dị ka onye na-agụ egwu kemgbe afọ 1960. Mgbe ọ ka dị afọ iri na ụma, o ji egwu King Kong mee njem[2] - mana ọ hapụrụ United States n'afọ 1964 n'ihi Apartheid .[1]

Na New York City, ya na ndị ọzọ a chụrụ n'obodo na South Africa jikọtara, nke gụnyere Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela na Jonas Gwangwa, wee gaa n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod na Harry Belafonte.[2][1]

Na ihe omume, a pụkwara ịnụ abụ ya n'ihe nkiri bụ Roots, The Color Purple (1985), na ihe nkiri 1973 A Warm December, ọ bụkwa onye ọbịa na oge isii nke Soul Train .[3] Mbulu wepụtara abụ Swahili na egwu Michael Jackson, "Liberian Girl". Onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri Quincy Jones ekwuola banyere ya sị: "Mbulu bụ nwanyị kwudosie ike, na-egosipụta mgbagwoju anya na obi ụtọ nke na-akpali olileanya maka inweta ịhụnanya dị ọcha, ịma mma, na ịdị n'otu n'ụwa. "[3]

Ọ bụ onye guzobere South African Artists United (SAAU) otu nzukọ nke e guzobere n'afọ1986.[4]

Ndụ onwe onye

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Mbulu lụrụ onye egwu Caiphus Semenya.[5] Ka ọchịchị ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na-apụta n'elu ndị na-acha ọcha n'afọ ndị 1970, Mbulu gara United States, ebe ọ gara n'ala ọzọ, ọ gara n'ihu na-achụso egwu. Ya na jazz alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley mere njem, ma gaa n'ihu isonyere onye na-agụ egwú America bụ Harry Belafonte. Ha gara ọtụtụ njem nlegharị anya ụwa. Mmetụta mmụọ egwu ya bụ ndị mmadụ, American Jazz na egwu Brazil kpalie ya.[6]

Ihe nrite

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  • 2001: South African Music Award or lifetime achievement.
  • 2009: Order of Ikhamanga in Silver erhielt.[7]
  • 2018: lifetime achievement award.[8]

Discografị

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  • Letta Mbulu Sings (Capitol, 1967)
  • Free Soul (Capitol, 1968)
  • Letta (Chisa, 1970)
  • Naturally (Fantasy, 1972)
  • E nwere egwu n'ikuku (A&M, 1976)
  • Letta (A&M, 1977)
  • Letta Mbulu - Gold (A&M, 1978)
  • Letta Mbulu - Sweet juju (Ụtụtụ, 1985)
  • The Best of Letta & Caiphus (Columbia, 1996)
  • Greatest Hits (Columbia, 1999)
  • Letta Mbulu Sings/Free Soul (Stateside, 2005)
  • Culani Nami (Sony, 2007)

Mụ na Quincy Jones

  • Roots (A&M, 1977)

Edensibia

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (1992) in Colin Larkin: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, First, Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1650. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Payne, "Letta Mbulu", Douglaspayne.com
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Craig Harris, Artist Biography, AllMusic
  4. ↑ Rajgopaul. "Letta Mbulu", South African History Online, 26 August 2011. Retrieved on 17 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Semenya, Caiphus (South Africa). Music.org.za. Retrieved on 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Letta Mbulu – South African Music. Southafrica.co.za. Retrieved on 29 December 2019.
  7. ↑ List of recipients 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved on 22 July 2019.
  8. ↑ Patience Bambalele (5 December 2018). "Letta Mbulu scoops another honorary award" (en). sowetanlive.

Njikọ mpụga

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