| Artist: Johnny Dyani |
Similar Artists:
Performed Songs By:
Worked With:
Formal Connection With:
| Discography: Johnny Dyani |
| Wikipedia: Johnny Dyani |
Johnny Mbizo Dyani (30 November 1945 – 24 October 1986) was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith.
He was born and grew up in Duncan Village, a township of the South African city of East London.
In the early 1960s he was a member of South Africa's first integrated jazz band The Blue Notes, with Mongezi Feza on trumpet, Dudu Pukwana on alto saxophone, Nikele Moyake on tenor saxophone, Chris McGregor on piano, and Louis Moholo on drums. The band fled South Africa in 1964 to seek musical and political freedom.
"We were rebels and we were trying to run away from this apartheid thing. We rebelled against the apartheid regime that whites and blacks couldn't play together. We stood up," said Louis Moholo.[1]
In 1966, Dyani toured Argentina with Steve Lacy's quartet. Lacy, Dyani and Moholo recorded "The Forest and the Zoo" (ESP).
He later moved to Denmark and Sweden, recording many albums under his own name, often on the SteepleChase label. He recorded with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray, Joseph Jarman, Clifford Jarvis, Don Moye, Han Bennink, Brotherhood of Breath, Mal Waldron, Pierre Dørge and many others.
After his death the remaining members of The Blue Notes reunited to record a moving tribute album Blue Notes For Johnny on the label Ogun Records. Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra's album Johnny Lives (1987) is another tribute, as is David Murray's composition Mbizo.
In a memorial (PDF) published in the South African magazine Rixaka, Pallo Jordan writes, "above all, his music resounded with a joy in life."
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
 | Detail (Jazz Band, '80s) |
| Echoes from Africa (1979 Album by Abdullah Dollar Brand Ibrahim with Johnny Dyani) |
| Interboogieology (1978 Album by David Murray) |
 | Who is johnnie taylor? |
| Who is Johnny Aurz? |
| Where is johnny rivers? |
Copyrights:
 |
 | Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Johnny Dyani". Read more |
Mentioned in
