Dudu PUKWANA & Spear - Flute Music 1975

Dudu PUKWANA & Spear - Flute Music 1975
CA 2005

Jazz

Dudu Pukwana grew up studying piano in his family but in 1956, he switched to alto sax after meeting tenor sax player Nick Moyake. In 1962, he won first prize at the Johannesburg Jazz Festival with Moyake's Jazz Giants (1962 Gallo/Teal). Chris McGregor then invited him to join the Blue Notes; the interracial sextet, increasingly harassed by authorities, went into exile in 1964, playing in France, Zurich, and London. Pukwana's fiery voice was heard not only in the Blue Notes and in McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, but in many diverse settings ranging from the Incredible String Band to improvising with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink (Yi Yo Le, ICP 1978). As a composer, Pukwana wrote "Mra," one of the best-loved tunes by the Brotherhood. His own groups, Assagai and Spear, which recorded a few albums in the early '70s, blended kwela rhythms, rocking guitars, and jazz solos. With Mongezi Feza, Elton Dean, Keith Tippett, and Louis Moholo, Pukwana recorded two masterful acoustic tracks on the mostly electric album Diamond Express (Freedom 1977). His presence was also hugely felt in Moholo's Spirits Rejoice!, and in Harry Miller's Isipingo. Several African leaders invited him into their groups, including Hugh Masekela and trombonist Jonas Gwangwa's African Explosion (Who, Ngubani 1969). In 1978, Pukwana founded Jika Records and formed his own band, Zila, featuring South Africans Lucky Ranku on guitar and powerful vocalist Miss Pinise Saul. Zila recorded Zila Sounds (1981), Live in Bracknell and Willisau (1983), and Zila (1986), the last with keyboardist Django Bates and Pukwana increasingly using soprano sax. In duo with John Stevens, he recorded the free session They Shoot to Kill (Affinity 1987), dedicated to Johnny Dyani. Dudu Pukwana died of liver failure in June 1990.
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Dudu Pukwana- Alto, Piano, Percussion, Voice
Mongezi Feza- Trumpet, Flute, Congas, Percussion, Voice
Victor Williams- Piano, Electric Piano, Voice
Pete Cowling- Bass Guitar
John Stevens- Drums
Bob- Congas
The Princess- Vocals
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A1. Flute Music 6:30 
       Written-By - Mongezi Feza 
A2. Shekele 8:57 
       Written-By - Dudu Pukwana 
A3. Ko-Didi 7:37   
       Written-By - Victor Williams 
B1. Sondela 6:50 
       Written-By - Mongezi Feza 
B2. Freeze 5:31 
       Written-By - Mongezi Feza 
B3. You Cheated Me 3:26 
       Written-By - Dudu Pukwana 
B4. Flute Music 7:10 
       Written-By - Mongezi Feza 
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