Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji

Mmádu

ụdịekere	nwoke
mba o sị	Naijiria, Njikota Obodo Amerika
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	7 Eprel 1927
Ebe ọmụmụ	Ajido
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya	6 Eprel 2003
Ebe ọ nwụrụ	Salinas
Ụdị ọnwụ	eke na-akpata
ihe kpatara ọnwụ	ọrịa shuga
Dị/nwunye	Amy Olatunji
Asụsụ obodo	Asụsụ Yoruba
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka	Bekee, Asụsụ Yoruba, pidgin Naịjirịa
Ọrụ ọ na-arụ	onye egwu, percussionist
ebe agụmakwụkwọ	New York University, Morehouse College, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
oge ọrụ ya (mmalite)	1959
agbụrụ	Ndi Yoruba
ngwa egwu	drum kit
ụdị	jazz, Yoruba music, apala
akara ndekọ	Columbia Records, CBS, Chesky Records
webụsaịtị	http://www.olatunjimusic.com/
nnọchiaha nkeonwe	L485

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Babatunde Olatunji, nke abụọ site n'aka nri, na Tal Vadya Utsav International Drums & Percussion Festival, Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, 1985

Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 - April 6, 2003) bụ onye Naijiria na-akụ ọkpọ, onye nkuzi, onye na-ahụ maka mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, na onye na-edekọ egwu.

Oge ọ malitere

  A mụrụ Olatunji n'obodo Ajido, nso Badagry, Lagos State, na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Nigeria. Onye otu ndị Ogu, a matara Olatunji egwu ọdịnala Afrịka mgbe ọ dị obere. Aha ya, Bàbátúndé, pụtara 'nna alọghachila', n'ihi na amụrụ ya ọnwa abụọ mgbe nna ya, Zannu, nwoke Ogu (Egun), nwụsịrị. A na-ewere Olatunji dị ka reincarnation. Nna ya bụ onye na-egbu azụ n'ógbè ahụ nke na-achọ ịrịgo n'ọkwa onye isi, nne ya bụ onye ọkpụite bụ onye otu ndị Ogu. Olatunji tolitere na-asụ asụsụ Gun (Ogu / Egun) na Yoruba. Nne nne ya na nne nne nne ya bụ ndị ụkọchukwu nke okpukpe Vodun na Ogu, ha na-efe Vodun, dị ka Kori, chi nwanyị ọmụmụ.

N'ihi ọnwụ nna ya na mberede, site na nwata, a kwadebere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, ọ ghọtara na ọ chọghị ịghọ onye isi. Ọ gụrụ na magazin Reader's Digest banyere mmemme agụmakwụkwọ nke Rotary International Foundation, wee tinye akwụkwọ maka ya. Arịrịọ ya gara nke ọma wee gaa United States na 1950.

Mmụta

Olatunji natara Rotary scholarship na 1950 ma gụọ akwụkwọ na Morehouse College na Atlanta, Georgia, ebe ọ chọrọ, mana ọ dịghị mgbe ọ bụrụ abụ na Morehouse University Glee Club. Olatunji bụ ezigbo enyi nke onye nduzi Glee Club Dr. Wendell P. Whalum ma soro ya rụkọọ ọrụ n'ihe ngosi nke ndị ukwe, "Betelehemu", abụ Krismas nke Naijiria. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Morehouse, ọ gara Mahadum New York iji mụọ nchịkwa ọha. N'ebe ahụ, ọ malitere obere ìgwè na-akụ ọkpọ iji nweta ego n'akụkụ ka ọ na-aga n'ihu na ọmụmụ ya.

Ọrụ

After hearing Olatunji perform with the 66 piece Radio City Music Hall orchestra Columbia Records signed Olatunji to the Columbia label in 1957. Two years later he released his first of six records on the Columbia label, called Drums of Passion. Drums of Passion became a major hit and remains in print; it introduced many Americans to world music. Drums of Passion also served as the band's name.

Olatunji nwetara ndị na-eso ụzọ n'etiti ndị na-agụ egwú jazz, karịsịa ịmepụta mmekọrịta siri ike na John Coltrane, nke o ji aka ya guzobe Olatunji Center for African Culture na Harlem. Nke a bụ ebe ikpeazụ Coltrane dere ihe nkiri ya. Coltrane dere egwu "Tunji" na 1962 album Coltrane na nraranye nye ya. Olatunji dekọrọ ya na ọtụtụ ndị egwu ndị ọzọ a ma ama (nke a na-akpọkarị "Michael Olatunji"), gụnyere Cannonball Adderley (na 1961 African Waltz album), Horace Silver, Quincy Jones, Pee Wee Ellis, Stevie Wonder, Randy Weston, yana Max Roach na Abbey Lincoln na Freedom Now Suite aka We Insist!, yana onye otu Grateful Dead Mickey Hart na ọrụ ya na-emeri Grammy Planet Drum. A kpọtụrụ ya aha n'okwu nke Bob Dylan "I Shall Be Free," nke edere maka abọm The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan . Ọ pụtara na oge nke abụọ "Olatunji - Onye Africa na New York" nke ihe ngosi telivishọn CBC Quest na-agbasa na Mee 6, 1962, usoro nke Bob Dylan gosipụtara na ihe omume site na Machị 10, 1964.

N'afọ 1969, Carlos Santana nwere nnukwu ihe na "Jin-go-lo-ba" nke Olatunji dere na abọm mbụ ya, Santana dere na abọọm mbụ ya. Ihe ndekọ ndị ọzọ Olatunji tinyere Drums of Passion: The Invocation (1988), Drums of passion: The Beat (1989) (nke gụnyere Airto Moreira na Carlos Santana), Love Drum Talk (1997), Circle of Drums (2005; nke mbụ akpọrọ Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations, ya na Muruga Booker na Sikiru Adepoju), na Olatunji Live at Starwood (2003 - edere na 1997 Starwood Festival ya na onye ọbịa Halim El-Dabh. O nyekwara aka na Peace Is the World Smiling: A Peace Anthology for Families on the Music for Little People label (1993).

Ihe nkiri na ihe nkiri

Olatunji dere egwu maka ihe nkiri Broadway na ihe nkiri Hollywood nke 1961 nke Raisin in the Sun . O nyeere Bill Lee aka na egwu maka nkiri nwa ya nwoke Spike Lee She's Gotta Have It.

Mgbalị

A maara Olatunji maka ikwu okwu na-akpali akpali maka ikpe ziri ezi tupu ọ rụọ ọrụ n'ihu ndị na-ege ntị. A na-akọwa nkwenkwe ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ya na-aga n'ihu na The Beat of My Drum: An Autobiography, na okwu mbido nke Joan Baez, (Temple University Press, 2005). Ọ gara n'ebe ndịda America na Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wee sonye na King na njem na Washington.

Mgbe ọ na-eme ihe n'ihu Nzukọ Ezumezu nke Mba Ndị Dị n'Otu, onye isi ala Soviet Nikita Khrushchev wepụrụ akpụkpọ ụkwụ ya wee gbaa egwu. Mgbe e mesịrị, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ na-eme ihe nkiri n'èzí na Prague na arịrịọ Václav Havel. Na Julaị 21, 1979, ọ pụtara na Amandla Festival ya na Bob Marley, Dick Gregory, Patti LaBelle na Eddie Palmieri, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.

Ọrụ nkuzi

Olatunji bụ onye nkuzi egwu, ma mepụta usoro izi ihe na idekọ usoro ịgbà nke ọ kpọrọ usoro "Gun-Dun, Go-Do, Pa-Ta" mgbe ụda dị iche iche na-eme na ịgbà. Ọ kụziri ụlọ ọrụ ịkụ ọkpọ na ịgba egwú n'afọ niile malite na ngwụcha afọ 1950. Kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ, o gosipụtara ọmụmụ ihe na mba na mba ụwa na kọleji, mahadum, obodo, ọdịbendị, na ụlọ ọrụ gọọmentị.

O so dee ihe eji egwu egwu nke Africa: Ọdịdị ha, Ojiji ha na Ebe ha dị na ndụ nke ndị egwu egwu miri emi na Betty Warner-Dietz (John Day Company, 1965). Ya na nwunye ya kụziri ihe omume ịgba egwu n'oge ọkọchị na ịgba egwu Africa, na Omega Institute na Rhinebeck, New York maka ọtụtụ oge ọkọchị n'oge izu ezinụlọ. Ọ kụzikwaara na Esalen Institute na California malite n'afọ 1985.

Ndụ na ọnwụ

Malite na ngwụcha afọ 1980, Olatunji nwere ọrụ na-ebilite n'ọnwụ site na ntọhapụ nke ndekọ na akara Rykodisc, Olatunji - Drums of Passion, The Invocation na Olatunji: Drums of Pasión, The Beat. Afọ 1990 wetara ihe ndekọ ndị ọzọ na Babatunde Olatunji, Healing Session, (nke e wepụtara na mbụ dị ka teepu cassette dị mkpirikpi ma mesịa na CD na 2003), na Drums of Passion - Freedom, Justice and Peace.

Ntinye aka nke 1991 na Rykodisc, Planet Drum, njikọ aka na Mickey Hart nke Grateful Dead, yana ndị na-akụ ọkpọ a ma ama n'ụwa niile, jiri ọtụtụ izu dị ka ọnụọgụ 1 nke ndekọ na chaatị Billboard's Top World Music Album. Olatunji na ndị na-akụ ọkpọ kwadoro ndekọ ahụ na njem mba iri, na-egwuri egwu na ebe ndị dị ka Carnegie Hall. N'afọ 1994, otu nnukwu igbe nke chịkọtara ihe ndekọ Columbia Record zuru ezu ka Bear Family Records wepụtara. A họpụtara ihe ndekọ 1997, "Love Drum Talk", na akara Chesky, maka Grammy Award maka Best World Beat Music.

N'ime afọ ndị 1990 niile, usoro njem Olatunji ji okpukpu abụọ na-eweta Drums of Passion na ihe omume ndị dị anya dị ka International Peace University, Berlin, Kodo Drum Society of Japan, The National Cathedral of the United States of America, Ontario Anti-Racist Secretariat, Universita della Studi di Napoli, United Nations Hunger Project, yana usoro ihe nkiri na ụbọchị klọb na-adịghị agwụ agwụ agwụsị. N'ime afọ ndị 1990 Olatunji gosipụtara ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ site n'aka òtù ndị metụtara mmegharị mmadụ, dị ka Esalen Institute, Omega Institute, Hollyhock Farm, na òtù ndị dị na Europe. N'afọ 1997, Olatunji bụ onye isi nke Ghana Dance Ensemble, na-eweta ndị otu a ma ama n'ụwa na agụmakwụkwọ site na Accra, Ghana, ịga njem na US.

Na mbido afọ 2000, Olatunji zụrụ ụlọ na Washington, D.C. ebe ya na onye ya na ya bi, Prọfesọ Akinsola Akiwowo biri obere oge. N'ebe ahụ, Jaqui MacMillan na Chris Stewart nyeere ya aka, tupu ọ ree ụlọ ahụ wee kwaga California. N'ime afọ ole na ole tupu ọnwụ ya, Olatunji mere ụlọ ya n'ụsọ oké osimiri Big Sur. Ọ ghọrọ onye ọkà mmụta na-ebi na Esalen Institute. N'oge a, ọ na-arịa ọrịa shuga nke ukwuu ma Nora Arjuna, Leo Thompson, Jamie "Joriahna" Lee, na Leon Ryan nyere ya aka ruo obere oge tupu ọnwụ ya site na ọrịa shuga na Salinas, California na 2003, otu ụbọchị tupu afọ 76 ya. Nwunye ya Amy, ụmụ atọ (Omotola Olatunji, Folashade Olatunji Olusekun, na Modupe Olatunji), ụmụ asaa, na nwa nwanne nne, Akinsola Akiwowowo hapụrụ ya.

Onyinye

• Olatunji bụ akụkụ nke ọrụ Mickey Hart's Planet Drum, gụnyere album Planet Drum، nke meriri Grammy Award maka Best World Music Album nke 1991, afọ mbụ e nyere onyinye ahụ.
• Ọ bụ onye a nabatara na Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame n'afọ 2001.

Nkọwapụta

Abọm

• Drums of Passion (Columbia, 1959)
• Zungo! (Columbia, 1961)
• Ọbọ akwara (Columbia, 1962)
• Ndụ Dị Elu! (Columbia, 1963)
• Ọbọ! Ọbọ! (Roulette, 1964)
• Soul Makossa (Paramount, 1973)
• Egwú na-akụ ụbọ akwara m (Bellaphon, 1986)
• Drums of Passion: The Invocation (Rykodisc, 1988)
• Drums of Passion: The Beat (Rykodisc, 1989)
• Drums of Passion: Celebrate Freedom, Justice & Peace (Olatunji, 1993)
• Drums of Passion and More (Ezinụlọ Bear, 1994)
• Babatunde Olatunji, Ọgwụ Ọgwụ, Abụ na Abụ (Olatunji, 1995)
• Love Drum Talk (1997, Chesky)
• Drums of Passion [Expanded] (2002)
• Olatunji Live at Starwood (2003) Rịba ama Live at the Starwood Festival 1997
• Oge Ọgwụgwọ (2003, Narada)
• Circle of Drums (2005, Chesky)

Ihe nkiri vidio

• Olatunji na Drums of Passion (Video) (1986 Video Arts International) E dekọrọ Live na Oakland Colisium 12/31/85
• Love Drum Talk (Video) (1998, CHE, TMS, Chesky)
• African Drumming (Vidio nkuzi) (2004, Interworld)
• Olatunji Live at Starwood (DVD) (2005, ACE) E dekọrọ Live na Starwood Festival 1997

Dị ka onye ọbịa

Mụ na Mickey Hart

• At the Edge (Rykodisc, 1990)
• Planet Drum (Rykodisc, 1991)
• Igbe Ihe Omimi nke Mickey Hart (Rykodisc, 1996)
• Supralingua (Rykodisc, 1998)
• Global Drum Project (Shout! Ụlọ ọrụ, 2007)
• Mysterium Tremendum (360°, 2012)

Mụ na ndị ọzọ

• 1960 Anyị Na-ekwusi ike!, Max Roach
• 1960 Uhuru Afrika, Randy Weston
• 1960 The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones, Kai Winding
• 1961 African Waltz, Cannonball Adderley
• 1961 The Common Ground, Herbie Mann
• 1964 Gainsbourg Egwú, Serge Gainsbourg
• 1977 Home in the Country, Pee Wee Ellis
• 1977 Silver 'n Percussion, Horace Silver
• 1980 Njikọ, Richie Havens
• 1987 Taj, Taj Mahal
• 1988 Akụkụ nke ọzọ nke a, Airto Moreira
• 1991 Jungle Fever, Stevie Wonder
• 1991 Ihe ijuanya na nke mara mma, Crimson Glory
• 1995 Egwú nke Agwọ Rainbow, Carlos Santana
• 1997 Jazz 'Round Midnight, Quincy Jones
• 2000 Rose nke Si na Concrete, 2Pac
• 2019 Akụkọ ihe mere eme, Youssou N"Dour

Hụkwa

• Polyrhythm

Ihe odide

Akwụkwọ

• Ngwá egwu nke Africa: Ọdịdị ha, Ojiji ha na Ebe ha nọ na Ndụ nke Ndị Mmiri Dị Nri (1965) na Betty Warner-Dietz. John Day Company OCLC: 592096
• Okwu mmalite nke "The Drummer's Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming" (1992) nke Súle Greg Wilson, Destiny Books
• The Beat Of My Drum: An Autobiography (2005) (nke Joan Baez dere okwu mbido). Temple University Press ISBN ,

Njikọ mpụga

• Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ gọọmentị echekwara
• Babatunde Olatunji biodata, AfricanMusic.org
• Profaịlụ Olatunji, salon.com
• Ajụjụ ọnụ ya na Olatunji (Ọktoba 2000)
• Babatunde Olatunji discography at Discogs
• Babatunde Olatunji na IMDb as Babatunde
• Babatunde Olatunji na IMDb as Michael