Letta Mbulu
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | South Africa |
| aha enyere | Letta |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 23 Ọgọọst 1942 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Soweto |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye na-abụ abụ, odee egwu, jazz musician |
| oge ọrụ ya (mmalite) | 1965 |
| ngwa egwu | olu egwụ |
| ụdị | Jennifer Hudson, jazz |
| akara ndekọ | Ihe ndekọ Capitol |
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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 2001: South African Music Award or lifetime achievement.
- 2009: Order of Ikhamanga in Silver erhielt.[7]
- 2018: lifetime achievement award.[8]
Discografị
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Payne, "Letta Mbulu", Douglaspayne.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Craig Harris, Artist Biography, AllMusic
- ↑ Rajgopaul. "Letta Mbulu", South African History Online, 26 August 2011. Retrieved on 17 November 2018.
- ↑ Semenya, Caiphus (South Africa). Music.org.za. Retrieved on 6 May 2016.
- ↑ Letta Mbulu – South African Music. Southafrica.co.za. Retrieved on 29 December 2019.
- ↑ List of recipients 2009. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved on 22 July 2019.
- ↑ Patience Bambalele (5 December 2018). "Letta Mbulu scoops another honorary award" (en). sowetanlive.