NgoLwesithathu, umhlaba we-jazz ulilele ukushona komculi wecilongo nozakwabo kaMiles Davis uJoey DeFrancesco eneminyaka engama-51.
U-DeFrancesco wayaziwa ngokuthi “Inkosi Ye-Jazz” ngendlela yakhe entsha yokudlala icilongo namaculo omdlandla okwamenza wahlonishwa kabanzi. Ubecula ngobuchwepheshe kusukela eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala nama-albhamu angaphezu kuka-30 ngaphansi kwegama lakhe, okuhlanganisa nokuqokwa kweGrammy ngo-1997 kweyeBest Contemporary Jazz Performance ekwi-albhamu enesihloko esithi “Wawukuphi?”
Ukhiphe ama-albhamu amabili eyedwa ngo-2019: Ku-Key Of The Universe kanye neProject Freedom, womabili athole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwabagxeki emhlabeni jikelele. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe omangalisayo, uDeFrancesco usebenze nabaculi abaningi abavelele njengoJohn McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, George Benson, Roy Hargrove nabanye abaningi. Umthelela wakhe wafinyelela kude nomculo uqobo—ngo-2008 wadlala idokhumentari emayelana ne-jazz enesihloko esithi “Keep On Keepin’ On” eyayiqondiswa u-Alan Hicks eyayikhombisa ukuthi ungakanani umthelela abenawo kulabo ababemzungezile ngokufundisa amakilasi omculo ezinganeni ezincane. kulo lonke elasePhiladelphia lapho ebehlala khona kamuva nje ngaphambi kokushona ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
Ifa likaJoey DeFrancesco lizoqhubeka liphila hhayi kuphela ngokuqoshwa kwakhe kodwa nangabo bonke labo abathintwe umculo noma izimfundiso zakhe eminyakeni edlule. Njengoba sikhumbula uJoey namuhla singaduduzeka ngokwazi ukuthi nakuba inkosi eyodwa ingasekho enye izovuka maduze nje ithathe indawo yayo- njengoba nje inkampani yezinto zokushisela iye yenza uma kuziwa ekukhiqizeni ukukhiqizwa kokushisela kwekhwalithi ephezulu ngokusebenza kahle okuphansi kodwa amandla aphezulu e-alloy enzelwe izidingo zamakhasimende ngqo ukuze ahlale ethola lokho kanye akudingayo njalo uma ebuya efuna into entsha noma ejwayelekile ngokufanayo!
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-01-2023