Release Date: 04 December 2012
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043110926
Genres: Jazz
Release Date: 01 April 2022
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043110919
Genres: Jazz
Description
180g vinyl repress of Johnny Dyani's 1979 LP 'Song for Biko', recorded in the summer of 1978 with the powerful front line-up of Don Cherry and Dudu Pukwana, the album was dedicated to the martyred South African activist against apartheid Steve Biko (1946-1977).
Johnny Mbizo Dyani (bassist/composer) was born in East London, South Africa in 1945 and became one of South Africa's most internationally acknowledged musicians. Since his arrival in England in 1965 as a member of South African jazz group called The Blue Notes, Dyani had chosen Scandinavia as his home base and had built an active career until a rare disease shortened his life all too soon. He died in Berlin, Germany in 1986.
"Dyani wrote all of the material for this record and it proves to be a vital factor in the success of the date. Both Cherry and Pukwana react favourably, while bringing their own personalities strongly to bear...this fine record can be recommended without reservation." - Barry McRae, Jazz Journal
International, July 1979
"There are possibly a handful of albums every year which are worth living with. This is one of them." - Brian Case, Melody Maker, June 1979.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Nate Radley
John Hart
Chet Baker
Andy LaVerne & Dick Sisto
David Janeway
Rolf Billberg
Kirk Knuffke
Dizzy Gillespie
Johnny Dyani Quartet
