DUDU PUKWANA: For our fourth Black History Month program,
we'll follow the recording career of the great South African alto
saxophonist, composer and bandleader, outside the bands led by
Chris McGregor, from 1967 to 1989.
Date: January 1967
Place: London
Artist: Gwigwi Mrwebi
Album: Kwela
Tune: Good News
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: 77 Records
Date: January 1967
Place: London
Artist: Gwigwi Mrwebi
Album: Kwela
Tune: Mra
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: 77 Records
Date:1967/1968
Place: Ronnie Scott's Old Place, London
Artist: Bob Stukey
Album: Night Time Is The Right Time; 60's Soho Sounds
Tune: Jauana's Dream
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Cadillac
Date:1967/1968
Place: Ronnie Scott's Old Place, London
Artist: Bob Stukey
Album: Night Time Is The Right Time; 60's Soho Sounds
Tune: Kicks For Sale
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Cadilla
Date: May 1969
Place: London????
Artist: Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Album: Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Tune: Kwa Thula [Thula's Place]
Composer:
Label: Quality
Date: May 1969
Place: London????
Artist: Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Album: Dudu Phukwana and the Spears
Tune: Joe's Jika [Joe's Groove]
Composer:
Label: Quality
Date: 1971
Place: London????
Artist: Assagai
Album: Assagai
Tune: Beka
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Vertigo
Date: 1972
Place: London????
Artist: Assagai
Album: Zimbabwe
Tune: Dalani
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Vertigo
Date: August 25 & November 11, 1973
Place: London
Artist: Dudu Pukwana and Spear
Album: In the Townships
Tune: Baloyi
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Caroline
Date: August 25 & November 11, 1973
Place: London
Artist: Dudu Pukwana and Spear
Album: In the Townships
Tune: Sonia
Composer: Mongezi Feza
Label: Caroline
Date: October 14 & 15 & November 30, 1974
Place: London
Artist: Dudu Pukwana and Spear
Album: Flute Music
Tune: Flute Music
Composer: Mongezi Feza
Label: Caroline
Date: Autumn 1975
Place: London
Artist: Dudu Pukwana
Album: Diamond Express
Tune: Bird Lives
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: da music
Date: Autumn 1975
Place: London
Artist: Dudu Pukwana
Album: Ubagile
Tune: Tete and Barbs in My Mind
Composer: Dudu Pukwana & Tete Mbambisa
Label: da music
Date: March 15, 1978
Place: Copenhagen
Artist: Johnny Mbizo Dyani
Album: Witchdoctor's Son
Tune: Mbizo
Composer: Johnny Dyani
Label: Steeplechase
Date: July 18, 1978
Place: Copenhagen
Artist: Johnny Dyani Quartet
Album: Song for Biko
Tune: Song for Biko
Composer: Johnny Dyani
Label: Steeplechase
Date: February 24, 1981
Place: “Third Eye”, Glasgow, Scotland
Artist: Johnny Dyani Quartet
Album: Mbizo
Tune: Dorkay House
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: Steeplechase
Date: August 5, 1988
Place: Antwerp
Artist: Fast Colour
Album: Antwerp 1988
Tune: Way It Goes/Now Time
Composer: John Stevens
Label: Loose Torque
Date: November 2, 1989
Place: Battersea Arts Centre, London
Artist: Zila
Album: Cosmic Chapters 90
Tune: A Blues for Nick
Composer: Dudu Pukwana
Label: AH-HUM
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About Me
- Ron Sweetman
- Ron Sweetman has been an activist for jazz and blues since arriving in Canada in 1969. He was a founder member of L’Atelier de Musique Experimentale (1972), Jazz Ottawa (1976), and Music Now (1997). He has written for CODA magazine since 1970, and has been a member of the Down Beat International Critics Poll since 1982. He has hosted his weekly jazz and blues radio show “In A Mellow Tone” on CKCU-FM 93.1 since May 1976. In his spare time, Ron is a management consultant.
