Julian bahula biography

julian bahula biography

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  • Julian Bahula OIG (13 March – 1 October ) was a South African drummer, composer and bandleader, based from in Britain, where he formed the music ensemble Jabula.
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    Julian Bahula OIG (13 March 1938 – 1 October 2023) was a South African drummer, composer and bandleader, based from 1973 in Britain, where he formed the music ensemble Jabula.
    The musician and activist Julian Bahula, who has died aged 85, was the first player to introduce indigenous African drums to South African jazz.

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      Biography: Julian Bahula (Order of Ikhamanga) (13 March – 1 October ) was a South African drummer, composer and bandleader, based since in Britain, where he formed the music ensemble Jabula.

    Julian Bahula: 'The music tells the story of where we come from'

      Julian Sebothane Bahula was born on 13 March in Eersterust, Pretoria.

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      The musician and activist Julian Bahula, who has died aged 85, was the first player to introduce indigenous African drums to South African jazz, an innovation that was crucial to the music of the Black Consciousness Movement in the s.

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  • Biography: Julian Bahula (Order of Ikhamanga) (13 March 1938 – 1 October 2023) was a South African drummer, composer and bandleader, based since 1973 in Britain, where he formed the music ensemble Jabula.

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  • Julian Bahula OIG was a South African drummer, composer and bandleader, based from 1973 in Britain, where he formed the music ensemble Jabula.

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  • This South African percussionist first garnered a reputation as a drummer in the band Molomo, one of the most popular proponents of a style known as kwela.

    • Obituary: Julian Bahula - Jazz Journal

      Profile of Julian Sebothane Bahula He is honoured for his outstanding achievement in the genre of jazz music, being an excellent ambassador of South African music and contributing to the development of music in South Africa and the African diaspora.

    The South African musician and political activist Julian Bahula died, aged 85, on 1 October 2023, after a short battle with cancer. Julian was born in Eersterust, Pretoria in 1938, his family later forcibly removed to Mamelodi township. A founding member of the Malombo Jazz Ensemble, with guitarists Philip Tabane, Lucky Ranku and flautist Abbey Cindi in the 1960s, he established himself as a powerful and energetic drummer, using traditional malombo drums.

    “We came with a different thing that sounds traditional and turned into a jazz thing,” he was later to say. “Our sound was more raw… Most musicians, they were copying American jazz music… We wanted to come with something original from Africa, based in what our forefathers were doing.” Reissues of the Malombo Jazz Makers albums were reviewed in Jazz Journal in July 2023.

    He moved to Europe with the multi-racial band Joburg Hawk in the early 70s, settling in London in 1973 where he formed the band Jabula and helped