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Gideon "Mgibe" Nxumalo 〕 == Life == Nxumalo graduated from university with training in classical music, playing the clarinet, viola, guitar and drums. He specialized in swing, helping to pioneer this new direction in music. Under the name "Mgibe", as he was known by admirers, Nxumalo was, from the early 1950s, host to a radio programme "This is Bantu Jazz", for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). In the wake of the Sharpeville massacre, his declared political commitment was to lose him his position at the SABC. At “Dorkay House” in Johannesburg, Nxumalo taught piano and music theory. He was also active as a writer, inter alia for the stage, as visual artist and as actor. In 1958-59 he was a member of the Philip Tabane Quartet; also appearing with Dorothy Masuka and the Manhattan brothers. Producing two jazz records, Nxumalo’s compositions brought together diverse musical styles including swing, Big Band and elements of indigenous African song and rhythm.〔(Jazz fantasies from South Africa ) (Goethe-Institut)〕 Nxumalo also composed a String Quartet, works for Chamber Orchestra, musicals, jingles and musical themes. He arranged African songs for the musical ''Sponono'' (script by Alan Paton and Krishna Sha), produced at the Cort Theatre on Broadway in 1964.〔(Cort Theatre production of Sponono, 1964 )〕 A jazz score composed by Gideon Nxumalo together with Max Roach featured in the film ''Dilemma'' which was shot secretly, by Hennig Carlsen, in 1962, in South Africa under apartheid.〔(JazzFest Gronau 2008 – Jazz Music in the Movies )〕 Nxumalo’s celebrated "Jazz Fantasia", in an arrangement by Denzil Weale for symphony orchestra and big band, and commissioned by Music is a great investment - MIAGI, was performed in 2009 by the MIAGI Youth Orchestra in concerts in South Africa and on tour in Germany.〔(Jazz fantasies from South Africa ) (Goethe-Institut)〕〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gideon Nxumalo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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