Gerhard Kubik talks about the Donald Kachamba Kwela Jazz Heritage Band
Gerhard Kubik is considered as one of the most famous researchers of the African culture. His research projects in music have always been tightly connected to his own active learning and practicing of various African music-styles. In 1966, Kubik met a group of three young male teenagers, playing music on the street of a south-Malawian city named Blantyre. He was immediately fascinated by the particular style of the Kwela-Jazz, produced by the melody of a small flute which was accompanied by guitar and singing. A few days later, Kubik tried to find the young musicians and met them in their village Chileka -- it was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. In addition to his publication about the Kachmba Brothers Daniel and Donald, Kubik became a member of the band himself in 1968. The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar / Transcultural Music Studies invited the "Donald Kachamba Kwela Jazz Heritage Band" for a concert on 14 January, 2014. Gerhard Kubik (clarinet, guitar, vocals) has been performing together with Moya Aliya Malamusi (babatoni-one-string-bass), Sinosi Mlendo (flute, guitar, vocals) and Christopher Gerald (rattle, vocals) since 2001. Recorded at the Studiotheater Belvedere, Weimar.
Gerhard Kubik is considered as one of the most famous researchers of the African culture. His research projects in music have always been tightly connected to his own active learning and practicing of various African music-styles. In 1966, Kubik met a group of three young male teenagers, playing music on the street of a south-Malawian city named Blantyre. He was immediately fascinated by the particular style of the Kwela-Jazz, produced by the melody of a small flute which was accompanied by guitar and singing. A few days later, Kubik tried to find the young musicians and met them in their village Chileka -- it was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. In addition to his publication about the Kachmba Brothers Daniel and Donald, Kubik became a member of the band himself in 1968. The University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar / Transcultural Music Studies invited the "Donald Kachamba Kwela Jazz Heritage Band" for a concert on 14 January, 2014. Gerhard Kubik (clarinet, guitar, vocals) has been performing together with Moya Aliya Malamusi (babatoni-one-string-bass), Sinosi Mlendo (flute, guitar, vocals) and Christopher Gerald (rattle, vocals) since 2001. Recorded at the Studiotheater Belvedere, Weimar.