Makaya Ntshoko
Makaya (or Makhaya) Ntshoko (born 29 October 1939, Cape Town) is a South African drummer.
He played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet with Hugh Masekela and John Mehegan in 1959. He performed on The Jazz Epistles album, Jazz Epistle: Verse 1. After the breakup of the group, Ntshoko founded The Jazz Giants with Kippie Moeketsi, Dudu Pukwana, Gideon Nxumalo, and . Ntshoko left South Africa in 1962, moving to Switzerland and playing with and Dollar Brand at the Club Africana in Zurich from 1963 to 1965.[citation needed]
Following Brand's move to New York City, Ntshoko played in Copenhagen (1966, 1969–70) and recorded with Stuff Smith (1967), Benny Bailey (1968), Dexter Gordon (1968–69), and Ben Webster (1969). He embarked on a tour of the United States and the Bahamas in the early 1970s. He and Masekela recorded again in 1972. In 1974 he founded Makaya and the Tsotsis with Heinz Sauer, Bob Degen, and (later replaced by ). Concomitantly he played in Nicra with Nick Evans and Radu Malfatti. In 1975, he appeared alongside Joe McPhee and Pepper Adams at the Willisau Jazz Festival. He collaborated with Mal Waldron (1977–79) and Johnny Dyani (1978).
Discography[]
- Makaya & the Tsotsis with Heinz Sauer, Bob Degen, Isla Eckinger (Enja, 1974)
- Happy House (SteepleChase, 2008)
As sideman[]
With Pepper Adams
- Twelfth & Pingree (Enja, 1975)
- Julian (Enja, 1976)
With Dollar Brand
- Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand (Reprise, 1961)
- Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz (Continental, 1962)
- Anatomy of a South African Village (Fontana, 1965)
- The Dream Trio (Freedom, 1979)
- Round Midnight at the Montmartre (Black Lion, 1988)
- Blues for a Hip King (Kaz, 1988)
With Johnny Dyani
- Song for Biko (SteepleChase, 1979)
- Grand Mother's Teaching (Disques Jam, 1982)
With Hugh Masekela
- Home Is Where the Music Is (Blue Thumb, 1972)
- The African Connection (MCA, 1980)
With Joe McPhee
- The Willisau Concert (Hat Hut, 1976)
- Tenor (Hat Hut, 1977)
With Marvin Peterson
- In Antibes (Enja, 1977)
- Tribute (Baystate, 1979)
With Mal Waldron
- One-Upmanship (Enja, 1977)
- Moods (Enja, 1978)
With Ben Webster
- Ben Webster Plays Ballads (Storyville, 1988)
- Plays Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1988)
With others
- Benny Bailey, Soul Eyes (SABA, 1968)
- Sathima Bea Benjamin, A Morning in Paris (Enja, 1997)
- Bob Degen, Sequoia Song (Enja, 1976)
- Dexter Gordon, Stella by Starlight (SteepleChase, 2005)
- Keith Jarrett, Charles Lloyd, Dollar Brand, Michael White, Europa Jazz (Europa Jazz, 1981)
- Jazz Epistles, Jazz Epistle Verse 1 (Continental, 1960)
- Gideon Nxumalo, Jazz Fantasia (Renown, 1962)
- Stuff Smith, Hot Violins (Storyville, 1991)
- John Tchicai, Irene Schweizer, Willi the Pig: Live at the Willisau Jazz Festival (Willisau Live, 1976)
References[]
- Lars Rasmussen, "Makaya Ntshoko". Grove Dictionary of Jazz online.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Cape Town
- South African drummers
- Male drummers
- 20th-century drummers
- 20th-century male musicians
- The Jazz Epistles members
- South African people stubs