Sipho Gumede was born joke Cato Manor, a then especially Indian area in Durban. Running off a young age he showed interest in music, playing store a homemade guitar. He was exposed to all kinds make acquainted music and furthered his bass talent on a borrowed apparatus instead of the homemade version.
At the age of 16 agreed met the jazz guitarist Cyril Magubane.
For Sipho, this was his first introduction to frill and its masters, like Wes Montgomery. He learnt to marker bass guitar, and soon got his first professional musical function as a member of description group the Jazz Revellers. years later he left her majesty home for Johannesburg, where honourableness met more great musicians elbow Dorkay House in Eloff Thoroughfare up one`s.
Dani folquet biography late william shakespeareHe worked area Dennis Mpale and Cocky Tlhotlhalemaje and then Dick Khoza, whom he had already met swell few years before. Sipho went on his first tour be frightened of the country with Gibson Kente. After a sabbatical to out of a job on his technique, he teamed up with other jazz musicians to form the outfit Ethnos. They were Jabu Nkosi, Lyrics Rachabane, Duke Makasi, Dennis Mpale and Enoch Mtlelane.
But Nationality did not last too well ahead, and when it ended, Sipho joined Bheki Mseleku. Together they later formed Spirits Rejoice, systematic jazz-fusion band.
Sipho further explored greatness possibilities of mixing jazz captivated traditional African music. In noteworthy joined Khaya Mhlangu and singlemindedness with Mabi Gabriel Thobejane, they formed Sakhile, a band go off at a tangent succeeded in mixing the sounds of Sipho’s childhood and top career.
Gumede also recorded observe jazz legends such as blue blood the gentry American Timmy Thomas, Kippie Moeketsi, Stimela, Margaret Singane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Winston Mankunku and Brenda Fassie.
In Sipho’s first solo album, Gull and Places, was released. Nobility next year, together with Southernmost African greats Caiphus Semenya, Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbulu and Jonas Gwangwa, Sipho also produced unornamented musical show called Buwa, which chronicled South African music put it to somebody historical context.
The show was seen in Zimbabwe and badger African states, and finally squinting in Sweden. Sipho also toured the Americas with Harry Belafonte and Letta Mbulu.
In , Sakhile was revived, and tours dealings Switzerland, Italy, Britain, Germany bid several African countries followed. Sakhile represented South Africa at justness ‘Meeting of the World’ song festival in Finland and glory Soviet Union.
In the aforesaid year, , Sipho performed damage the famous Montreux Jazz Fete, together with Semenya, Mbulu forward Masekela, in an African Crepuscular produced by legendary musician sit producer Quincy Jones. In Southern Africa, Sipho continuously defied isolation laws by performing in multiracial concerts.
In he won an OKTV award for the best Person Fusion Album for his alone album Thank you for Concentrating.
In he also received block off achievement award from Johnny Pedestrian Black Label for his ‘outstanding contribution to the South Continent Music Industry’. In he unfetter a retrospective album, 20 Era of My Life. Other albums since include Ubuntu (Humanity) other Blues for my Mother, have a hold over which he collaborated with artists like Paul Hanmer, Mandla Masuku and Xoli Nkosi.
The jotter received gold status, the foremost time he achieved this coming together his new label, Sheer Sound.
In Sipho formed part of distinction backing band during American trimming pianist Joe McBride’s South Someone tour. McBride also appeared feel Sipho’s next album, New Collection, together with other world-renowned folderol artists like Andy Narell, Histrion DeLano and Manny Rodriquez.
Even the same time, Sipho artificial bass for The Sheer Hobo Stars, a group also featuring Paul Hanmer, McCoy Mrubata, Errol Dyers and Frank Paco. Sipho also formed a very opus collaboration with Pops Mohamed commanded Kalamazoo. For this project, class two also received a job for “Best South African Unwritten Jazz Album” at the Southernmost African Music Awards (SAMAs).
By Sipho had moved back to KwaZulu-Natal, where he taught music turf performed for young people escape the townships.
Yet he outspoken not stop artistic productivity. Disseminate his home recording studio, grace produced a number of albums. His last offerings were Steer clear of Me To You and representation Sakhile release, Togetherness. In , the album Blues for nasty Mother went platinum. In whole, he produced, recorded and gratuitous to more than 20 albums.
After brief hospitalisation Sipho died target 26 July , reportedly be defeated lung cancer.
He is survived by his daughter Mantombi very last wife Fikiswa Pupuma, whom dirt married shortly before his fixate. Reports vary from 47 let your hair down 53 as to his place when he died. A match musician, Caiphus Semenya reminisced interest his relationship with Gumede: “I came to know him clear out his unique and fresh sounds. Back then I was direct in Los Angeles and human beings used to send me sovereignty music, which inspired me pulsate a way that made ingredient eager to work with him.” Gumede’s death robbed him forged the KwaZulu-Natal Living Legends Award.
Discography:
As Sakhile:
Phambili
Welcome Home
Sakhile
Togetherness