Johnny Mbizo Dyani

about

Johnny Mbizo Dyani (30 November 1945 – 24 October 1986) was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith. He was born and grew up in Duncan Village, a township of the South African city of East London. In the early 1960s he was a member of South Africa's first integrated jazz band The Blue Notes, with Mongezi Feza on trumpet, Dudu Pukwana on alto saxophone, Nikele Moyake on tenor saxophone, Chris McGregor on piano, and Louis Moholo on drums. The band fled South Africa in 1964 to seek musical and political freedom. In 1966, Dyani toured Argentina with Steve Lacy's quartet. Lacy, Dyani and Moholo recorded "The Forest and the Zoo" (ESP). He later moved to Denmark and Sweden, recording many albums under his own name, often on the SteepleChase label. He recorded with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray, Joseph Jarman, Clifford Jarvis, Don Moye, Han Bennink, Brotherhood of Breath, Mal Waldron, Pierre Dørge and many others. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Rejoice / Together: 40th Anniversary Series

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Grandmother's Teaching

Born Under the Heat

African bass solo concert: Willisau Jazz festival 1978

Rejoice & Together

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Detail at Club 7

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African Bass

Witchdoctor's Son 'Together'

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Detail at Club 7 (Live)

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Afrika

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Rejoice / Together: 40th Anniversary Series (Remastered)

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African Bass: Solo Concert Willisau Jazz Festival 1975

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