The late great Moses perfoming his most intense classic. His debut album, 'Finding One's Self'' is the best contemporary jazz album I've heard in a long time.
i ✋🏻 ....you should hear the vocal versions too, one is by sibongile khumalo - mountain shade (you probably know it) , the other is by Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Tutu Puoane - mountain shade... tell me what you think about them.
Knew him all along but it's just HIT me realising he is the greatest still, because no one has ever done or archived this level honestly, I grew up on jazz/blues kinda vibe and this kid here is TOP dog 🎼🎶🎷🎺🎻
Moses Taiwa Molelekwa has grown on me, from he's underated compositions such as Kwaze Kwangcono,to Classics like Kwalo,he just had this special africaness in his playing..i wish he could have recorded official studio work for songs such as He e,Fast Lane and Nchengu Nchengu
I was about 14 when I stumbled upon this man...this genius this virtuoso... Genes and Spirits was the first CD I bought myself... I was a loner of a child who related better to people 2decades older...and one if the many things I had in common with those people is a taste in music... When this man died in 2001...my mom called me when I was at school and I cried till I got home...I wore black the next day which was valentine's day.... I doubt we will ever see something like this in our lifetime... Rest easy.you magnificent soul...
Yho guys, i thought i was the only one. My aunt came to visit me to check if i was ok. She said I was the first person she thought of when she heard the news. I still remember that day. It took me forever to come to terms with the fact that I will never hear him release more music. I never got to see a live performance...it was just heartbreaking.
Giant gone too soon. After 20 years of knowing this track I am still playing it as if I am watching you live at Bat Centre where you hanging around with Busi Mhlongo and Zim Nqawe. Your Spirit and Gene's will leave on....
I'm here in 2019...My father is an avid music lover and when I was around 8/9 I had the opportunity to witness him live before he passed. I'm 28 and it's still fresh on my mind, music that transcend the soul
I was supposed to go see his last performance at Kippies and cancelled on the last minute. I still regret to this day. I only saw him once in 2000 at market theatre backing Busi Mhlongo. At one point during the performance sis Busi stopped singing and just looked at Moses with so much admiration. I loved those two souls.
This was the era when jazz graduates from Fuba, Funda, UCT etc were making waves and jazz was a genre you could not ignore. These cats used to win awards in South Africa. That era is long gone. I miss it so much RIP to my heroes of those times Moses Molelekwa Moses Khumalo Sibongile Khumalo Zoli Bacela Kwazi Shange Shaluza Max Mntambo And many more vocalists and musicians who have since departed from this earth
Mr Kubembu, i have played this song so many times, i just could not get enough of it. He seemed to have outdone himself on this version, if i am not mistaken this was at a concert in France. He seemed to have the ability to change the same song and make it seem new each time he played it.
Saw him in Kippies in maybe 98. One and only time l saw live jazz in SA. Always had an interest in SA jazz since my late teens. Am now 66. This deserves a wider audience
Saw this young man in concert at BassLine around 2000. Soon after that he was gone. A priviledge to have watched him in action. A troubled and brilliant soul. May he finally find rest
This recording brings fond memories, I was fortunate to attend this show at the Hotel Dutchess Anne in Central Nantes 27 years, and joined the band backstage as I was the only South African in audience, sadly that was the last time I saw Taiwa performing. The French were left stunned. Proud to be South African
What a privilege you had Mr Seanego. I saw him once at Market Theatre, just after releasing his 2nd CD, Genes and Spirits. We can only speculate where he would be if he was still alive, but i understand he did not want to be called a jazz artist, he said he found that restrictive. I do not understand music but i listen to a lot of jazz, and all what i can say is that i listen to Moses, or Bheki Mseleku or Abdullah Ibrahim i feel like i am listening to two musical idioms at the same time, maskandi or mbaqanga or marabi on one hand, and jazz on the other hand (ha ha ha ) . Thank you for your comment, i can fully understand why French would be stunned.
@@bulelanimahlangu9858 I only saw him once backing Busi Mhlongo in 2000. His last show at Kippies I cancelled at the last minute. Still regret to this day.
Extremely talented man. Saw him the weekend before his departure. Brilliant musician. Intense, methodical, disciplined, creative. A true loss to SA music.
@@veracioussligoge8014 haha, how cool is that?!? you live in south africa? way back in the 70s someone gave me a record with zulu jive music, at first it sounded rather strange to me, but then i started loving it - with paul simon´s "graceland", south african music became known to the world - then peter gabriel brought the mahotella queens on stage in london during his mandela benefit concert - some years later they were here in germany and even in my hometown, saw them twice with the great mahlatini... now, as i listen to this music, it comes to my mind, that during the late 80s i even saw a jazz band from south africa live in a small blues club, but can´t remember the name... nice music here, i´m glad i just stumbled upon it....................... :-) yay, love and greetings from germany
Moses, one and only of it’s kind who left musical legacy to the world so unique & infinite. Love you Moses. Rest In Peace, and please, play something from heaven for us.
Got the disc (Finding Ones Self) this comes from, and the title of this particular track is "Bo Molelekwa". Quite an emotional piece this. Reminds me of just what the music world lost when Moses left us...
Well Mr Kiepile you have to (ha ha ha ha). Come to think that he was in his early twenties when he created this music, it is just unbelievable. There are/were many brilliant jazz artists, and you start thinking that Moses would have belonged to the group of geniuses such as Keith Jarret or Brad Meldahu (forgive me if you do not follow international jazz).
I think of the video as an analogy to his life, an abrupt end to a talented individual at his peak! This, Itumeleng , Rapela and Bo Molelekwa will always get under my skin. Thank you Ntate Moses Molelekwa
Eish Mr Makayi, it is as if you are listening to two songs playing at the same time, one mbaqanga and the other being jazz. When he died there was shock, and i suspect some of us never forgave him. He seemed to have deprived us of somebody that could stand up to jazz geniuses such as Keith Jarret or Brad Meldahu or greats such as Herbie Hancock or even Duke Ellington.
Taiwa the master the and heart of the alive soul of jazz....still today we remember you SIR!!!!!! I would love to hear Nduduzo Makhathini do this song though.
