While trumpeter Ndabo Zulu was studying at the Norwegian Academy of Music (from 2017 to 2019) and building on the idea that would become his opus, Queen Nandi … He started his musical career playing in a project called the Field Band Foundation, before proceeding to the Salvation Army, where he received a few classes with the late Dr Brian Thusi at the Siyakhula Music centre in uMlazi in KwaZulu-Natal. Shortly after, he joined the Durban music school where they taught him how to read and write music. Since then he and his fellow band members haven’t looked back.
It was there where he was exposed to symphonic music and later led him down the route of his love for jazz.Join the Music In Africa Premium Exposure Plan today.
Ndabo Zulu Born in Durban in a township called Chesterville, he started playing trumpet at the age of 14 in a non profit organisation called Field Band Foundation, He then moved on to Durban Music School where he learned how to read and write music. Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) I then started a band in 2014 the “ZULU” sextet. Ndabo Zulu Latest Updates/News Download Info On This Topic You are now viewing Ndabo Zulu archive page, you will find a mix of "Ndabo Zulu" news, albums, songs, mixes, EPs, videos, biography, articles and more content related to Ndabo Zulu on this page. Ndabo Zulu and Umgidi Ensemble became the biggest winners of the night, grabbing two wins including “Newcomer of the Year” and “Best Jazz Album”. Johannesburg - Decorated trumpeter Ndabo Zulu was among the Sama award recipients last week, walking away with a total of three gongs under the Newcomer of the Year category, the Best Jazz Album and Best Duo/Group of the Year categories.The awards come in the light of his debut album Queen Nandi: The African Symphony that features heavyweights such as Nduduzo Makhathini, including vocalist Zoë Modiga, which created an ensemble like never before, worthy of the awards.“The album was actually my Master’s thesis, although the final product wasn’t my initial research topic,” he explained.Originally, Zulu was tasked with the assignment of writing music that would be played by two contrasting bands, one Norwegian and the other South African, and it is there that he noticed the difference in the execution of the music, leading him to dig deeper into finding out the contributing factors and influences, and also what informs different musical perspectives sonically.“I then had to start doing my research here in South Africa on what influences that difference for different places and people, and while doing so - Umgidi Ensemble was born and resulted in me changing my Master’s thesis.“The new vision then for Umgidi was to create some sort of Nguni orchestration like how one would find an American standard big bands orchestra, or in the West one finds a philharmonic orchestra.
“So I thought, what if we had something that is ours, something African, with our very own template that we could call a Nguni orchestration, with its own set-up of different elements and instruments.“So it was within the curiosity and creation that the Umgidi project was born and seeks to evoke those themes of possibilities and ways of achieving the said vision,” he adds.Although his initial life plan was to become a pilot, and his involvement with music from a very young age was never to pursue as a full time career path, the music bug bit him when he realised that he could make a living and do what he loves all at once.“It was at around the ages 15 or 16 years when I started getting paid for playing that I realised the value in what I saw as an extracurricular activity.
He luckily got in touch with Mr Richard Cock and applied for the Apollo music trust fund which made it possible for him to study in this country for the past 3 years.
This course was only for one year, but he decided to try to audition in one of the universities in Norway.
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SAMA award-winning trumpeter Ndabo Zulu inspired by his studies Johannesburg - Decorated trumpeter Ndabo Zulu was among the Sama award recipients last week, walking away with a total of three gongs under the Newcomer of the Year category, the Best Jazz … Mbuso Khoza, Linda Sikhakhane, Siya Charles, Nduduzo Makhathini, Afrika Mkhize, Shane Cooper, Ayanda Sikade, Shane Cooper, Ngari Ndong & … Trumpeter Ndabo Zulu is younger than Makhathini, and played on the pianist’s 2020 Blue Note debut, Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds. Ndabo Zulu and Umgidi Ensemble is a multi-SAMA award-winning trumpeter from South Africa.His debut album 'Queen Nandi: The African Symphony' released in 2019 features heavyweights such as pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and vocalist Zoë Modiga, among others. Umgidi Ensemble is a project headed by Ndabo Zulu, born and raised in Chesterville formerly known as Umkhumbane just outside of Durban. His debut album 'Queen Nandi: The African Symphony' released in 2019 features heavyweights such as pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and vocalist Zoë Modiga, among others. In 2011, he got the opportunity to be part of a project called band crossing borders which is a collaboration between the Field Band Foundation and NMF (Norwegian Band Forum) which was sponsored by FK. He has been involved in many other organizations like South African National Youth Orchestra, KZN youth wind band to name a few. Zulu has also performed extensively with some of the world’s most respected artists such as Derrick Hodge (US), Herbie Tsoaeli, Salim Washington (US), Ayanda Sikade, Neil Gonsalves, Mbuso Khoza (SA), among many others.The album, which was inspired by his Master’s thesis, earned him three awards, including Newcomer of the Year, Best Jazz Album and Best Duo/Group of the Year.
His debut album 'Queen Nandi: The African Symphony' released in 2019 features heavyweights such as pianist Nduduzo Makhathini and vocalist Zoë Modiga, among others.
Ndabo Zulu & Umgidi Ensemble – Queen Nandi: The African Symphony — WINNER; Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane – Amanzi Nemifula: Umkhuleko; Best Collaboration.
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