Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka (eBook)

Rhumba Kiserebuka!

Frank Gunderson (Autor)

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2018
356 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6440-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This work examines the creative lives and careers of Muhidin Maalim Gurumo and Hassan Rehani Bitchuka, two of Tanzania’s most well-known singers in the popular music genre known as muziki wa dansi (literally, "music for dancing"), through an ethnomusicological lens.

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Muhidin Maalim Gurumo and Hassan Rehani Bitchuka are two of Tanzania's most well-known singers in the popular music genre known as muziki wa dansi (literally, music for dancing), a variation of the Cuban-based rhumba idiom that has been enormously impactful throughout central, eastern, and western Africa in the contemporary era. This interview-based dual biography investigates the lives and careers of these two men from an ethnomusicological and historical perspective. Gurumo had a career spanning fifty years before his death in 2014. Bitchuka has been singing professionally for forty-five years. The two singers, affectionately called mapacha (';the twins') by their colleagues, worked together as partners for thirty years from 1973-2003. This study situates these exemplary individuals as creative agents in a local cultural context, showcasing interviews, narratives, and nostalgic reminiscences about musical life lived under Colonialism, state Socialism, and current politics in the global neoliberal democratic milieu. The book adds to a growing body of work about popular music in Dar es Salaam and shines a light on these artists' creative processes, the choices they have made regarding rare resources, their styles and efficacy in conflict resolution, and their own memories regarding the musical art they have created.

Autor

Frank Gunderson is associate professor of ethnomusicology at Florida State University.

Inhalt

Foreword by Hassan Rehani BitchukaIntroduction“Jembe Hilo Limeondoka” (“That Hoe has Departed”)—Farewell to Muhidin Maalim GurumoScope of the BookApproachesSources and EvidenceOrganization and LayoutChapter 1: Introducing Muhidin Maalim Gurumo and Hassan Rehani Bitchuka“Gurumo the Great”—A Reluctant Star in Dar es SalaamMuhidin Gurumo’s Mitindo (Styles) and the Practice of Tanzanian Dance Music Branding“Bitchuka the Bold”—A Transcendent Voice in Tanzanian Popular MusicHassan Bitchuka’s Cross–Dressed Vocal PersonaHassan Bitchuka’s and Muhidin Gurumo’s Compositional AestheticChapter 2: Setting the Stage—The Cultural History of the East–Central African Rhumba SceneThe Spread of the Congolese RhumbaThe Emergence of Muziki wa DansiSikinde Live! –The Tanzanian Rhumba Scene in Dar es SalaamChapter 3: Muhidin Gurumo’s Musical Development and Work with Nuta Jazz BandMuhidin Gurumo—The Formative Years (1939–1959)Muhidin Gurumo's Stints with Kilimanjaro Cha Cha Jazz Band, Rufiji Jazz Band, and Kilwa Jazz Band (1959–1964)The Origins and Early Years of NUTA Jazz BandSafari of NUTA Jazz Band and their Emerging Fan BaseGrowing Mtindo wa Msondo (Msondo Style)Considering Provenance(s)—The Case of the Song “Nimwokoe Nani?” (Whom shall I rescue?)Chapter 4: “Mtoto Mtundu” (“Precocious Child”)—Hassan Bitchuka’s Early Musical CareerHassan Bitchuka—The Formative Years (1956–1973)Hassan Bitchuka Joins NUTA / JUWATA Jazz BandState Song Patronage—The Case of the Song “Nidhamu ya Kazi” (Work discipline)Chapter 5: Mlimani Park Orchestra—The “Classic Period” (1978–1985)Origin StoriesHassan Bitchuka Joins Mlimani Park Orchestra“Hapa Tunapangusa Almasi” (“Here We Polish Diamonds”)—Band Practice during RamadanThe Black Warriors Recording ProjectMlimani Park Orchestra’s Rise to National and International VisibilityChapter 6: The International Orchestra Safari Sound Era (1985–1987)Businessman Hugo Kisima’s Coup de Tat with International Orchestra Safari SoundMtindo wa Ndekule (Ndekule Style)Hassan Bitchuka’s Return to Mlimani Park Orchestra (1987–1991)The “Kumi Bora” (“Ten Best”) Piracy ScandalChapter 7: The Ottu Jazz Band Era (1991–2004)From JUWATA Jazz Band to OTTU Jazz Band“Baba wa Muziki” (“Fathers of Music”)Hassan Bitchuka’s Scandalous Departure from OTTU Jazz BandThe Msondo—Sikinde Clan Battles Intensify“Wachawi Wapo, na Wanaua Watu” (“Witches are There, and They Murder People”)Chapter 8: Msondo and Sikinde in the Era of Kujitegemea (Self–Reliance)The Msondo—Sikinde Clans Respond to the Free Market EconomySikinde—“Ngoma ya Ukae” (“The Music of Home”)Mashindano! (Contest!)Zilipendwa (They Were Loved)—Golden Oldies and Musical NostalgiaChapter 9: Muhidin Gurumo’s Retirement and PassingRetirement Plans (M. M. *Gurumo 2010b)Bitchuka and Gurumo Reunited OnstageEulogy for a Musical HeroConcluding Remarks: The Legacy of Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan BitchukaAppendix I: GlossaryAppendix II: Government–Related AcronymsAppendix III: Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka Band ChronologyAppendix IV: Extended Interviews with Muhidin GurumoA Conversation with Muhidin Gurumo about MitindoA Conversation with Muhidin Gurumo about CompositionAppendix V: Online Discussion: “Bitchuka ana Mafumbo Mengi Yake” (“Bitchuka has his Many Mysteries”)Appendix VI: Documented Msondo / Sikinde Studio Sessions at Radio Tanzania—Dar es SalaamNUTA Jazz BandJUWATA Jazz BandMlimani Park OrchestraList of Interviews CitedArchives VisitedDiscographyBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2018
• Vorwort: Hassan Rehani Bitchuka
• Zusatzinfo: 54 Illustrations including: - 8 Black & White Illustrations; - 27 Color Illustrations; - 19 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: African Biography • African Diaspora Studies • African History • African Music • African Music Diaspora • African Popular Music • African Rhumba • African Studies • Dar es Salaam • East Africa • East African Culture • Ethnomusicology • Hassan Bitchuka • JUWATA Jazz Band • Kiswahili • Kiswahili Studies • mapacha • Mlimani Park Orchestra • Muhidin Gurumo • musicology • music studies • Nuta Jazz Band • Song Lyrics • Swahili Music • Tanzania • Tanzanian Muscians • Tanzanian Music • Tanzanian Popular Music
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-6440-2 / 1498564402
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-6440-3 / 9781498564403