South African musician Steve Dyer will this Saturday 20 July 2019 have a chance to relive some of Tuku’s memories as he shares the stage with the late icon’s daughter Selmor Mtukudzi.
Dyer revealed this to Zimbuzz in an interview ahead of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) organised concert to be held at Belgravia Sports Club in Harare.
For a man who has had a great impact on Tuku’s legacy, producing five Oliver Mtukudzi albums including the seminal “Tuku music”, it only befitting that he be included on the gig line up.
“I am going to perform with Selmor on Saturday and I have brought with me a trumpet player from South Africa,” he revealed.
Steve Dyer also said he was going to share the stage with songstress Ammara Brown.
He once settled in Zimbabwe where he formed the group Southern Freeway. Two albums were produced, Southern Freeway (1989) and Indlela yenkululeko (1992).
Steve came into contact here with the more introspective and often rhythmically complex mbira based Shona music, as well as reliving some Nguni based music playing with musicians that had Ndebele cultural roots.
He conceptualised, directed and performed with the first-ever substantive Southern African music collaboration “Mahube” in 1997.
Mahube toured Southern Africa and Europe and recorded 2 albums: Music from Southern Africa 1998 (SAMA nomination), Qhubeka 2003 (Kora award)).
Mahube line-up consisted of Dyer on sax, flute and vocals; Oliver Mtukudzi on guitar and vocals; much-loved Malawian George Phiri on guitar; award-winning South African singer and actress Suthukazi Arosi on vocals together with top session musician and vocalist Phinda Mtya.
The Saturday show is dubbed “Celebrating a Legend” and will feature a host of local acts like ExQ, Juntal, Bob Nyabinde, King 98, Zex Manatsa, The Charambas, Obert Chari, Killer T, Mbeu, Gary Tight and Munya Mataruse amongst many.
Three foreign artistes including Dyer have been invited, these are Mozambican singer Stewart Sukuma and Berita Khumalo
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