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| Gareth Lockrane (foreground), Bheki Mseleku |
Bheki Mseleku (1955-2008) was a self-taught jazz pianist and saxophonist from South Africa, who brought his own distinctive style to the international jazz world when he came first came to Europe in the late 1970’s. Collaborations followed with Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Higgins, Elvin Jones and many others, until his untimely death in 2008.
Flautist, composer and educator Gareth Lockrane was one of the last to collaborate and tour extensively with Mseleku and is now the archivist of his work. Sarah Chaplin interviewed Gareth Lockrane; he reflects on Bheki’s legacy and influence on his own work, and looks forward to presenting and performing new arrangements of Mseleku’s material at the Forge, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival:
LondonJazz News:When and how did you first meet Bheki Mseleku?
Gareth Lockrane: It’s quite strange. looking back, because as a kid I learned Mseleku’s tunes and I’d always loved his music, initially because of the flute playing on all his albums – I’d basically buy anything with Eddie Parker on it – Eddie was the flautist on Mseleku’s album Celebration, and my flu