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SPOKES MASHIYANE
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NOTESSpokes Mashiyane, is credited as having popularized kwela or pennywhistle jive with his recordings Ace Blues and Kwela Spokes in 1954. In the four years that followed he would remain one of the most famous and prolific proponents of this musical style. In 1958, Mashiyane recorded Big Joe Special in which he switched out his pennywhistle for the saxophone. As with his earlier Ace Blues, Big Joe Special was a sales phenomenon. The record became the trendsetting hit of that year and would inspire a whole new style of music. Sax jive—latter called mbaqanga—would dominate South African urban music for the next twenty years. Mashiyane, after his successes with Trutone Records and their Quality and Rave labels, was lured away by Gallo Records in 1958. At Gallo he became the first black musician to receive royalties from his recordings. It is likely that this record is a compilation of previously issued 78 rpm discs from Mashiyane's time at Trutone and was probably issued after he had already moved to Gallo. The back cover features Gideon Nxumalo's Jazz Fantasia which was recorded in 1962. For more about this record view it at Electric Jive |
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