U-Al Bowlly uthathwa njengomculi wesibili odumile waseBrithani ngeminyaka yama-30s yekhulu lama-XX. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe, uqophe izingoma ezingaphezu kuka-1000. Wazalwa futhi wazuza ulwazi lomculo kude neLondon. Kodwa, lapho efika lapha, wazuza udumo ngaso leso sikhathi.
Umsebenzi wakhe wanqanyulwa ukufa ngamabhomu phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Umculi ushiye ifa elikhulu lomculo, inzalo elijabulela kuze kube yilolu suku.
Umsuka u-Al Bowlly
U-Albert Allick Bowlly wazalwa ngoJanuwari 7, 1898. Kwenzeke edolobheni iLourenco Marches eMozambique. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyikoloni lamaPutukezi. Abazali bomculi odumile wesikhathi esizayo banezimpande zamaGreki neLebanese. Umndeni wakwaBowlly wathuthela eNingizimu Afrika ngemuva nje kokuzalwa kwengane yawo. Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi wakusasa wadlula eGoli. Kwakuyimpilo yomfana ojwayelekile ovela emndenini ojwayelekile.
Iholo lokuqala lomculi wesikhathi esizayo u-Al Bowlly
Kanye nokukhula kwale nsizwa kwavela isidingo sokuchazwa kochwepheshe. U-Albert akahambanga ukuze athole umsebenzi, kodwa ngokushesha waya emalini yakhe yokuqala. Wazama yena ezindimeni ezehlukene zabasebenzi. Le ndoda yakwazi ukusebenza njengomlungisi wezinwele kanye nejokhi. Wayenezwi elihle kakhulu, okwamenza wacabanga ukuthola umsebenzi wokuba umculi eqenjini.
Lo msebenzi waheha le nsizwa ngomoya wayo. U-Albert wangena kalula eqenjini lika-Edgar Adeler. Iqembu belithatha uhambo olude nje. Phakathi nohambo, umculi osemusha akahambanga kuphela kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika, kodwa futhi wavakashela amazwe ase-Asia: India, Indonesia.
Imisebenzi e-Asia
Ngenxa yokuziphatha okungafanelekile, u-Albert waxoshwa eqenjini lomculo. Kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuvakasha. Umculi owayesafuna ukucula wanquma ukuhlala e-Asia. Ngokushesha wasihlola isimo, wathola umsebenzi omusha.
Njengengxenye yeqembu elilandelayo, u-Albert wahambela izindawo eziningi eNdiya naseSingapore. Phakathi nalo msebenzi, wazuza isipiliyoni, wakha izwi, waqonda izindlela zebhizinisi lokubonisa ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukuthuthela eYurophu, ukuqala komsebenzi onzima wokudala
Ngo-1927, umculi oqiniswe ngokomsebenzi wanquma ukuthi usekulungele ukuhamba "ohambweni oluzimele". Wathuthela eJalimane. E-Berlin, umculi uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi "Uma Benginawe". Lokhu kwenzeke ngenxa yosizo luka-Adeler. Ingoma edume kakhulu ibithi "Blue Skies", eyaqalwa u-Irving Berling.
Umlenze olandelayo ka-Al Bowlly: IGreat Britain
Ngo-1928 u-Albert wahamba waya e-UK. Lapha wathola umsebenzi ku-orchestra kaFred Elizalde.
Isikhundla umculi kancane kancane ngcono, kodwa isimo sashintsha kakhulu ngo-1929. Lesi yisiqalo senkinga yezomnotho enzima eshaye lo mculi. U-Al Bowlly walahlekelwa umsebenzi. Kwadingeka ngiphume esimweni esinzima ngokusebenza emgwaqweni. Wakwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kokushintsha umkhakha womsebenzi.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-30s, umculi wakwazi ukusayina izinkontileka ezimbalwa ezenza imali eningi. Okokuqala, wangena ekusebenzisaneni noRay Noble. Ukubamba iqhaza ku-orchestra yakhe kwavulela u-Al Bowlly amathuba amasha. Okwesibili, umculi wathola isimemo sokuyosebenza eMonseigneur Grill ethandwayo. Ucule ku-orchestra ebukhoma eholwa nguRoy Fox.
Usuku oluhle kakhulu lokudala luka-Al Bowlly
Ngemva kokulungisa isimo sezimali esintengantengayo, u-Al Bowlly waqala ukusebenza kahle. Ekuqaleni kwawo-30, eminyakeni emi-4 kuphela, waqopha izingoma ezingaphezu kuka-500. Kakade phakathi nalesi sikhathi wayebhekwa njengomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu eGreat Britain. Ngo-1933, umholi we-orchestra lapho uBowlly acula khona washintsha. Indawo kaFox ithathwe uLui Stone. Umculi waqala "ukwabelana" ngenkuthalo, wayeklebhukile phakathi Bowlly futhi Stone. U-Bowlly wayevame ukuhamba nokuvakasha ne-orchestra kaStone, futhi esitudiyo wayesebenza no-Bowlly.
Ibhendi yakhe yomculi
Maphakathi nawo-30s, u-Al Bowlly wayesesungule ibhendi yakhe. Esebenzisana neRadio City Rhythm Makers, lo mculi walihambela ngenkuthalo izwe lonke. Ubuhlakani beqembu bebufunwa, bekungapheli izimemo zokucula. U-Al Bowlly wazama ukuhlanganisa zonke izinhlobo zomsebenzi womculo: amakhonsathi ezweni lonke, amakhonsathi abukhoma eLondon, ukurekhoda ku-studio, kanye nokukhuthazwa emsakazweni. Maphakathi nawo-30s, udumo lomculi lwadlulela ngalé kwemingcele yezwe. Amarekhodi akhe ashicilelwe e-USA, umculi, ngaphandle kokuza phesheya kwezilwandle, wayedumile futhi efunwa khona.
Izinkinga zezempilo
Ngo-1937, u-Al Bowlly wayenezinkinga zempilo ezaba nomthelela omubi emsebenzini wakhe. Kwamila i-polyp emphinjeni walo mculi, okwaholela ekulahlekelweni kwezwi. Umdwebi wanquma ukuhlakaza iqembu, waqoqa imali, waya eNew York ukuze athole ukwelashwa. Wasusa ukukhula, izwi lakhe labuyiselwa.
Ubunzima ngomsebenzi
Ikhefu emsebenzini liphazamise ukuthandwa kwalo mculi. Angikwazanga ukubuyela esigqi sami sangaphambilini sokusebenza. Ukusebenza kwakhe kwaphinde kwawohloka, umculi akakwazanga ukuzilolonga futhi aqophe isikhathi eside e-studio.
Umculi wazama ngokwakhe njengomdlali, kodwa wanikezwa izindima ezincane kuphela. Babevame ukusikwa ngokuqhubekayo ekusikeni kwefilimu yokugcina. U-Al Bowlly wazama ukungena eHollywood, kodwa waya eMelika ngeze, akazange avunyelwe ukubamba iqhaza. Umculi wathatha amaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene, ezama ukuthola imali. Ubecula nama-orchestra ahlukene, wahambela ngisho nasemadolobheni ezifundazweni.
Ukuvuselelwa kwentshisekelo emsebenzini ka-Al Bowlly
Ngo-1940 u-Al Bowlly wahlangana noJimmy Messene. Inyunyana yokusungula yadlala eqenjini leRadio Stars. Lo msebenzi uye waba nzima kakhulu empilweni yomculi. Wazama ngawo wonke amandla akhe ukugcina isithakazelo emsebenzini wakhe, kodwa ikusasa lamvimbela. U-Al Bowlly wayevame ukusebenzela ababili, eshintsha uzakwethu ngezinkinga zotshwala.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yomculi
Washada kabili. Umculi wangena emshadweni wakhe wokuqala noConstance Freda Roberts ngo-1931. Umbhangqwana wahlala ndawonye amasonto angu-2 kuphela, ngemva kwalokho bafaka isehlukaniso. Ngo-1934, umculi waphinde washada. Umbhangqwana noMargie Fairless bahlala kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwendoda.
Ukuhamba kuka-Al Bowlly
Ekuphakameni kweMpi Yezwe II, ngo-April 16, 1941, u-Al Bowlly wadlala ikhonsathi neRadio Stars. Umculi nozakwabo beqembu banikezwe indawo yokuhlala eduze nendawo, kodwa u-Al Bowlly wanquma ukubuyela ekhaya. Lokhu kwaba yiphutha elibulalayo.
Ngalobo busuku kwaqhunyiswa ibhomu, imayini yashayisa umuzi walo mculi, wabulawa isicabha esiwa phansi. Ukushaywa ekhanda kwaqeda ngokushesha impilo yomculi. U-Al Bowlly wangcwatshwa ethuneni elikhulu, kwathi ngo-2013, kwafakwa uqwembe lwesikhumbuzo endlini ayehlala kuyo ekuphakameni kodumo lwakhe.
