U-Eva Cassidy wazalwa ngo-February 2, 1963 esifundazweni sase-US saseMaryland. Eminyakeni engu-7 ngemva kokuzalwa kwendodakazi yabo, abazali banquma ukushintsha indawo yabo yokuhlala. Bathuthela edolobheni elincane eliseduze neWashington. Lapho kwadlula ubuntwana bosaziwayo bakusasa.
Umfowabo wentombazane naye ubezifela ngomculo. Abazali bezingane kufanele babongwe ngamakhono abo, abenze konke okusemandleni ukugxilisa ezinganeni zabo izimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu.
Abazange bazinike isikhathi sokuthuthukisa indodana nendodakazi yabo, ababetshale imali ekutshalweni kwamathalenta amancane. UDanny wayedlala ivayolini, udadewabo wacula izingoma, wafunda ukudlala isiginci.
Indima yabazali emsebenzini wokudala ka-Eva Cassidy
Ubaba ka-Eva wayesebenza nezingane ezikhubazekile ngokomqondo, ngakho wayenesineke esikhulu. Wakwazi ukunaka ezakhe izingane. Njengothisha oqeqeshiwe, wayezokwenza ibhendi yomndeni - iqoqo le-violin, isiginci kanye nesiginci sebhesi.
Indodakazi yayinekhono kakhulu, kodwa ingajwayele ukuvela emphakathini. Ukuba namahloni kwakhe kwakuvame ukumvimbela ukuba aziveze ngokugcwele phambi kwabantu.
Umqondo wokuhlangana komndeni awuzange ugcwaliseke; akukho lutho oluvela ku-duet yomfowethu nodadewabo. Abazange bahlale bentanta isikhathi eside, becula izingoma zezwe epaki lendawo lezamasiko nezokungcebeleka.
U-Eva wayenomlingisi onzima, izinkinga ebudlelwaneni nontanga, kanye nezinkinga eziningi ezingokwengqondo zokuzamukela. Isimo sashintsha esikoleni esiphakeme lapho intombazane iqala ukucula eqenjini le-Stonehenge.
Edumazekile ngezifundo zakhe, u-Eva washiya ikolishi, waphonseka emsebenzini. Wayehlatshwe umxhwele ukuklama kwezwe, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi intombazane yayidlala esiteji. Akazange acabange ngokungathí sina ngomsebenzi wakhe wokucula, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi ukuphila kulungiselela izimanga ezingalindelekile.
Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala ka-Eva Cassidy
U-Eva ngo-1986 wanikezwa ukuba abambe iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwezingoma ezimbalwa. Umngane wentombazane u-Dave Lourim wamema ukuba abe ngumculi weqembu le-Method Actor. Esitudiyo sokuqopha, le ntombazane yahlangana noChris Biondo, owayengumkhiqizi odumile.
Wakwazisa ukucula kwakhe, wasiza ekuqopheni izingoma ezimbalwa. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, u-Eva Cassidy waduma. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umkhiqizi waba nendaba newadi yakhe, eyathatha iminyaka engu-7.
UChris wakhanga le ntombazane kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi ayedinga umculi osekelayo. Kwenzeka into ehlekisayo - u-Eva kwadingeka acule ngamaphimbo amaningana, elingisa ikhwaya, ukuze aqophe i-albhamu ethi Living Large.
Umsebenzi we-solo u-Eva Cassidy
U-Eva wayengakacabangi ngokuqala ukucula yedwa. UChris Biondo wamncenga ukuthi akhe iqembu labaculi ukuze aqale ukucula ezindaweni zokuzijabulisa zaseMelika. Izwi elithandekayo lentombazane ngesikhathi esifushane lazuza izinhliziyo zabalaleli.
Ngo-1991, u-Chuck Brown odumile wajwayelana namarekhodi ka-Eva ngaphandle kokubamba iqhaza komkhiqizi. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayesathandana naye. Umsebenzi ohlanganyelwe waphawulwa ngokusungulwa kwe-albhamu ethi The Other Side. Icwecwe lalisemashalofini ezitolo ngawo lowo nyaka. Ngemva konyaka, bacula ndawonye esiteji esikhulu eduze kwaseWashington.
Yilwa nawe
U-Eva kwadingeka asebenze kanzima ezinkundleni ukuze adlale esiteji. Izinkinga zomuntu siqu kusukela ebuntwaneni zazenza zazizwa, ngakho intombazane yenza imizamo yokunqoba ukwesaba. Ukwesekwa okukhulu kunikezwe uzakwabo esiteji uChuck Brown. Igama lakhe elikhulu lisize ukuheha ukunaka kwezindawo zokuqopha ezaziwayo nezikhungo zokukhiqiza.
Intombazane yathunyelwa izipesheli eziningi. Kodwa ubunzima kwakuwukuthi iminyango yezokukhangisa yayivame ukungaqondi ukuthi isebenza kanjani nayo. Ngo-1994, kwakhululwa ingoma ethi Goodbye Manhattan.
Uzakwethu estudiyo walo mculi kwakungu-Pieces of a Dream, ayengenamdlandla wokubambisana naye. Le ntombazane ayizange ithande i-repertoire, kodwa nokho yanquma ukuhamba nabo. Ngemva kokubuyela ekhaya, u-Eva wanquma ukuqopha izingoma ezimbalwa, futhi enze amakhonsathi eyedwa. Ekupheleni konyaka, u-Eva wathola isihloko esithi "Iciko Le-Jazz Elingcono Kakhulu esifundeni sase-Columbia."
Iminyaka yokugcina ka-Eva Cassidy
Ebusika buka-1996, u-Eva wenza amakhonsathi e-Blues Alley club, edlala i-Fields of Gold emangalisayo. Le ntombazane ibingagculisekile ngokucula, ingumuntu ozigxekayo. Idalwe ngezinto ezibukhoma, i-Live at Blues Alley almanac yabonakala kahle kakhulu kuso sonke isifunda. I-albhamu eyedwa yomshayeli ngesikhathi esisodwa yaba ngeyokugcina ekhishwe ngesikhathi sokuphila komculi.
Ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu, u-Eva wanquma ukuthatha ikhefu esiteji. Wacwila ekudwebeni, ukuklama ifenisha nokudweba imidwebo yobucwebe. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, impilo ka-Eva yawohloka. Ngemva kokuhlolwa, odokotela bafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi konke kwakubi kakhulu kunalokho okwakungenzeka - bathola isifo se-oncological.
NgoSepthemba wonyaka ofanayo, abangani baka-Eva benza ikhonsathi yokusiza abantulayo besekela lo mculi. Lo mculi ushaye ingoma ethi What a Wonderful World, engakaze abambelele esiteji. Emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kwekhonsathi, okungukuthi ngo-November 2, 1996, u-Eva washona. Wayeneminyaka engu-33 ubudala.
Ukuvuma kwangemva kokufa komculi u-Eva Cassidy
Ngemva kokufa, wanikezwa isihloko somdlali ohlonishwayo, kanye ne-Washington Area Music Awards. Ezinyangeni zokugcina zokuphila kwakhe, u-Eva wasebenza ku-albhamu yokuqala ye-studio ethi Eva by Heart, eyakhululwa ngemva kokufa kwakhe.
Ngo-2000, i-albhamu ethi Time After Time yakhululwa enezingoma ezingu-12 ezintsha. Ukuqanjwa kwe-Woodstock, Ingoma kaKathy, iculo lesihloko, i-hit single yaba amaphuzu avelele e-albhamu ye-Time After Time. Kwashicilelwa ngawo lowo nyaka izingoma ezikhethiwe zika-Eva Ezithi Ayikho Imingcele. Lokhu kukhishwa kube yimpumelelo, kwashaya amahithi aphezulu angama-20 aseMelika.
Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, i-almanac Imagine yaphuma nengoma ethi I Can Only Be Me. I-albhamu iphezulu Eshadini Lama-albhamu ase-US kunombolo 32 ku-Billboard 200. Ukukhishwa kwezinto ezingakakhishwa ze-American Tune ngo-2003 kwandisa isithakazelo kumculi: Izolo, Haleluya Ngiyamthanda (Yena) Ngakho, UNkulunkulu Busisa Ingane, njll. Kunemisebenzi eminingi egciniwe yomndeni ka-Eva ethembisa ukukhishwa maduze nje.
