Umculi ongumDashi nomqambi u-Oscar Benton "umakadebona" wangempela we-classical blues. Umculi, onekhono eliyingqayizivele lezwi, wanqoba umhlaba ngezingoma zakhe.
Cishe zonke izingoma zomculi zaklonyeliswa ngendondo eyodwa noma enye. Amarekhodi akhe ahlala efika phezulu kumashadi ezikhathi ezihlukahlukene.
Ukuqala komsebenzi ka-Oscar Benton
Umculi u-Oscar Benton wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 3, 1994 eThe Hague. Igama langempela lomculi nguFerdinand van Eys. Lo mculi wayedume kakhulu ngenxa yamakhono akhe ephimbo angavamile kakhulu. Izwi lakhe elihoshozelayo ("izwi likanokusho elithinta ukudelela") lathakazelelwa yibo bonke abathandi bomculo we-blues wakudala.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umculi wesikhathi esizayo owaziwayo emhlabeni wonke wabonisa isithakazelo ezinhlotsheni ezihlukahlukene zobuciko bomculo. Kuyo yonke iminyaka yobusha bakhe, umfana ongaziwa akazange akhathele ukutadisha, ukuya ezifundweni ze-violin kanye ne-mandolin.
Ukuqeqeshwa kwenzeke kwelinye lama-conservatories omculo waseHague. Futhi uthole ukuzijwayeza ukubonga kumabha namashibhi asebenza ngefomethi "yemakrofoni evulekile".
U-Benton wasungula i-Oscar Benton Blues Band ngo-1967 ngokushesha ngemva kokuphothula ekilasini le-violin. Iqembu elincane libe nemibono emihle yokudala. Iqembu belinekhono elihle futhi liwathanda kakhulu ama-blues. Kuwo wonke u-1967, leli qembu lacula ezindaweni ezahlukene - izigcawu ze-blues zaseNetherlands naseBelgium.
Ngemva konyaka, i-Oscar Benton Blues Band yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala, i-Fells So Good. Kuqoshwe ngaphansi kwelebula ye-Phonogram Records, kwakuwumsebenzi we-chic - isibonelo okufanele silandelwe kubo bonke abaculi be-blues bangaleso sikhathi.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokukhululwa kwerekhodi, abaculi baqala ukumenywa emikhosini edumile ye-jazz yaseYurophu. Ngisho namashumi eminyaka kamuva, i-albhamu ye-Fells So Good iphinde yagcina ukubaluleka kwayo, yajabulisa abalaleli ngekhwalithi yomsebenzi owenziwe.
Ukuthandwa kuka-Oscar Benton
I-albhamu yokuqala ye-Oscar Benton Blues Band iphumelele kakhulu. Wonke amalungu eqembu, akha umgogodla oyinhloko we-line-up, asebenze ku-albhamu: uTanny Lent, uGans Vann Dame noHank Houkins. Ngenxa yomsebenzi owenziwe, abaculi bathole isihloko sebhendi ye-blues ethandwa kakhulu eNetherlands.
Ngenxa yempumelelo yokuqala, iqembu lazuza isipiliyoni futhi ngokuzethemba laqala umsebenzi owengeziwe. Ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, i-albhamu yesibili ye-Oscar Benton Blues Band yakhululwa.
Lo msebenzi wawubizwa ngokuthi The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life. Ngo-1971, abaculi baphinde bakhipha i-albhamu ethi Benton 71. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Oscar uqophe izingoma ezimbili ezingashadile nomculi odumile waseDashi uMonica Vershure. Izingoma zakhululwa ngo-1970 futhi ngokushesha zafaneleka isihloko sezingoma.
Umsebenzi weSolezwe
Ngo-1974, u-Oscar Benton washiya iqembu lakhe, eshiya wonke amalungelo eqembu elidala. Ithimba lishintshe ukwakheka lakhetha igama elisha elithi Blue Eyed Baby. Khona-ke abaculi bakhipha i-disc yegama elifanayo, eyathola ukusekelwa okunamandla kakhulu kubalaleli kanye "nabalandeli" beqembu.
Isikhathi esithile, u-Oscar waqhubeka esebenza ngezingoma nomculi uMonica Vershure. Bazame, bezama ukuqhela ezinhlotsheni ezijwayelekile nokusebenza kumathrekhi e-pop ngendlela yomculo wesimanje we-pop.
Nokho, zonke izingoma ezalandela azizange ziphumelele. Futhi umculi wenqaba ukubambisana okunjalo, engakaze azuze udumo lomculi we-pop. Ukusebenza okuvamile kumisiwe. U-Benton ugxile enqubweni yokudala, esebenza ekwakhiweni kwezingoma ezintsha ezicula yedwa.
Impumelelo yomculi
"Impumelelo" enkulu emsebenzini ka-Oscar yafika ngo-1981. Umlingisi odumile waseFrance nomqondisi wefilimu u-Alain Delon wasebenzisa ingoma ye-bluesman njengengoma yefilimu yakhe ethi "Esikhumbeni Sephoyisa".
Umsebenzi we-Bensonhurts Blues waba i-hit yangempela yamazwe ngamazwe, ethatha izikhundla eziphambili kuwo wonke amashadi kazwelonke aseYurophu. Izakhamizi zaseFrance, eRomania, eBulgaria, ngisho naseJapan, Israel naseMorocco zenezelwa kubalaleli kanye "nabalandeli" bomculi.
Impumelelo emangalisayo yaphefumulela "inkosi ye-blues", yamphoqa ukuthi avuselele i-Oscar Benton Blues Band. Umdwebi udale iqembu elisha, wamema umdlali webhesi nomshayi wesigubhu. Kulesi sakhiwo, iqembu laqala izinkambo zomhlaba. Iqembu lihambele umhlaba wonke licula e-Europe, Asia nase-America.
Izinkambo eziningi zaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-1993 - ekupheleni kwenkathi yasehlobo yalo nyaka, iqembu lahlukana. Phakathi nesikhathi esichithwe ndawonye, abaculi bathole impumelelo enkulu, bakhipha i-albhamu futhi babamba iqhaza ekuhleleni imikhosi yomculo edumile eYurophu.
Ukuphela komsebenzi ka-Oscar Benton
Ngo-2010, u-Oscar Benton waba sengozini. Isehlakalo esidabukisayo nesidabukisayo saba nomthelela omubi emibonweni yakhe yokudala. Umbhali wamahithi amaningi kanye nenganekwane ephilayo ye-world blues unqume ukuqopha ikhonsathi yokuvalelisa. Ngemuva kwemicimbi eyenzeka cishe eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, abalaleli bebengakholelwa ekubuyeni okungenzeka kwe-blues master.
Nokho, u-Oscar Benton wakwazi ukumangaza "abalandeli" bakhe - umculi wabuyela esiteji, waqala uchungechunge olude lwamakhonsathi ayedwa. Umakadebona weqiniso wezwe eliluhlaza uhamba umhlaba wonke, evakashela eRomania, eFrance, eTurkey, ngisho naseRussia. Naphezu kweminyaka yakhe nemiphumela yokulimala, u-Oscar uzizwa emuhle futhi akayeki umsebenzi wakhe wokudala.
