Tony Kofi

Tony Kofi ( wavutse kuya 10 Nyakanga 1966) ni umuririmbyi w'umwongereza munjyana ya Jazz sexaphonist n'umwirongi. Ayobora inyabutatu na quartet kandi ni umwe mu bashinze itsinda rya Monk Liberation Band.  Ubutatu bwe burimo umukaraza Winston Clifford na Hammond B3 n'umuyobozi Anders Olinder.  Kofi yasinye mu imitsinda ryihariye rya Jazz. Yatsindiye ibihembo bibiri bya BBC Jazz Awards : umucuranzi mwiza muri 2008 na Alubumu nziza muri 2005 muri Byose Birabizi .   Tony yinjiye muri Orchestre Grand Union mu 1998, iyobowe n’umuyobozi w’ubuhanzi Tony Haynes, kandi kuva icyo gihe yabaye umuhanzi ukomeye. Muri Gicurasi 2021, Kofi yagaragaye kuri Radiyo BBC 4 kugira ngo aganire ku mibereho ye ya mbere ndetse n’ibintu byahinduye ubuzima byatumye afata sekisafone.

 Ubuzima bwo hambere 
Kofi yavukiye i Nottingham ku babyeyi ba Gana. Nyina yari umukunzi wa jazz kandi yari afite inyandiko nyinshi.

Yavutse akoresha akaboko k'ibumoso ariko ahatirwa n'umuryango we gukoresha ukuboko kwe kw'iburyo.

Kofi yari afite inzozi zo kuba umucuranzi ariko bamubwira ko bidashoboka. Kubera ko yari umuhanga mububaji ku ishuri, ibyo bikaba byaramuteye inzira yo kuba umwuga w'ububaji.

Afite imyaka 16, yakoraga nk'uwimenyereza umwuga mugihe agace gato kurubaho kamufashe kumwenda wukuboko akagwa hejuru yinzu. Yaguye avuga ko yiboneye icyerekezo gisobanutse cyubuzima bwe burambuye imbere ye, harimo ingendo, umuryango ndetse no gucuranga. Nyuma yo kugwa yari muri koma iminsi myinshi ariko mugihe cyakurikiyeho yaje gukira neza.

Kofi yakiriye amafaranga y'indishyi zo kugwa, maze amaylo 50 ayatakaza kuri sekisafone. Yabwiye ababyeyi be ko atazasubira ku kazi kandi ko azibanda cyane ku kwiyigisha gucuranga.

Ubwa mbere umuryango we ntiwabyemeye ariko yayikinaga buri munsi, nubwo bitotombeye urusaku rwa barumuna be batandatu. Amaze gutera imbere, ababyeyi be baza kumushyigikira kandi nyina amuha inyandiko zo kwigiraho.

Nyuma Kofi yize muri Berklee College of Music .

 Ubucukumbuzi k'umuziki 

 Yahimbye Umupadiri: Byose Birabizi (Jazz yihariye, 2004)
 Kazoza Karenganye (Jazz yihariye, 2006)
 Ukuri gucecetse (Jazz yihariye, 2008)
 Kubwurukundo rwa Ornette hamwe na Jamaldeen Tacuma (Jazzwerkstatt, 2010)
 Ingingo Yibanze (Isosiyete Yumuziki Yanyuma, 2018)
 Ubundi bwoko bwubugingo (Live) (Isosiyete Yumuziki Yanyuma, 2020)

Inkomoko: 

 Reba 

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