Bheki Mseleku - Beyond The Stars
Beyond The Stars, released as the debut album by our favourite local label: Tapestry Works, is the previously unheard result of Bheki Mseleku's studio session at Gateway Studios. It's a stunning, solo piano suite which condenses Mseleku’s visionary overstanding of South African music into a flowing, pulsing statement in six parts. With jazzwise echoes of marabi, amahubo, maskanda and Nguni song forms binding it to the deep music of Mseleku’s Zulu heritage, Beyond The Stars provides what Blue Note recording artist Nduduzo Makhathini describes in his liner notes as ‘a divine summary’ of Bheki’s life story: ‘a sonic pilgrimage from the beautiful and organic landscapes of Durban, to the vibrant energy of London and ultimately toward the inner dimensions of one’s being.’
Format / 2 x LP
Label / Tapestry Works
Cat No / 0712221309021
Genre / Jazz
Release date / 13 March 2021