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Jack Lerole

Jack Lerole is credited on 78 releases across 17 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2016 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

78

Pressings credited

17

Albums

7

Decades active

34

In collections

Biography

Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole (c. 1940 – 12 March 2003) was a South African singer and penny whistle player. Lerole was a leading performer in the kwela music of 1950s South Africa. Lerole was the bandleader of Elias and His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes, who had an international hit record in 1958 with "Tom Hark". He co-founded the fusion band Mango Groove in 1984, and later collaborated with Dave Matthews Band, a rock band from the United States.

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

78 releases · 17 albums · active 1958–2016

  • Performance · 74
  • Other credits · 17
  • Production · 17

Studios: RPM Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa · Audio Lab, South Africa · Orange 338 Studios · Bassline Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Mango Groove
  • Various
  • Elias And His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes
  • Sipho Mabuse
  • Elias And His Zig Zag Flutes
  • Yvonne Chaka Chaka
  • Ricardo (57)
  • The Winners (10)

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