Rahim Hamzah & Hamzah Dolmat - Two Generations Of
Malaysian Maestros
Rahim Hamzah, the famous composer
and musician who died after a long battle with cancer yesterday at the age of
53 is best remembered as the bandmate of “Malaysian Sting” Zainal Abidin
Mohamad in the 1980s pop sensation Headwind.
He was also a member of the popular rock band Blues Gang famous for its Negeri Sembilan (or Minangkabau) songs such as Apo Nak Dikato?
Also known as Fingers and The Bluesman, the brilliant pianist was the son of legendary violinist Hamzah Dolmat.
The late Hamzah (1923-1987) was one of Malaysia’s greatest icons in music, as great as King of Entertainment (Bapa Hiburan) Tan Sri P. Ramlee and “Malaysian Freddie Mercury” Sudirman Arshad.
Nicknamed the King of Violinists, the Singaporean-born Hamzah (of Johor ancestry) played traditional Malay (Johorean) music beautifully with his violin despite not being able to read a note of music.
Hamzah was a self-taught musician. His mother Fatimah Ali was a dancer while his father Dolmat Abdul Fatah was a violinist, composer and singer of Joget (traditional Johor Malay) songs.
His family formed a Ronggeng dance group, preparing young dancers to perform in public.
Hamzah learnt to play the violin at 10 and subsequently performed with his father’s musical group. He also became a popular singer of traditional Johor Malay songs.
Hamzah later performed in Radio Malaysia (now Radio Television Malaysia) under the guidance of its music director the late Alphonso Soliano (the grandfather of Malaysian Idol singers Dianne Guerzo and Tricia De Cruz).
Hamzah also produced soundtracks for Malay films. One of them was Mahsuri, produced by his lifelong friend, Malaysia’s revered first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.
Hamzah became the first musician to perform on TV after Radio Malaysia became RTM in the 1960s.
He also went to Congo Kinshasa to perform for Malaysian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission there.
Hamzah also taught music to musicians at Sabah’s RTM office, on invitation from Sabah’s third Chief Minister the late Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun [the grand uncle of pop stars Naufara Yasin, her younger sister Pija Yasin and their cousin Yanie Julkarim].
In his lifetime, Hamzah recorded over 250 traditional Malay songs gathered from all over the country and Indonesia [Johorean, Kedahan, Kelantanese, Bruneian and Negeri Sembilanese].
Hamzah had two wives, Mimah Saen and Mazidah Abdul Majid, and six children.
Rahim was the only child who followed in his footsteps.
He was also a member of the popular rock band Blues Gang famous for its Negeri Sembilan (or Minangkabau) songs such as Apo Nak Dikato?
Also known as Fingers and The Bluesman, the brilliant pianist was the son of legendary violinist Hamzah Dolmat.
The late Hamzah (1923-1987) was one of Malaysia’s greatest icons in music, as great as King of Entertainment (Bapa Hiburan) Tan Sri P. Ramlee and “Malaysian Freddie Mercury” Sudirman Arshad.
Nicknamed the King of Violinists, the Singaporean-born Hamzah (of Johor ancestry) played traditional Malay (Johorean) music beautifully with his violin despite not being able to read a note of music.
Hamzah was a self-taught musician. His mother Fatimah Ali was a dancer while his father Dolmat Abdul Fatah was a violinist, composer and singer of Joget (traditional Johor Malay) songs.
His family formed a Ronggeng dance group, preparing young dancers to perform in public.
Hamzah learnt to play the violin at 10 and subsequently performed with his father’s musical group. He also became a popular singer of traditional Johor Malay songs.
Hamzah later performed in Radio Malaysia (now Radio Television Malaysia) under the guidance of its music director the late Alphonso Soliano (the grandfather of Malaysian Idol singers Dianne Guerzo and Tricia De Cruz).
Hamzah also produced soundtracks for Malay films. One of them was Mahsuri, produced by his lifelong friend, Malaysia’s revered first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.
Hamzah became the first musician to perform on TV after Radio Malaysia became RTM in the 1960s.
He also went to Congo Kinshasa to perform for Malaysian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission there.
Hamzah also taught music to musicians at Sabah’s RTM office, on invitation from Sabah’s third Chief Minister the late Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun [the grand uncle of pop stars Naufara Yasin, her younger sister Pija Yasin and their cousin Yanie Julkarim].
In his lifetime, Hamzah recorded over 250 traditional Malay songs gathered from all over the country and Indonesia [Johorean, Kedahan, Kelantanese, Bruneian and Negeri Sembilanese].
Hamzah had two wives, Mimah Saen and Mazidah Abdul Majid, and six children.
Rahim was the only child who followed in his footsteps.
Apa yang teman kene buat dalam reseach ni? bukan sekadar main balik stail HD, tapi kene transcribe beberapa lagu beliau dalam bentuk notasi...... azabnye tuhan je lah yg tahu, setiap bar, setiap artikulasi, not, dinamik, kemungkinan bowing nya, ada quartertones pula, grouping..... ...... berminggu aku transcribe beberapa lagu beliau....... ni lah ghopenye :
setelah me research dari UM sampai lah ke AMCorp mall, aku berjaya mengutip 8 album2 HD... ada antaranya tak pernah diterbit, sbb eksklusif buat kerabat (katanya) tapi ade org audio pencen dari sebuah syarikat tv jual kat aku dengan RM5..... masyaAllah sedapnya rakaman2 tersebut... ade yg live, tapi permainan HD takleh sangkal teramatlah hebat.......
inilah poster masa aku recital dulu...... harap dapat teruskan research ni di bawah pimpinan sifu violin ku, en nizam attan..... harap dapat juga jumpa student last HD, razli ayub, n pewaris abg jifri zin......
InsyaAllah blh jumpa diorang tuh...
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