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Blind Badger & Other Jazzy Fables

In this mix I was drawing mostly from recordings of musicians, who I call Brotherhood Family - members of South African Blue Notes and associated British jazzmen. Prominently featured are drummer Louis Moholo and pianist Keith Tippett, and also Elton Dean, Hugh Hopper, Harry Miller, Chris McGregor, Harry Beckett, Evan Parker and others. Click mix title to see full playlist on mixcloud.

These are my first three full ECM mixes.

Louis Moholo & Evan Parker together (on some occassions)

Saxophonist EVAN PARKER (b. 1944, Bristol, UK) and drummer LOUiS MOHOLO-MOHOLO (b.1940, Cape Town, SA) are stars of European free-impro-jazz on their own. 
Here my radio programme with tracks selected from the albums Spirits Rejoice! by LOUiS MOHOLO OCTET (1978), Bo kay la vi-a by FRANCiNE LUCE (1999) and Bush Fire by MOHOLO / PARKER / PHETTO / PHETTO / GUY quintet (1997) in 2oo6.

Groundbreaking album by Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes

JASON YARDE + SHABAKA HUTCHiNGS, saxophones
ALEXANDER HAWKiNS, piano
JOHN EDWARDS, bass
LOUiS MOHOLO-MOHOLO, drums

Recorded April 14th 2o17 Live at Cafe Oto, London by Shaun Crook

(p)+(c) 2o18 Ogun Recording Limited (OGCD 047)

http://ogunrecording.co.uk



Check also "Four Blokes":

Album of the week: HARRY MiLLER - Different Times, Different Places - Volume Two (UK 2o16)

Second collection of unreleased recordings from Miller's family archive. Three quintets from 1977, 1978 and 1982, released by Ogun Recordings.

Collective personnel:

HARRY MiLLER - double bass
ALAN WAKEMAN & TREVOR WATTS - saxophones
DAVE HOLDSWORTH - trumpet
ALAN TOMLiNSON - trombone
BERNiE HOLLAND - guitar
KEiTH TIPPETT - piano
LOUiS MOHOLO-MOHOLO - drums



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ELTON DEAN QUiNTET - Live in Perugia 1980

 

I think this is a killer. Remastered from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VZ2v8-tGk.

ELTON DEAN QUINTET - Live in Perugia, Moz Art, Gennaio 1980 

ELTON DEAN - alto sax, saxello

MARC CHARiG - cornet

KEiTH TiPPETT - piano

HARRY MiLLER - bass

LOUiS MOHOLO - drums

01. Improvisation inc. ?   23:37

Good audience recording.

For download go here.

More Elton Dean downloads at inconstant sol blog.

Album of the week: LOUiS MOHOLO / EVAN PARKER / PULE PHETO / GiBO PHETO / BARRY GUY QUiNTET :: Bush Fire (1995)

Louis Moholo - drums; Evan Parker - tenor & soprano saxes; Pule Pheto - piano; Gibo Pheto - bass (left); Barry Guy - bass, piccolo bass (right).

Recorded at Gateway Studios, London. July 1995.

Released as CD Bush Fire (Ogun 1997)

This is classy one. Crossroad of London free improvisation and London / South African The Blue Notes legacy. Quintet and various subgroupings.

Album of the week: LOUiS MOHOLO-MOHOLO QUARTET - 4 Blokes (2014)

LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO - drums
JASON YARDE - alto & soprano saxes
ALEXANDER HAWKiNS - piano
JOHN EDWARDS - double bass

Recorded on 12 November 2013 by Ben Lamdin at Fish Factory Studios, London.
Mixed by Jason Yarde.

(c) 2014 Ogun Recordings Limited

Moholo Quartet plays simply high-octane interactive jazz and shows improvisational skills of all four musicians, as well as Louis' ability for leading the groups of various sizes. Music on the album continues in traditions of legendary South-African Blue Notes and British free improvisation too.

THiS iS A MAJOR ONE FOR LOVERS OF FREEJAZZ, AFRiCAN JAZZ AND BRiTJAZZ; plus some Prague gigs

Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet @ the Vortex 17.o3.2o11: Louis Moholo-Moholo (drums), Paul Dunmall (saxophone), Alan Tomlinson (trombone), Alexander Hawkins (piano) and Olie Brice (bass).
Found through Jazz Gig Diary blog.

+ PLUS +  
SEPTOBER ENERGY: Keith Tippett conducts Viva La Black with Julie Tippetts, Louis Moholo-Moholo & Minafric Orchestra in Sant'Anna Arresi (Sardegna) on 2nd September 2oo8. Soloist on soprano sax is Roberto Ottaviano.

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Some interesting gigs @ Jazz Dock in Prague these days: On Sunday, June 24, Polish pianist Pavel Wlosok will join Ondřej Štveráček (tenor sax), Tomáš Baroš (double bass) and Tomáš Hobzek (drums).

Pianist Karel Růžička's trio with Josef Fečo (double bass) and Dano Šoltis (drums) will play together with Karel's son, Karel Růžička Jr. (saxes and flute), on Monday July 25. Karel Jr. is based in New York for years and is currently in Prague due to his participation on Czech Jazz Workshop.

Promising Czech quartet POiNTS will play octet gig on Wednesday: Luboš Soukup (saxes), Miroslav Hloucal (trumpet, flugelhorn), Tomáš Liška (double bass) and Tomáš Hobzek (drums) will be joined on stage by Dorota Barová (cello and voice), Marcel Bárta (saxes and bass clarinet), Jan Jirucha (trombone) and Petr Kalfus (alto sax). All four players were guesting on POiNTS album, released by Animal Music in 2o1o. Live album from Points appearance at Jazz Getxo festival in Spain, where they won first prize in young bands contest in 2oo9, was also released by festival label Errabal.

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Plus one actual prog song: Sluneční město / Suntown by FUTURUM, from iSLAND EARTH album, 1984 > download here.

Due to connection problems, there are actually no new additions at my Rajce gallery :(