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)

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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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Album of the week: HARRY MiLLER :: Different times, different places (2014)

Ogun OGCD 041 Different times, different places

Harry Miller, bass; Louis Moholo-Moholo, drums; Chris McGregor, piano (tracks 1-3); Keith Tippett, piano (tracks 4-7); Mike Osborne, alto saxophone; Marc Charig, trumpet (tracks 4-7); Nick Evans, trombone (tracks 1-3); Malcolm Griffiths, trombone (tracks 4-7).

    Bloomfield (06.08)
    Quandry (08.14)
    Touch hungry (09.04)
    Mofolo (12.53)
    Something like this (10.54)
    Touch hungry (12.54)
    Eli's song (17.12)

Tracks 1-3 recorded in London on 4 June 1973; tracks 4-7 recorded at the Chateauvallon Jazz Festival, France on 7 July 1976.

The Guardian album review

Album of the week: ELTON DEAN'S NiNESENSE - Happy Daze & Oh! For The Edge (UK 1977 / 76)

"HAPPY DAZE", OG 910, Ogun 1977. Reissued on OGCD 032

ELTON DEAN - alto sax & saxello. ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax. HARRY BECKETT - trumpet. MARK CHARiG - trumpet, tenor horn. NiCK EVANS - trombone. RADU MALFATTi - trombone. KEiTH TiPPETT - piano. HARRY MiLLER -  bass. LOUiS MOHOLO - drums.

Recorded at Redan Recorders, London on 26 July 1977

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"OH! FOR THE EDGE", OG 900, Ogun 1976. Reissued on OGCD 032

ELTON DEAN - alto sax & saxello. ALAN SKiDMORE - tenor sax. HARRY BECKETT - trumpet. MARK CHARiG - trumpet, tenor horn. NiCK EVANS - trombone. KEiTH TiPPETT - piano. HARRY MiLLER -  bass. LOUiS MOHOLO - drums.

Recorded live at Grass Roots Jazz Club at the 100 Club, London on 22 March 1976.



Two only albums by Elton Dean's large group, released during its lifetime. Reissued od single CD

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.