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McGregor: I tried to forget South Africa

- Aimé, Bernard, Loll, Jacques

Authors: Aimé, Bernard , Loll, Jacques
Date: 2012-09-20 , 1989
Subjects: Jazz , Mndebele, Sonti , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie , Mothle, Ernest , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Matthews, Gilbert
Language: French
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13465 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001375 , Jazz , Mndebele, Sonti , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie , Mothle, Ernest , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Matthews, Gilbert
Description: Photocopied interview from the French Jazz Magazine of Chris McGregor about the evolution of his music and the music in South Africa. This article has been written when Archie Shepp joined the Brotherhood of Breath. On the first page, the top picture shows Chris McGregor at the time of the interview playing Piano, and the bottom picture shows him with the Big Band Blue Notes during the '60s. There are also 2 pictures on the second page. The left one shows Chris McGregor at the Piano, the singer Sonti Mndebele and the saxophonist Archie Shepp. The picture on the right represents Chris McGregor and Archie Shepp.
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Date Issued: 1989

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Requiem for SA Jazzman

Authors: Albert, Don
Date: 2012-09-20 , 1990
Subjects: Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13470 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001392 , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
Description: Photocopied obituary of Chris McGregor from the newspaper The Star
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Date Issued: 1990

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Photos convey magic of '60s jazz scene

- Accone, Darryl

Authors: Accone, Darryl
Date: 1989
Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Breakey, Basil , Mpale, Dennis , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Ibrahim, Abdullah -- 1934- , Dollar Brand -- 1934-
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13467 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001383 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Breakey, Basil , Mpale, Dennis , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Ibrahim, Abdullah -- 1934- , Dollar Brand -- 1934-
Description: Photocopied article form the newspaper Star Tonight about Basil Breakey and how he met other contemporary jazz musicians such as Chris McGregor and Abdullah Ibrahim.
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Date Issued: 1989

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Blue Notes, White and Black - The Unique White Child

- Lorrai, Marcello, Dimonopoli, Gregorio

Authors: Lorrai, Marcello , Dimonopoli, Gregorio
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Martin, Costant
Language: French
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:13591 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012246 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Martin, Costant
Description: Two photocopied articles from the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto. The first article is an obituary of Chris McGregor and the second article is a conversation between the journalist and the critic and McGregor's friend Costant Martin. A picture of Chris McGregor at the time of Blue Notes is also accompanying this article.
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Brotherhood of Breath : Ronnie Scott's Sun

- Mackness, Kerstan

Authors: Mackness, Kerstan
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Jazz Musicians
Language: English
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:13594 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012250 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Jazz Musicians
Description: Photocopied article from Time Out London about the origins, the evolution and the musical influences of Brotherhood of Breath.
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Brotherhood of Breath: Meeting with Chris McGregor

Authors: C., Fara
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Jazz musicians
Language: French
Identifier: vital:13504 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005763 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Jazz musicians
Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper L'Humanité. This is an interview of Chris McGregor and his life. "South African composer exiled since 1964, Chris McGregor gave an identity to his home country's Jazz, but also to numerous musicians of various styles. Meeting with a modest and generous master."
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Call me Mr Drums

- Jay, Coneyl, Scott, Richard

Authors: Jay, Coneyl , Scott, Richard
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Jazz musicians
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13546 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006429 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Jazz musicians
Description: Photocopied article from Wire Magazine about Louis Moholo. "It's been over 25 years since Louis Moholo left his native South Africa with fellow Blue Notes Johnny Dyani, Mongezi Feza, Chris McGregor and Dudu Pukwana. In this rare interview with Richard Scott, the master drummer pays tribute to his friends and recalls both their early years playing under apartheid and the group's explosive impact on the London jazz scene of the 1960s."
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Chris - The Brother I loved.

- McGregor, Tony, Goldblatt, David

Authors: McGregor, Tony , Goldblatt, David
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13535 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006325 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
Description: Photocopied interview of Tony McGregor, Chris McGregor's brother from the newspaper Vrye Weekblad. "With his imagination and his fingers, Chris McGregor created a rich legacy of music, infused with the complex rhythms and harmonies of Africa. Tony McGregor remembers his brother, the jazz giant who died in 1990.". A picture of the Blue Notes with (from left to right) Dudu Pukwana, Sammy Maritz, Chris McGregor and Mongezi Feza.
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Chris McGregor and the South African Exiles

- Loupien, Serge

Authors: Loupien, Serge
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie
Language: French
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:13592 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012247 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie
Description: Photocopied article in French about the reissue of the recording of Chris McGregor's "Thunderbolt" with his exiled friends from Blue Notes and British improvisers. There is also a picture of the CD's front cover with this article.
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Chris McGregor group

- Illingworth, Dave

Authors: Illingworth, Dave
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz musicians
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13544 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006427 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz musicians
Description: Photocopied article from the monthly published magazine Jazz Journal about the story of Chris McGregor's jazz group formerly called Blue Notes since 1962 up to 1968.
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Chris McGregor Notes

- Chauvat, Alain, Renaud, Philippe

Authors: Chauvat, Alain , Renaud, Philippe
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Country Cooking , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Language: French
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13513 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006090 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Country Cooking , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Description: Original copy of the French revue Notes. It's a long interview of Chris McGregor. On the front page there is a picture of Chris McGregor, on page 3 there is a picture of Chris McGregor playing piano, on a page 4 there is a picture of Chris McGregor bowing on stage and on page 5 there is a photo of Chris McGregor standing next to the organizer of the Nantes music festival.
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Chris McGregor, the exiled

- Clerfeuille, Sylvie

Authors: Clerfeuille, Sylvie
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Clegg, Johnny , Gordon, Jeff , Dollar Brand , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Language: French
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13515 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006092 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Clegg, Johnny , Gordon, Jeff , Dollar Brand , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Description: Sylvie Clerfeuille, co-author of the book Musiciens afriacins des années 80 (Harmattan publishing) interviewed Chris McGregor in 1986. The article is divided into 5 questions: "How many times did you go back to South Africa since 1964, and did you find any problem?", "Is your style different than the other jazz influences?", "Comments on JOhnny Clegg and Mahlatini's bands", "Why recreating a new band of 15 musicians (Brotherhood of Breath)?" and "the forthcoming projects". At the end of the article there is an announcement of a coming concert at La Villette in Paris, France and at the Montpellier Jazz Festival
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Chris McGregor: Brotherhood of Breath "Country Cooking".

Authors: Balen, Noel
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Beckett, Harry , Matthews, Gilbert , DeFries, David , Deppa, Claude , Williamson, Steve , Whitehead, Annie , Mothle, Ernest , Biscoe, Chris
Language: French
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13486 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005621 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Beckett, Harry , Matthews, Gilbert , DeFries, David , Deppa, Claude , Williamson, Steve , Whitehead, Annie , Mothle, Ernest , Biscoe, Chris
Description: Photocopied article form the French newspaper Jazz Hot about the new recording of the Band Brotherhood of Breath "Country Cooking". Under the title, there is a list of the tracks to be found on the recording and a list of the players, then a short description of the band. There are also 2 other articles about other recordings, one about Joachim Kuhn Walter Quintus and the second one about Jean-Louis Mechali.
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Concert to honour SA jazzmen

Authors: Albert, Don
Subjects: Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Ibrahim, Abdullah -- 1934- , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , 100 Club
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13468 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001387 , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Ibrahim, Abdullah -- 1934- , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
Description: Photocopied article which announces a concert tributed to Chris McGregor and all the members of Brotherhood of Breath, who died at the 100 Club, London.
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Homage to Brother Chris

- Frech, Ida, Armand, Inessa

Authors: Frech, Ida , Armand, Inessa
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Moyake, Nikele , Feza, Mongezi , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13530 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006108 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Moyake, Nikele , Feza, Mongezi , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Description: Photocopied homage from the magazine Africa Sports and Lifestyle about Chris McGregor. There are 4 pictures with this article. On the first page a picture of Chris McGregor playing the piano, on the third page, the top picture shows Chris McGregor and the below picture shows 3 members of the Blue Notes (from left to right) Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Mayoke and Louis Moholo and on the fourth page there is a picture of the Blue Notes in 1964.
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Honks from a rain barrel

- Fordham, John

Authors: Fordham, John
Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:13528 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006105 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
Description: Photocopied obituary of Dudu Pukwana from the newspaper The Guardian. A picture of Dudu Pukwana is also accompanying this article.
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