McGregor: I tried to forget South Africa
- 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
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
Photos convey magic of '60s jazz scene
- 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
Brotherhood of Breath in Montpellier, France, 1988
- Authors: Miseur, Rob
- Subjects: Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
- Type: Image
- Identifier: vital:13816 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001495 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
- Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of the music band Brotherhood of Breath on concert seats in Montpellier (France) in 1988. Back row: Robert Juritz, Dave DeFries, Claude Deppa, Ernest Mothle, Julian Arguelles, Chris Biscoe and Fayyaz Virgi. Front row: Steve Williamson, Jeff Gordon, Thomas Dyani, Chris McGregor, Annie Whitehead, Gilbert Matthews, Harry Beckett. There are 2 stickers at the back of the photo. The sticker on the left indicates the name and the postal address (in Belgium) of the photographer and the date of the Copyright of the photo (1989) and the sticker on the right indicates Chris McGregor's postal address in France.
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Chris McGregor
- Authors: Atkins, Ronald
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13477 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001399 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper The Guardian about a concert by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath at the QEH (Queen Elisabeth Hall), London, England.
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Chris McGregor
- Authors: Atkins, Ronald
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Parker, Evan , Dean, Elton , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Pukwana, Dudu
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13476 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001398 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Parker, Evan , Dean, Elton , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Pukwana, Dudu
- Description: Photocopied article about a concert at QEH (Queen Elizabeth Hall) in London, England, by Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath.
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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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McGregor's (discography) return
- Authors: Russ, Jacques
- Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Beckett, Harry , Ranku, Lucky , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Matthews, Gilbert , Big Band
- Language: French
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13466 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001382 , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Beckett, Harry , Ranku, Lucky , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Matthews, Gilbert
- Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper La Dépêche about a reissue of one of Chris McGregor's live CD's "Thunderbolt". There is a picture of Chris McGregor titled "a posthumous return in the record stores". At the back of this photocopied article there is a hand written note in French: "Kisses! Did you get the chance to have last Saturday's La Dépêche? See you soon".
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SA Jazz great for Cape Festival
- Authors: Albert, Don
- Subjects: Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Pukwana, Dudu , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Miller, Harry , Mothle, Ernest , Carling Circle , Jazz Legends Awards , Carling Jazz Festival
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13469 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001389 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Pukwana, Dudu , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Miller, Harry , Mothle, Ernest
- Description: Article from the newspaper The Star announcing a concert by Chris McGregor with the band Brotherhood of Breath at the Carling Jazz Festival, held in Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, after winning an award at the Jazz Legends Awards. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor with the article.
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The Legacy - Chris McGregor: An African way of swing
- Authors: Anderson, Muff , Lock, Graham , Wilmer, Val , Kilby, Jak
- Subjects: Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Beer, Ronnie , Miller, Harry , Pukwana, Dudu , Bahula, julian , Feza, Mongezi , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:13473 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001395 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Beer, Ronnie , Miller, Harry , Pukwana, Dudu , Bahula, julian , Feza, Mongezi , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo
- Description: The legacy: An African way of swing. South African pianist and band-leader Chris McGregor drops out of the sky to tell Graham Lock about his roots in African village music and outline his plans for his legendary bunch of huffers and puffers, Brotherhood of Breath. , Photocopied articles from the magazine The Wire about each of the main members of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. The magazine details the life of CHris McGregor amongst Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Harry Miller, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, Ronnie Beer and Julian Bahula. There is a picture of the first performance at ICA, London, by the Blue Notes (from left to right: Dudu Pukwana playing saxophone, Mongezi Feza playing trumpet, Johnny Dyani playing double bass and Chris McGregor playing piano). A photo of Mongezi Feza playing trumpet is on the second page. The third page is about Harry Miller and there is a picture of a band playing on stage featuring, from left to right, Nick Evans playing trombone, Mike Osborne, Mongezi Feza holding his trumpet, Harry Miller playing double bass and Louis Moholo playing drums. The fourth and the fifth page are about Dudu Pukwana's life and there are 2 pictures with this article. The top picture shows, from left to right, Hugh Masekela playing trumpet and Dudu Pukwana playing saxophone. The second picture represents Dudu Pukwana holding his saxophone and singing along with Pinise Saul. The next page is about Mongezi Feza and there is a picture where we can see him playing trumpet next to Dudu Pukwana playing the saxophone. The next article is about Louis Moholo. A picture of himself with Nana Tsiboe and Nii Moi Aquaye is accompanying this article. The next page features saxophonist Ronnie Beer and a picture of himself with Chris McGregor in 1969 is also with this article. The ninth page of the article is about Johnny Dyani and is accompanied by 2 pictures of Johnny Dyani with his Double Bass. An article on Chris McGregor's life comes next. There are 2 pictures. The first picture, on the tenth page shows Chris McGregor playing piano and the second picture, on the next page features Chris McGregor playing piano on stage with the Brotherhood of Breath in 1974. Julian Bahula is next on the list and there is a picture of the band Jazz Afrika, with, from left to right, Dave Chambers playing saxophone, Peter Segone playing trumpet and Julian Bahula playing drums. The next page of the article is exploring the musicians music life after the Brotherhood of Breath and the Blue Notes and gives their selected discography. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor playing piano with Harry Miller playing Double Bass in Soweto in 1971. The next 4 pages are specifically on the Brotherhood of Breath. There are 2 pictures with this article. The first one shows Chris McGregor playing piano with 4 members of the band (2 trombone and 2 trumpet players) and the second picture is a portrait of Chris McGregor.
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