Upcoming events keith tippett and louis moholomoholo. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. I appreciate the feeling the people had the first time. African drummer and bandleader louis moholos 1978 bombshell spirits rejoice. Alongside his profile as a bandleader, he has appeared worldwide and on record with a virtual whos. A double cd reissue of the ogun lp from 1978 louis moholomoholos octet, spirits rejoice, and a studio recording from the same year of vivalablack septet. Classic example of the crosspollination between south african and british players. He has been a member of several notable bands, including the blue notes, the brotherhood of breath and assagai. Each song is full of emotion, suffering, history, and most important of all, character, which differentiates this from many other releases. Born free by livio minafra, louis moholomoholo on amazon. Originally released in 1978, louis moholo octets, spirits rejoice. After working with many groups, and being awarded the best drummer of the jabulani festival 1964, he had already met up with, now known as the stars of those days, dudu pukwana, mongezi feza, nick moyake, chris mcgregor, and johnny dyani, with whom a journey of escape and. Search for shared files uploaded to all major shared file hosts like. You aint gonna know me cos you think you know me louis moholo.
Moholomoholos base was always england and while he traveled fairly frequently, it seemed that england was where he would stay. Shine on youtube spirits rejoice joy afro spiritual jazz fusion duration. Louis moholo moholo arrived in london from south africa in the 1960s with chris mcgregors blue notes. Music profile for louis moholo, born 10 march 1940. His first album under his own name, spirits rejoice on ogun records, is considered a classic example of the combination of british and south african players. Louis moholo octet you aint gonna know me cos you think. Louis tebogo moholo born 10 march 1940, is a south african jazz drummer. Louis moholo born in cape town, south africa, knew from a very early age that he wanted to play the drums. In the early 1970s, moholo was also a member of the afrorock band assagai. First vinyl reissue of one of the most legendary free jazz records ever produced. The 1978 spirits rejoice session joins moholos elemental, townshipselvin drumming style with a mixed british and south african band including evan parker. He was soon playing in local dance bands, doing his first paid gig aged twelve, and later also playing, in soul bands, particularly the music of junior walker and james brown.
The blue notes were so significant in the story of jazz music, and each member of that band was a force to be reckoned with in there own right. When the second foxes fox disc, naan tso, was released on evan parkers psi label, it stated, intriguingly, that the music was recorded on the eve of his return to south africa. Both cds exposing the wonders of louiss musical vision crossing many spectrums, influenced by his. Listen to your favorite songs from born free by livio minafra, louis moholomoholo now. Freedom tour live in south africa, ogun 1994 and his dedication orchestra spirits rejoice, ogun 1992. Jun 19, 2015 y theatre, leceister, england 30th september 1999 a song usaka tippett louis moholos spirits rejoice louis moholo drums evan parker, jason yarde saxes kenny wheeler. South african drummer and bandleader louis moholo s 1978 bombshell spirits rejoice. A double cd reissue of the ogun lp from 1978 louis moholo moholo s octet, spirits rejoice, and a studio recording from the same year of vivalablack septet.
They recorded brititsh avantgarde jazz musicians keith tippett, mike osborne, elton dean, lol coxhill, harry beckett, trevor watts and their collaborations with expatriate south africans, including the blue notes, chris mcgregor. Dec 04, 2010 louis moholo moholo arrived in london from south africa in the 1960s with chris mcgregors blue notes. Apr 05, 2011 the blue notes were so significant in the story of jazz music, and each member of that band was a force to be reckoned with in there own right. South african drummer and bandleader louis moholos 1978 bombshell spirits rejoice.
This has struggle written over it, given louis moholo s origin in south africa. May 14, 2020 louis moholomoholo octet spirits rejoice. Louis moholo, drums francine luce, vocal jason yarde, alto sax evan parker, tobby delius, tenor sax kenny wheeler, claude deppa, trumpet keith tippett, pule pheto, piano among others cd 1. Louis moholo with keith tippettmervyn africapule pheto, mpumi. Oct 15, 2019 louis moholos continued this tradition with his smaller band vivalablack exile, ogun 1990. He was soon playing in local dance bands, doing his first paid gig aged twelve, and later also playing, in soul bands, particularly the. Last week i was delighted to be able to buy spirits rejoice. Apartheid was the bane of their existance, and spirits rejoice. Find louis moholo discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Larry stabbins keith tippett louis moholo foggia live.
Similarly, when louis formed his own band spirits rejoice he turned to keith for piano. Youtube you aint gonna know me cos you think you know me louis moholo duration. Ogun records is a jazz record label created in london in 1973 by south african expatriate bassist harry miller, his wife hazel miller, and sound engineer keith beal. Louis moholo moholo mpumi moholo moholo s base was always england and while he traveled fairly frequently, it seemed that england was where he would stay. Louis moholomoholos five blokes uplift the people ogun. Squidco sells cds, dvds, vinyl lps and magazines of unusual music in the fields of improvisation, compositional music, experimental, chamber rock, and rock in opposition. Equally importantly, the partnership was in demand from other musicians and went on to provide the backbone of the most thrilling bands of the 1970s and 80s isipingo and several of elton deans groups, notably ninesesnse, come to mind. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. His first album under his own name, spirits rejoice on ogun records, is considered a classic example of. Louis moholo, louis moholo octet on allmusic 1978 in 1978, south african expatriate drummer louis. On the first page louis moholo is dedicating the music to the memory of his brothers and sister. Louis moholos continued this tradition with his smaller band vivalablack exile, ogun 1990.
During his visit to the uk for the 2010 london jazz festival, he joins alyn shipton to. Amaxesha osizi times of sorrow personnelkenny wheeler tpevan parker tsnick evans, radu malfatti tbkeith tippett. Ixesha, ogun 1994, and latest with his unit for the blue notes ogun 2014. A comparison between louis moholo moholos spirits rejoice and. Frank wright louis moholomoholo dudu pukwana johnny dyani rev. Download louis moholo spirits rejoice files tradownload. Download audio tracks from youtube, soundcould, facebook and other major portals.
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Both cds exposing the wonders of louis s musical vision crossing many spectrums, influenced by his roots, reflecting the warmth of the south african sun. Find louis moholo discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. The first vinyl reissue of one of the most legendary free jazz records ever produced. Here you can find louis moholo spirits rejoice shared files.
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