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Alexander Hawkins - Louis Moholo-Moholo alla Sala Vanni di Firenze

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by Neri Pollastri

Musicus Concentus Superjazz Firenze, Sala Vanni 21.11.2014

Per il quarto e ultimo appuntamento di Superjazz, di scena a Firenze due musicisti ben distanti tra loro per generazioni, ma assai prossimi per taluni aspetti della loro sensibilità musicale: il giovane pianista britannico Alexander Hawkins e il settantaquattrenne batterista sudafricano Louis Moholo-Moholo.

Hawkins è una delle più apprezzate promesse del momento, oltre che come pianista anche come bandleader; Moholo invece faceva parte di quel manipolo ...

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Louis Moholo Moholo Quartet At The Crescent Arts Centre

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by Ian Patterson

Louis Moholo-Moholo The Crescent Arts Centre Belfast October 30, 2014 Ireland has been graced by the presence of two South African musical icons in October. First, the brilliant, seventy-five-year-old trumpeter Hugh Masekela played Dublin and then a little over a week later Louis Moholo-Moholo--younger by a year--kicked up a storm in Belfast. That Masekela was playing the 1,200 seater National Concert Hall while Moholo-Moholo played to about sixty people in an intimate club setting ...

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Torino Jazz Festival 2014

Read "Torino Jazz Festival 2014" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Varie sedi--25.04-1.05.2014 Benché bersagliata da intemperanze meteorologiche d'altro canto non nuove, in questa sede, la terza edizione del Torino Jazz Festival (seconda sotto la direzione artistica di Stefano Zenni) ha visto una partecipazione di pubblico che definiremmo oceanica, al punto che--per esempio--si è rivelato praticamente impossibile accedere ai concerti in giro per i club (gratuiti, come quasi tutto il resto) a meno di non poter privilegiare il singolo appuntamento, presentandosi conseguentemente in loco con lauto anticipo, il ...

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Blue Notes: Before the Wind Changes

Read "Before the Wind Changes" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Non vi è dubbio che per catturare con qualche credibilità la potenza musicale dei Blue Notes il concerto dal vivo fosse l'unico momento valido. Non che gli album in studio manchino di sostanza, o di creatività; però la fragranza delle danze, unita alla spavalderia delle improvvisazioni al calor bianco, si libera davvero in palcoscenico. Nel 1979 la formazione si era stabilizzata con McGregor, Pukwana, Dyani e Moholo. Before the Wind Changes è il secondo documento recuperato dal tour estivo in ...

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Louis Moholo-Moholo - Dudu Pukwana - Johnny Dyani with Rev. Frank Wright: Spiritual Knowledge and Grace

Read "Spiritual Knowledge and Grace" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Ogni tanto alla Ogun tirano fuori dal cilindro tesori assoluti come questa rara registrazione dal vivo catturata in Olanda nel lontano 1979 che ritrova a far vera festa di musica tre membri degli indimenticabili Blue Notes accanto al “vulcano" Frank Wright, come sempre - in quel tempo - in evidente stato di grazia. Spesso, anzi, sempre più spesso, si parla oggi di improvvisazione citando altrettanto spesso, anzi, sempre più spesso il tempo andato dell'Art Ensemble o - appunto - “quei ...

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Louis Moholo-Moholo / Dudu Pukwana / Johnny Dyani / Frank Wright: Spiritual Knowledge And Grace

Read "Spiritual Knowledge And Grace" reviewed by Sid Smith

by Sid Smith

Accidents are part and parcel of any kind of improvised music. Such occurrences can be fickle things with a capacity to make or break a situation. So, when Chris McGregor was prevented from joining the first night of a Dutch tour by The Blue Notes in 1979, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani embraced the accidental non-appearance of their pianist colleague and took to the stage. Another accident, though admittedly much happier one, was the presence ...

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Louis Moholo-Moholo Quintet: London, UK, March 17, 2011

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by John Sharpe

Louis Moholo-Moholo QuintetThe VortexLondon, UKMarch 17, 2011 As George the besuited MC said in his introduction, when you saw the lineup you knew this was not one to miss. And the packed audience at north London's Vortex was testament to the fact that his view was widely shared. Even though South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo remains a frequent visitor to London since relocating to his homeland on a permanent basis, his visits are still something ...

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