Jazz Articles about Louis Moholo-Moholo

Louis Moholo Moholo Quartet At The Crescent Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
November 5, 2014

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 ...

Torino Jazz Festival 2014

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 8, 2014

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 ...

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

by Sid Smith
May 31, 2011

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 ...

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

by John Sharpe
May 5, 2011

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 ...

Louis Moholo-Moholo Duets With Marilyn Crispell: Sibanya (We Are One)

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
December 1, 2008

Only once in a great while does a recording come along that influences my thoughts on creativity, sound and spirituality in music. Sibanye (We Are One), duets with Louis Moholo-Moholo and Marilyn Crispell, is one of those recordings. Confronted with the racist oppression of apartheid in South Africa, Moholo-Moholo immigrated to Europe in 1964 and became a significant influence on the direction of jazz and creative music in Great Britain and throughout Europe. Now at the age of ...

Louis Moholo: with the Chris McGregor Trio and Marilyn Crispell

by Clifford Allen
November 28, 2008

When the Blue Notes--pianist Chris McGregor, drummer Louis Moholo, bassist Johnny Dyani, trumpeter Mongezi Feza and altoist Dudu Pukwana--brought their mixture of bebop and kwela from South Africa to England in 1967, it didn't take long for the quintet to join forces with some of the more adventurous players in London, a mutually beneficial climate that allowed them to take in freedoms which echoed their wayfaring experiences. The Blue Notes were more collective than their billing as a “Chris McGregor ...

Louis Moholo-Moholo: Duets With Marilyn Crispell

by Nic Jones
November 9, 2008

Here's one meeting of refined minds that doesn't result in complacency. Drummer Moholo-Moholo, (known formerly by just the single surname) and pianist Marilyn Crispell have put in countless hours fashioning music from out of nothing other than the moment. They bring that wealth of experience to bear here in music which is by turns joyously unpredictable and provoked into being by the imperative of that moment.

The opening “Improvise, Don't Compromise" reads like a manifesto commitment, albeit one far less ...