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Harry Miller's Isipingo: Which Way Now

Read "Which Way Now" reviewed by Chris May


South African emigre Harry Miller was at the heart of a freewheeling, and in pockets Rabelaisian, circle of improvisers who shot through London like meteors in the 1970s and lit up everything around them. They burned bright and fast, and several of the key members, particularly the several South Africans among them, died tragically young. Miller was just 42 when he died following an auto crash while being driven to a gig in 1983, and horn players Dudu Pukwana, Nick ...

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Harry Miller's Isipingo: Which Way Now

Read "Which Way Now" reviewed by Karl A.D. Evangelista


Harry Miller remains one of the unsung heroes of modern improvised music. A white, Jewish South African expatriate, Miller played a pivotal role on the '70s European jazz scene, co-founding the Ogun label and promoting the documentation and popularization of multicultural, African-inflected improvisation. He was also, however, a brilliant, powerful bassist who bedded a number of classic recordings, as well as a notable, if sparsely recorded, bandleader and composer.

Isipingo was one of Miller's finest bands, and Which Way Now ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Which Way Now

Cuneiform Records
2006

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