Results for "Chris McGregor"

Chris McGregor

Born: December 24, 1936

Jazzfest Berlin 2026

by Giuseppe Segala
November 10, 2026

Jazzfest Berlin 2026 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 29 ottobre--1 novembre 2026 Il cielo sopra Berlino è plumbeo, con qualche sprazzo di luce che trapela brevemente, prima che torni l'atmosfera cupa. Ma attorno alla Haus der Berliner Festspiele, dove si svolge ...

New Music From Dorota Piotrowska, Josh Warren And More

by Bob Osborne
August 13, 2026

A quietly adventurous thread runs through this edition of World of Jazz, tracing how improvisers and composers adapt their music into something reflective yet forward leaning. Most of the selections are selected from extant releases that show where exploratory music is heading--flute driven improvisations, spacious rhythmic architectures, pointed small group dialogues and electronic inflections. The playlist ...

Fonterossa Days #10

by Neri Pollastri
June 4, 2026

Fonterossa Days #10 Teatro S. Andrea Pisa 25-26 aprile 2026 Taglia il traguardo delle dieci edizioni la rassegna Fonterossa Days, organizzata a Pisa da Francesco Mariotti e Silvia Bolognesi dedicata alla “comunità" che ruota attorno all'omonima etichetta indipendente, creata e curata dalla contrabbassista senese. Che quest'anno l'appuntamento cadesse nel fine settimana ...

R.I.P. Louis Moholo-Moholo

by Jerome Wilson
August 13, 2025

This program includes the work of the late drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo, the last surviving member of the South African group, the Blue Notes and a great contributor to the British jazz scene. The show also features music by Joe Lovano, John Yao, and Claire Ritter. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I ...

Louis Moholo Moholo, Sven Åke Johansson, Olie Brice & Ville Lahteenmaki Trio

by Maurice Hogue
July 14, 2025

The final tunes of this episode of One Man's Jazz are memorials to two of the most important drummers in creative music who passed away within days of each other in June, and they're honoured in this episode. Louis Moholo Moholo and Sven Åke Johansson came from very different places; Moholo Moholo was the last living ...

The 1,400th Edition Of One Man’s Jazz

by Maurice Hogue
March 3, 2025

When you're older than dirt like I am, each show completed is a milestone, and happily, I'm still around to arrive at 1,400 in the life of this show. For some of these milestones, I try to do something a little different. I always say this show is about the music and the people who make ...

Charles Mingus, Victor Feldman, and Chris McGregor

by Jerome Wilson
February 19, 2025

I was not able to do a live show last week so here is an old show from December 2020 that featured Charles Mingus, Brian Lynch, Gary Burton, Victor Feldman, and Chris McGregor. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill ...

Johnny M. Dyani: African Bass

by Alberto Bazzurro
June 25, 2024

Inciso allo studio Barigozzi nel novembre 1979 e uscito su LP di lì a pochi mesi, rivede oggi la luce, ancora su LP nonché su CD, questo singolare album di Johnny M. Dyani (la M. sta per Mbizo), esponente di punta di quella colonia di jazzmen sudafricani emigrati in Inghilterra (tendenzialmente a Londra) e diventati ben ...

Elton Dean: Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company

by Chris May
June 2, 2024

A vitally important platform for apartheid-era expatriate South African musicians, Ogun Records was founded in London in 1973 by the bassist Harry Miller, then in self-exile from South Africa, and his wife, Hazel Miller. Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo were among those recording with Ogun in the 1970s under their ...