Interview Chris McGregor

- Chauvat, Alain, Renaud, Philippe, Gignoux, Dany

Jazz Informations

- Unknown

Jazzman dies in France

- Dowson, Jeremy

L'insoumis chaleureux

- C., Fara

Leave the place to the melody

- Nighthawk

  • Authors: Nighthawk
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13621 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012495 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Description: Photocopied article in French about Chris McGregor, his music style and the various bands he took part of or created, such as Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath. There is a picture of Chris McGregor with the article.
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Mandela is my man

- John, Hans, Yipphie

  • Authors: John, Hans , Yipphie
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Mothle, Ernest , Riermeyer, Albrecht , Jazz musicians
  • Language: German
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13548 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006431 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Pukwana, Dudu , Mothle, Ernest , Riermeyer, Albrecht , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from the German newspaper Der Zeit about Chris McGregor. This article is based on Chris McGregor's vision on music and politics. The interview has been done after Chris McGregor's concert at Quasimodo and during his tour of the German Democratic Republic. There are 3 pictures on the first page of this article. The top picture shows, from left to right, Ernest Mothle, Albrecht Riermeyer and Chris McGregor. The bottom left picture is a portrait of Johnny Dyani playing double bass and the right picture shows Dudu Pukwana playing saxophone. There is a picture of an advertisement for fruits from South Africa on the second page, untitled: "South Africa in daily Western Berlin - a chain store advertises for fruit from the Republic of racists. Boycott them!"
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Marabi in exile: From Transkei to London

- Koch, Eddie, Weinberg, Paul

McGregor's (discography) return

- Russ, Jacques

McGregor: Without leaving an address

- Loupien, Serge

Memory: The Great Absent

- Scarzello, Patrick, Petit, Claude

Music Universe

- Unknown

Now a jazz from distinctively South African

- Baneshik, Percy

Nyon June 1978

- Unknown

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dean, Elton
  • Language: French
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:13785 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012817
  • Description: Photocopied program for the Jazz-Nyon festival in Switzerland, where Elton Dean's Ninesense should have been playing but has been replaced at the last minute by Chris McGregor's Blue Notes. Chris McGregor is also playing a piano solo concert the following day. On the first page, there are 3 pictures of Elton Dean's Ninesense members. From top to bottom: Elton Dean playing saxophone, Louis Moholo playing drums and Harry Miller playing Double Bass. A picture of Chris McGregor playing the piano is on the second page.
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Photocopied article from the Jazz Magazine

- Azoulay, Eliane

  • Authors: Azoulay, Eliane
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Dollar Brand , Mabuse, Sipho
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13485 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005620 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Dollar Brand , Mabuse, Sipho
  • Description: Photocopied article in French from Jazz Magazine about the various South African bands who came to and stayed in Europe, because they were forbidden in their country. There is a short interview of Chris McGregor about his return in South Africa in 1987 and announcing his forthcoming recording with the band Brotherhood of Breath.
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SA Jazz great for Cape Festival

- Albert, Don

South African exiles' Thunderbolt

- Unknown

The British Free Jazz Movement

- McRae, Barry, Persson, Jan

The Independent - Chris McGregor.

- Boyd, Joe

The Legacy - Chris McGregor: An African way of swing

- Anderson, Muff, Lock, Graham, Wilmer, Val, Kilby, Jak

  • Authors: Anderson, Muff , Lock, Graham , Wilmer, Val , Kilby, Jak
  • Subjects: Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Beer, Ronnie , Miller, Harry , Pukwana, Dudu , Bahula, julian , Feza, Mongezi , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13473 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001395 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Moholo, Louis T. -- 1940- , Beer, Ronnie , Miller, Harry , Pukwana, Dudu , Bahula, julian , Feza, Mongezi , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo
  • Description: The legacy: An African way of swing. South African pianist and band-leader Chris McGregor drops out of the sky to tell Graham Lock about his roots in African village music and outline his plans for his legendary bunch of huffers and puffers, Brotherhood of Breath. , Photocopied articles from the magazine The Wire about each of the main members of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. The magazine details the life of CHris McGregor amongst Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Harry Miller, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, Ronnie Beer and Julian Bahula. There is a picture of the first performance at ICA, London, by the Blue Notes (from left to right: Dudu Pukwana playing saxophone, Mongezi Feza playing trumpet, Johnny Dyani playing double bass and Chris McGregor playing piano). A photo of Mongezi Feza playing trumpet is on the second page. The third page is about Harry Miller and there is a picture of a band playing on stage featuring, from left to right, Nick Evans playing trombone, Mike Osborne, Mongezi Feza holding his trumpet, Harry Miller playing double bass and Louis Moholo playing drums. The fourth and the fifth page are about Dudu Pukwana's life and there are 2 pictures with this article. The top picture shows, from left to right, Hugh Masekela playing trumpet and Dudu Pukwana playing saxophone. The second picture represents Dudu Pukwana holding his saxophone and singing along with Pinise Saul. The next page is about Mongezi Feza and there is a picture where we can see him playing trumpet next to Dudu Pukwana playing the saxophone. The next article is about Louis Moholo. A picture of himself with Nana Tsiboe and Nii Moi Aquaye is accompanying this article. The next page features saxophonist Ronnie Beer and a picture of himself with Chris McGregor in 1969 is also with this article. The ninth page of the article is about Johnny Dyani and is accompanied by 2 pictures of Johnny Dyani with his Double Bass. An article on Chris McGregor's life comes next. There are 2 pictures. The first picture, on the tenth page shows Chris McGregor playing piano and the second picture, on the next page features Chris McGregor playing piano on stage with the Brotherhood of Breath in 1974. Julian Bahula is next on the list and there is a picture of the band Jazz Afrika, with, from left to right, Dave Chambers playing saxophone, Peter Segone playing trumpet and Julian Bahula playing drums. The next page of the article is exploring the musicians music life after the Brotherhood of Breath and the Blue Notes and gives their selected discography. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor playing piano with Harry Miller playing Double Bass in Soweto in 1971. The next 4 pages are specifically on the Brotherhood of Breath. There are 2 pictures with this article. The first one shows Chris McGregor playing piano with 4 members of the band (2 trombone and 2 trumpet players) and the second picture is a portrait of Chris McGregor.
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The promises of "Halle that jazz" at La Villette, Paris, France

- Marmande, Francis

  • Authors: Marmande, Francis
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Clegg, Johnny , Ibrahim, Abdullah , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Language: French
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:13599 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012255 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Clegg, Johnny , Ibrahim, Abdullah , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper Le Monde, entitled "The South African's pioneers", about Chris McGregor and Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), both pianists who came to and stayed in Europe to play their music the way they wanted. An announcement of 4 days of concerts is located in a square on the right side of the article. Two pictures are accompanying this article. The top one represents Chris McGregor wearing a music notes printed shirt and on the bottom picture, Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim) is playing Piano.
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