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McGregor: I tried to forget South Africa

- Aimé, Bernard, Loll, Jacques

  • Authors: Aimé, Bernard , Loll, Jacques
  • Date: 2012-09-20 , 1989
  • Subjects: Jazz , Mndebele, Sonti , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie , Mothle, Ernest , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Matthews, Gilbert
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13465 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001375 , Jazz , Mndebele, Sonti , Jazz musicians , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Shepp, Archie , Mothle, Ernest , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Matthews, Gilbert
  • Description: Photocopied interview from the French Jazz Magazine of Chris McGregor about the evolution of his music and the music in South Africa. This article has been written when Archie Shepp joined the Brotherhood of Breath. On the first page, the top picture shows Chris McGregor at the time of the interview playing Piano, and the bottom picture shows him with the Big Band Blue Notes during the '60s. There are also 2 pictures on the second page. The left one shows Chris McGregor at the Piano, the singer Sonti Mndebele and the saxophonist Archie Shepp. The picture on the right represents Chris McGregor and Archie Shepp.
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  • Date Issued: 1989

Requiem for SA Jazzman

- Albert, Don

Photos convey magic of '60s jazz scene

- Accone, Darryl

Afflicted by the dread freaking-out disease

- Kington, Miles

African Jazz on white keys

- Atkins, Ronald

Archie Shepp - Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath in concert at Banlieues Bleues.

- Chantoiseau, Catherine

Breath of fresh air

- Hyder, Ken

  • Authors: Hyder, Ken
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13543 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006426 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from the English magazine Melody Maker about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. "Chris McGregor is the wizard of jazz. He is an alchemist who brews up a mixture of African, European and American influences. He puts a spell on a dozen or more musicians from widely differing backgrounds and he calls the whole potion The Brotherhood of Breath". There is a picture of Chris McGregor with this article untitled "Wizard of Jazz".
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Brotherhood of Breath

- Giraudo, Lucien

  • Authors: Giraudo, Lucien
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13533 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006318 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article in French about Chris McGregor's death. There are also 2 articles about Coutances and Johnny Griffin. A drawing of Chris McGregor is also accompanying this article.
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Brotherhood of Breath at QEH

- Lake, Steve

Brotherhood of Breath in Montpellier, France, 1988

- Miseur, Rob

  • Authors: Miseur, Rob
  • Subjects: Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
  • Type: Image
  • Identifier: vital:13816 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001495 , Jazz , Jazz musicians , McGregor, Chris -- 1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group)
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of the music band Brotherhood of Breath on concert seats in Montpellier (France) in 1988. Back row: Robert Juritz, Dave DeFries, Claude Deppa, Ernest Mothle, Julian Arguelles, Chris Biscoe and Fayyaz Virgi. Front row: Steve Williamson, Jeff Gordon, Thomas Dyani, Chris McGregor, Annie Whitehead, Gilbert Matthews, Harry Beckett. There are 2 stickers at the back of the photo. The sticker on the left indicates the name and the postal address (in Belgium) of the photographer and the date of the Copyright of the photo (1989) and the sticker on the right indicates Chris McGregor's postal address in France.
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Brotherhood of Breath: Meeting with Chris McGregor

- C., Fara

  • Authors: C., Fara
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Jazz musicians
  • Language: French
  • Identifier: vital:13504 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005763 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Shepp, Archie , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper L'Humanité. This is an interview of Chris McGregor and his life. "South African composer exiled since 1964, Chris McGregor gave an identity to his home country's Jazz, but also to numerous musicians of various styles. Meeting with a modest and generous master."
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Call me Mr Drums

- Jay, Coneyl, Scott, Richard

  • Authors: Jay, Coneyl , Scott, Richard
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13546 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006429 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from Wire Magazine about Louis Moholo. "It's been over 25 years since Louis Moholo left his native South Africa with fellow Blue Notes Johnny Dyani, Mongezi Feza, Chris McGregor and Dudu Pukwana. In this rare interview with Richard Scott, the master drummer pays tribute to his friends and recalls both their early years playing under apartheid and the group's explosive impact on the London jazz scene of the 1960s."
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Chanzy: 10000 fans under the rain.

- Carin, Sylviane

  • Authors: Carin, Sylviane
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Clegg, Johnny , Mahotella Queens , Jazz musicians
  • Language: French
  • Identifier: vital:13508 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005771 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Clegg, Johnny , Mahotella Queens , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from the French newspaper Charante Libre about a concert with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Johnny Clegg and the Mahotella Queens. "Arrived at 3pm, Clegg's first fans had to wait until 10:45pm to see him". There are also 2 pictures with the article. The top one shows Chris McGregor on stage playing piano in front of a huge crowd and the bottom picture shows the Mahotella Queens dancing on the stage.
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Chris - The Brother I loved.

- McGregor, Tony, Goldblatt, David

  • Authors: McGregor, Tony , Goldblatt, David
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13535 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006325 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa)
  • Description: Photocopied interview of Tony McGregor, Chris McGregor's brother from the newspaper Vrye Weekblad. "With his imagination and his fingers, Chris McGregor created a rich legacy of music, infused with the complex rhythms and harmonies of Africa. Tony McGregor remembers his brother, the jazz giant who died in 1990.". A picture of the Blue Notes with (from left to right) Dudu Pukwana, Sammy Maritz, Chris McGregor and Mongezi Feza.
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Chris McGregor

- Atkins, Ronald

Chris McGregor

- Atkins, Ronald

Chris McGregor 24.12.1936 - 25.5.1990

- Grunfeld, Hansdieter

Chris McGregor group

- Illingworth, Dave

Chris McGregor Notes

- Chauvat, Alain, Renaud, Philippe

Chris McGregor resurrected his Brotherhood of Breath

- Unknown

  • Authors: Unknown
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: French
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13554 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006437 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photocopied article from the French magazine Le Monde de la Musique about Chris McGregor resurrecting the band Brotherhood of Breath for touring France. There is a portrait of Chris McGregor with this article.
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