Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

ASIN: B000025R01

Track Listings
 
1. Mrea
2. Davashes Dream
3. The Bride
4. Andromeda
5. Night Poem
6. Union Special

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Reissued 1971 album. One of South Africa's most distinguished Jazz pianist McGregor, an ex member of the Bluenotes, released the LP in 1970 on RCA's neon label. Assisting him on the six-featured tracks were the likes Dudu Pukwana, Harold Beckett and Louis Moholo, in other words the finest jazz musicians of the late 60's.

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Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Gorgeous
  • Stunning
  • Joyful Noises
 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
Manufacturer: Repertoire
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000025R01
Release Date: 1999-01-11

Tracks:

  1. MRA
  2. Davashe's Dream
  3. Bride
  4. Andromeda
  5. Night Poem
  6. Union Special

Album Description

Reissued 1971 album. One of South Africa's most distinguished Jazz pianist McGregor, an ex member of the Bluenotes, released the LP in 1970 on RCA's neon label. Assisting him on the six-featured tracks were the likes Dudu Pukwana, Harold Beckett and Louis Moholo, in other words the finest jazz musicians of the late 60's.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous.......2007-07-10

I can't imagine anybody not loving this music at first listen. Comparisons to Mingus are very apt, as this music not only slashes, bubbles, sings and rumbles: it also also possesses an elegance that comes right out of Ellington. Dudu Pukwana and Mongezi Feza play magnificently, McGregor was a wonderful composer/arranger/pianist and the band includes extremely accomplished soloists, many of whom are content to play a purely supportive role. This is one of the most beautiful - and most important - big-band jazz albums, period. Get it before it becomes ridiculously expensive again!

5 out of 5 stars Stunning.......2001-10-12

This great album by a legendary band has long been unobtainable, vinyl copies change hands at high prices. The music is similar to some of Mingus' work, but with the township jive feel replacing the funky gospel of Mingus. The soloists are 1st rate, Dudu Puckwana and Mongezi Feza stand out. This is passionate music played from the heart by an extraordinary band at its peak. Bravo Chris Mcgregor!

5 out of 5 stars Joyful Noises.......2001-03-17

One of the absolute key documents of British jazz (or indeed post-Ornette jazz of any nationality), this is the 1970 Joe Boyd-produced debut album by the big band formed by the exiled South African pianist and composer Chris McGregor. Basically an extension of his working band the Blue Notes (from whose ranks appear trumpeter Mongezi Feza, altoist Dudu Pukwana, tenorman Ronnie Beer and drummer Louis Moholo, with fellow SA expatriate Harry Miller on bass) utilising the finest cutting-edge British players of the time. The sax section is completed by the "SOS" team, i.e. John Surman, Mike Osborne and Alan Skidmore; from the Keith Tippett Group come cornettist Marc Charig and trombonist Nick Evans; and the line-up is completed by trombonist Malcolm Griffiths (from the Mike Westbrook band, as were Miller, Surman and Osborne) and the great West Indian trumpeter Harry Beckett. The opening track, "Mra," is five minutes of insistent riffing and rhythm (used in fact for many years as the theme tune of BBC Radio 3's "Jazz Record Requests") and cries out to be sampled. Wonderful interplay between the different sections, slightly reminscent of Tadd Dameron. The next track "Davashe's Dream" is a bittersweet ballad feature for the simultaneously caressing and slashing alto sax of Pukwana, combining lyricism and pain in a haunting way (there's also a great, slightly sardonic trumpet solo from Feza). More riffing in "The Bride" with Surman's Coltranesque soprano rising above the ensemble and knitting impeccably with the unbeatable Miller/Moholo rhythm team. "Andromeda" is a terrific, light-hearted avant-Basie swing romp with some outrageous playing from Feza and Evans (Wynton Marsalis would hate it!). The centrepiece of the album, however, is the extended 20-minute workout "Night Poem," an intricately-constructed ambient dreamland with riffs drifting in and out of focus; Indian flutes and African xylophone interacting with the free playing (Beckett, Griffiths and Osborne - on clarinet - being the most discernible). To finish with, the that's-all-folks 200 mph one-minute sign-off of "Union Special." If you dig this you should also seek out "Live At Willisau" recorded in 1973 and reissued on the independent Ogun label on CD in Europe in 1994 (and still, to my knowledge, available). Evan Parker and Radu Malfatti also appear on the latter and drive the music into even more abstract (and sometimes prototype punk-jazz) territory.
Brotherhood
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    Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
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    ASIN: B000MX7UL2
    Release Date: 2007-03-05

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    1. Nick Tete
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    Album Details

    Never Before Officially Reissued this Wonderful Album Continues the Ground-breaking Music of their Debut Album.
    Country Cooking
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      		Country Cooking

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      ASIN: B0000635YR
      Release Date: 2002-02-15

      Tracks:

      1. Country Cooking
      2. Bakwetha
      3. Sweet As Honey
      4. You And Me - Sejui
      5. Thunder In The Mountain
      6. Big G
      7. Maxine
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      Album Description

      Chris McGREGOR BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH was a famous jazz big-band that blended their African roots to a brassy Progressive rock that was in fashion at the beginning of the Seventies. Founded in Great-Britain by a famous South African pianist, the band included numerous characters that were later found with CARAVAN, KING CRIMSON, SOFT MACHINE, Keith TIPETT and even Elton DEAN. Let's just mention Nick EVANS, Mark CHARIG, Dudu PUKWANA, Mongezi FEZA, Alan SKIDMORE, Harry MILLER, Louis MOHOLO, John SURMAN and Ronnie BEER. The eponymous album was recorded in 1971 and evokes of course some of the above mentioned references, but still keeps a particular personality. Album recorded in 1988 and now re-issued by Great Winds, "Country Cooking" was the last recording made by Chris McGREGOR: he actually passed away twenty-four months later, aged 54.
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        Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath
        Manufacturer: RCA
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        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000MX7ULC
        Release Date: 2007-03-05

        Tracks:

        1. MRA
        2. Davashe's Dream
        3. Bride
        4. Andromeda
        5. Night Poem
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        Album Details

        Arguably One of the Most Influential Albums to Emerge from the London Jazz Scene of the Early 1970s.
        In Memoriam: Brotherhood of Breath
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          		In Memoriam: Brotherhood of Breath

          Manufacturer: Vital Music
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          ASIN: B000068Q5A
          Release Date: 2002-07-09

          Tracks:

          1. Mra
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          3. The Bride
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          5. Night Poem
          6. Union Special

          Album Description

          Joe Boyd-produced debut album originally released in 1971 by the RCA subsidiary Neon. South African McGregor formed the racially mixed Blue Notes in the '60s & later settled in London where he formed The Brotherhood Of Breath (essentially the Blue Notes augmented by musicians they befriended in the British jazz community). One of the truly legendary modern jazz big bands, the Brotherhood Of Breath had a tremendous impact on future European big bands. They incorporated the true spirit of Afro music into an ecstatic trance of jazz & rock stylings. Deluxe gatefold sleeve. Akarma. 2002.
          Bremen to Bridgewater
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          Release Date: 2004-01-13

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          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars South African Big Band Bebop.......2004-03-04

          Think Mingus. Think Coltrane. Think Keith Jarrett Quartet--Dewey Redmon. Branford Marsalis. For comparison only. Add South African rhythms instruments sensibilities. Raucous? Yes. Engaged? Damn straight. Intense enough for those bored to tears by "smooth jazz"? You betchya. Great music by great musicians.
          Travelling Somewhere
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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          ASIN: B00005NHK9
          Release Date: 2001-09-18

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          8. Think Of Someone
          9. Do It

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars African jazz.......2001-10-02

          Several south african musicians in a brotherhood with Chris Mac Gregor. Original title of this 70's work was Brotherhood of breath. At this time a very stimulating jazz introducing african influences. A major piece for real openmind jazz fan.
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            Release Date: 1990-10-25

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            Brotherhood
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              ASIN: B000P2XK1O
              Release Date: 2007-06-04

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              1. Nick Tete
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              Album Details

              Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.
              Music Without Frontiers Volume Two
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                		Music Without Frontiers Volume Two
                The Mike Gibbs Orchestra , Itchy Fingers , Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath , Cassell Webb , Mae McKenna , Flora Purim , Electric Circus , Bill Laswell , Gianni Nocenzi , and Seigen Ono
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                Music Without Frontiers Volume Two // 1. Kosasa - The Mike Gibbs Orchestra 7:34 2. Teranga - Itchy Fingers 5:36 3. Big G - Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath 7:13 4. Llano - Cassell Webb - 4:52 5. Sayonara - Mae McKenna 5:54 6. A esperanca - Flora Purim 3:48 7. Snow - Electric Circus 6:53 8. Assassin - Bill Laswell 6:25 9. Voodoo Bolero - Gianni Nocenzi 6:59 10. The Green Chinese table -Seigen Ono 6:20 11. An Mhaighdean Cheansa - The Gentle Maiden - Micheal O Suilleabhain 3:19 12. Ricercare per pianoforte - Ennio Morricone 4:34 13. Wedding tango - Michael Nyman 3:59 14. Viennese Waltz - Mike Westbrook/ Kate Westbrook 5:47

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