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Blue Notes playing in London (ICA) in 1964

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13935 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006455 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Moholo, Louis T.--1940- , Dyani, Johnny Mbizo , Feza, Mongezi , Blue Notes (Musical group : South Africa) , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo of the group Blue Notes in London (ICA) in 1964 (front and reverse). At the back, from left to right: Louis Moholo is playing the drums, Johnny Dyani playing double bass, Chris McGregor playing piano. At the front, from left to right: Dudu Pukwana is playing alto saxophone and Mongezi Feza is holding a trumpet.
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Chris McGregor 1936-1990

- Wilmer, Val, White, Nick

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val , White, Nick
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13671 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012583
  • Description: Photocopied article from the Wire Magazine. "A Tribute to the pianist and bandleader who died in May". A picture of Chris McGregor is also with the article.
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Chris McGregor and Johnny Dyani at Blue Notes London debut in April 1965

- Wilmer, Val

Chris McGregor at his Piano smoking a pipe

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13937 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006459 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Photo in black and white of Chris McGregor sitting at his Piano with an handwriting composition on the piano stand , smoking a pipe. The photo has been taken at Clifton Gardens Lack in 1970 by Val Wilmer member of the National Union of Journalists
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Chris McGregor posing outside

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13938 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006460 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Chris McGregor posing outside with cows in the background, in Alfriston, Sussex (England) in 1972.
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Chris McGregor with a horse.

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13945 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006472 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Chris McGregor with a horse at Milton Court Farm, Alfriston in 1972. There is a stamp of the photographer's details and a sticker with Chris McGregor's postal address in France.
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Chris McGregor's Blue Notes London debut in April 1965

- Wilmer, Val

Chris McGregor: now's the time

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13670 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012582
  • Description: Photocopied article from the newspaper Melody Maker about Chris McGregor's music and its influence on the new European jazz style. There is a portrait of Chris McGregor with this article.
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Dudu Pukwana at home

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13940 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006464 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Pukwana, Dudu , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Dudu Pukwana at home (Peckham, London) holding his saxophone.
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Great lost recordings

- Witherden, Barry, Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Witherden, Barry , Wilmer, Val
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13672 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012584
  • Description: Photocopied article from the magazine Wire about the neglected recording "Very Urgent" by The Chris McGregor Sextet Blue Notes (1968).
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Harry Miller playing double bass.

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Miller, Harry , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13941 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006465 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Miller, Harry , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Harry Miller playing double bass. There is a stamp on the back indicating name, address and registration number of the photographer.
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Johnny Dyani at Blue Notes London debut in 1965.

- Wilmer, Val

Mongezi Feza and Barre Phillips playing their instruments

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Phillips, Barre , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13943 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006469 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Phillips, Barre , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Mongezi Feza playing the trumpet and Barre Phillips playing the double bass at a concert in Cambridge, 2nd of March 1969. A stamp at the back of the photo indicates the photographer's details.
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Mongezi Feza playing Trumpet, 1965

- Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Wilmer, Val
  • Subjects: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: vital:13944 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006471 , McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 , Feza, Mongezi , Jazz , Jazz musicians
  • Description: Black and white photo (front and back) of Mongezi Feza playing the trumpet in 1965.
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Spirits in action

- Vickery, Steve, Wilmer, Val

  • Authors: Vickery, Steve , Wilmer, Val
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: vital:13665 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012577
  • Description: Photocopied article from the magazine Coda. This article is based on the book written by Maxine McGregor, Chris McGregor's wife "My Life With A South African Jazz Pioneer" (Bamberger Books). The article is reviewing Chris McGregor's life and his relations with the other members of the band Blue Notes who exiled in Europe, such as Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo or Nick Moyake. There are 4 pictures with this article. A photo of Chris McGregor outside with a horse is on the first page; on the second page there is a picture of the Blue Notes; a photo of Dudu Pukwana and Mongezi Feza is on the third page and on the last page, a photo is showing Louis Moholo (in the front) with the band Viva la Black.
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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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