Release Date: 12 August 2016
Label: Ogun Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5020675572393
Genres: Jazz Avant-garde
Description
The original drummer for The Blue Notes, and sadly now the only surviving original member, Louis Moholo-Moholo here pays tribute to what was not only a great band but one that, on arrival from apartheid South Africa, grew to have a profound and lasting impact on the British jazz scene. Moholo's Unit is in itself a fair rival to the Blue Notes - a rollicking amalgam of young and old (mostly-) UK faces, with Alexander Hawkins a vital presence on the piano and a horn section featuring Jason Yarde and Ntshuks Bonga alongside Henry Lowther and Alan Tomlinson. Little time to draw breath. This new album is a live recording of the Unit made in Italy last year and ably demonstrates the verve and excitement it can generate.
Tracklisting
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath
Elton Dean's Ninesense
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath
Mark Charig, Keith Tippett & Ann Winter
Alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne & John Surman
Louis Moholo-Moholo's Quintet - Five Blokes
Keith Tippett & Julie Tippett
Harry Miller
Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit
