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During his visit to the UK for the 2010 London Jazz Festival, South African drummer Louis Moholo Moholo joins Alyn Shipton to discuss the high points in a long recording career.

Louis Moholo Moholo arrived in London from South Africa in the 1960s with Chris McGregor's Blue Notes. During his visit to the UK for the 2010 London Jazz Festival, he joins Alyn Shipton to discuss the high points in a long and extensive recording career, that not only encompasses work with fellow South Africans Harry Miller and Dudu Pukwana, but also with mercurial American pianist Cecil Taylor.

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  • Steve Lacy

    Zoo

    Composer: Lacy Performers: Steve Lacy, ss; Enrico Rava, tp; Johnny Dyani, b; Louis T. Moholo, d. Institute Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8 Oct 1966.

    • The Forest And The Zoo.
    • ESP.
    • 1060 Side 2.

  • Harry Miller's Isipingo

    Eli's Song

    Composer: Harry Miller Performers: Marc Charig, tp; Mike Osborne, as; Malcolm Griffiths, tb; Keith Tippett, p; Harry Miller, b; Louis Moholo, d. 6 Jan 1977.

    • Family Affair.
    • Ogun.
    • 310 Side 2.

  • Louis Moholo-Moholo Octet

    Khanya Apho Ukhona (Shine Wherever You Are)

    Composer: Moholo-Moholo Performers: Kenny Wheeler, tp; Evan Parker, ts; Nick Evans, Rudu Malfatti, tb; Keith Tippett, p; Johnny Dyani, b; Harry Miller, b; Louis Moholo-Moholo, d. Redan Recorders, London, 1978.

    • Spirits Rejoice.
    • Ogun.
    • 017/018 CD 2.

  • Dudu Pukwana

    Sekela Khuluma

    Composer: Pukwana Performers: Dudu Pukwana, as, p; Mongezi Feza, tp; Louis Moholo, d; Harry Miller, b; Biso Mngqikana, ts. London 1983.

    • In The Townships.
    • Earthworks / Virgin.
    • CDEWV 5.

  • Chris McGregor / Dudu Pukwana / Louis Moholo

    Ithi Gqi

    Composer: Johnny Dyani Performers: Chris McGregor, p; Dudu Pukwana, as; Louis Moholo, d. Redan Studios, London, 18 Aug 1987.

    • Blue Notes: The Ogun Collection.
    • Ogun.
    • OGCD028 Disc 5.

  • Cecil Taylor / Louis Moholo

    The Great Bear

    Composer: Taylor / Moholo Performers: Cecil Taylor, p; Louis Moholo, d. Berlin, 3 July 1988.

    • Remembrance.
    • FMP.
    • CD 4.

  • The Dedication Orchestra

    Lost Opportunities

    Composer: Miller / Tippetts Performers: Julie Tippetts, Maggie Nicols, David Serame, voc; Harry Beckett, Claude Deppa, Pat Higgs, Henry Lowther, Kenny Wheeler, Ian Hamer, tp; Jim Dvorak, voc, tp; Mark Charig, cor, ten. horn; Dave Amis, Roland Bates, Malcolm Griffiths, Paul Rutherford, tb; Andy Grappy, Dave Powell, tub; Neil Metcalfe, fl; Lol Coxhill, ss, ts; Mike Williams, Elton Dean, as; Evan Parker, ts; Sean Bergin, ts, as; Chris Biscoe, bs; Keith Tippett, p; Paul Rogers, b; Louis Moholo, d, voc. Gateway Studios, Surrey, 3 鈥� 5 Jan 1994.

    • Ixesha.
    • Ogun.
    • OGCD102 Disc 1.

  • Louis Moholo-Mohlo's Viva-La-Black

    You Ain't Gonna Know Me Cos' You Think You Know Me

    Composer: Feza Performers: Louis Moholo, ldr, d, voc; Thebe Lipere, African perc; Claude Deppa, tp; Sean Bergin, ts; Toby Delius, ts; Jason Yarde, as; Roberto Bellatalla, b; Pule Pheto, p. Tour recorded in Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Johannesburg, 1993.

    • Freedom Tour - Live in South Afrika 1993.
    • Ogun.
    • OGCD006.

  • Louis Moholo-Moholo's Unit

    Sonke

    Composer: Pule Pheto Performers: Louis Moholo-Moholo, d, voc; Jason Yarde, ss, as, as, bs; Ntshuks Bonga, as, ts, Pule Pheto, p; Orphy Robinson, vib; John Edwards, b; Francine Luce, voc. The Premises, London, Nov 2008.

    • An Open Letter To My Wife Mpumi.
    • Ogun.
    • OGCD031.

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