P icture of the Blue Notes from the early 1960's:Chris McGregor (piano) Dudu Pukwana (sax) Louis Moholo (drums), Johnny Dyani( bass) Mongezi Feza (trumpet/flute)
The Youtube clip below haunts the mind. Recorded spontaneously on 23 Dec 1975 after the memorial service in London of Mongezi Feza, who had died of pneumonia while a patient in a mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey, aged just 30.
Wanna read more? There's loads on the Blue in the Air blog and the Matsuli blog. A Jazzwise review is at here of the CD version which came out last autumn.
Or just listen.
Mike Fowler wrote by email:
ReplyDeleteHi,
Maybe you will be interested in my web site www.bluenotes.me.uk
There's plenty more to go on it.
Enjoy,
Mike
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