Chris Mcgregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Brotherhood of Breath [Vinyl 1LP]

Avant Jazz / African Jazz / Modal Jazz
premiera polska: 2025-05-09
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Editor's info
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath is the debut album of South African pianist and composer Chris McGregor and his English-South African big band "The Brotherhood of Breath", founded in the late 1960s. The music on this album reflects the influences of both jazz and traditional African music. It has been regarded as one of the most important recordings of ethno-jazz.

All About Music
An album that fuses the influence of African music, jazz-rock, and free improvisation, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath shares affinities with the '70s music of Don Cherry and Miles Davis.
Somewhat of a legendary album amongst collectors of British jazz and fusion, the LP was originally released in the '70s and in early 2002 finally became reissued by the Italian label Akarma. Enlisted on the session were the talents of a group of extraordinary musicians from the free jazz, progressive rock, and improvisation scenes. Chris McGregor led the group on piano and African xylophone with Malcolm Griffiths and Nick Evans on trombones, Mongezi Feza on pocket trumpet and Indian flute, Mark Charig on cornet, Harry Beckett on trumpet, and Dudu Pukwana on alto saxophone. Ronnie Beer's tenor saxophone is outstanding, and pitched up against Alan Skidmore's tenor and soprano saxophone, completing a massive horn section, are two bigger names: '70s U.K. jazzman Mike Osborne on alto saxophone and clarinet and John Surman on baritone and soprano saxophone.
Brotherhood of Breath created one of the defining recordings of ethno-jazz with this album; with an expansive use of African-inspired melodies, they trace textures which culminate in an ecstatic peak on "Night Poem," the album's 20-minute standout track. Not to forget, the album is driven by the organic pulse of the rhythm section -- bassist Harry Miller and drummer Louis Moholo, no less - who will be names familiar to fans of British free jazz. This album comes highly recommended to fans of Don Cherry, Afro-beat sounds, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.
by Dean McFarlane

muzycy:
Chris McGregor: leader, piano, African xylophone
Dudu Pukwana: alto saxophone
Mike Osborne: alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Ronnie Beer: tenor saxophone, flute
Alan Skidmore: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
John Surman: baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
Harry Beckett: trumpet
Mongezi Feza: trumpet, flute
Marc Charig: cornet
Malcolm Griffiths: trombone
Nick Evans: trombone
Harry Miller: bass
Louis Moholo: drums, percussion

utwory:
A1. MRA (Dudu Pukwana) 5:02
A2. Davashe's Dream (Mackay Davashe) 7:30
A3. The Bride (Dudu Pukwana) 7:41
A4. Andromeda (Chris McGregor) 4:07
B1. Night Poem (Chris McGregor) 20:46
B2. "Union Special (Chris McGregor) 1:42

wydano: Mar 7, 2025 (1971)
nagrano: Recorded at Sound Techniques Studio, London, on October, 1970