October 19, 2010

Chris McGregor - Piano Song & In his Good Time



I’m just a FREE musician and I like every kind of music.


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I have this strong imaginative reference to African village music,
and the thing I know about that music is that it has a strong centre.
It builds up, a lot of people do things together that they know.


CMcG




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Chris McGregor is perhaps best-known for his foundation and leadership of The Blue Notes, the South African sextet which included  Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Moyake, Louis Moholo, Johnny Dyani and Mongezi Feza. Equally as notable was McGregor's creation of the Brotherhood of Breath in 1969, which branched out from his work as The Blue Notes. He released three albums of solo piano performances,we'll have the two of them here today, and continued to be a major force in the music after leaving England to live in the French countryside.He died in May 1990.

some links of interest :



The Blue Notes wiki


The Brotherhood of Breath wiki


PerfectSoundForever the online magazine has a tribute to Chris McGregor


the most complete site on the Blue Notes and their offshoots 
is the work of love of Mike Fowler 
highly recommended!




listen  in this order if possible







thanks to the extinct  Church Number Nine blog

4 comments:

  1. "I’m just a FREE musician and I like every kind of music."

    yes the stress is on MUSIC :)

    will listen in the given order

    :)

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  2. I think this is the best way to thank you for this wonders.

    Brotherhood of Breath in Altena Castle, Germany, 1972

    Mp3 version:

    http://www.divshare.com/download/2640789-8b3

    Flac version:

    http://rapidshare.com/files/141599653/Brotherhood_Of_Breath_Altena_1972-06-24__pt.1.rar

    http://rapidshare.com/files/141608260/Brotherhood_Of_Breath_Altena_1972-06-24__pt.2.rar

    http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2008/09/brotherhood-of-breath-in-balver-hhle.html

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  3. Oh yes and this one same source:

    Chris McGregor - Live in Mestre '80

    mp3 (143 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346789507/CMcG_Mestre_80_mp3.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346792131/CMcG_Mestre_80_mp3.part2.rar

    flac (388 MB) :
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346797972/CMcG_Mestre_80_flac.part1.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346803993/CMcG_Mestre_80_flac.part2.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346810284/CMcG_Mestre_80_flac.part3.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346816570/CMcG_Mestre_80_flac.part4.rar
    http://rapidshare.com/files/346816969/CMcG_Mestre_80_flac.part5.rar

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  4. hi has anyone got a link for vol 1 of piano song.. the divshare one doesnt work for me..tia..

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