Louis Moholo

Louis Moholo

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Name = Louis Moholo


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Birth_name = Louis Tebugo Moholo
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Origin = Cape Town, South Africa
Instrument = drums
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Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Drummer
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Associated_acts = Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Irène Schweizer, Cecil Taylor
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Louis Tebugo Moholo (born 10 March 1940, in Cape Town), is a South African jazz drummer.

He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made an important contribution to British jazz. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Breath, a big band comprising several South African exiles and leading musicians of the British free jazz scene in the seventies and is the founder of "Viva-La-Black" and the "Dedication Orchestra." His first album under his own name Spirits Rejoice on Ogun Records is considered a classic example of the combination of British and South-African players. In the early 1970s, Moholo was also member of the afro-rock band Assagai. he also founded the bands Viva La Black and The Dedication Orchestra.

Moholo has played with many musicians, including Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Irène Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai, Archie Shepp, Peter Brötzmann, Keith Tippett, Elton Dean and Harry Miller (jazz bassist)
Harry Miller.

Moholo returned to South Africa in September 2005, performing with George Lewis at the UNYAZI Festival of Electronic Music in Johannesburg. He now goes under the name Louis Moholo-Moholo because the name is more ethnically authentic.

References

*Philippe Carles, André Clergeat, and Jean-Louis Comolli, "Dictionnaire du jazz", Paris, 1994.

External links

*Peter Stubley's site on Improvised Music includes an article on Moholo-Moholo
* [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/fulltext/ftmoholo.html When free jazz means freedom] written by Gary May and originally published in French in the magazine Improjazz
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/moholo.html FMP releases]


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