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	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		Born in Langa, Cape Town in 1940, drummer and bandleader Louis Tebogo Moholo left South Africa in 1964 as a member of the Blue Notes with Chris McGregor (p), Mongezi Feza (tpt), Johnny Dyani (b), Nick Moyake and Dudu Pukwana (saxophones).
		As a youth, Moholo was active with boy scout marching bands, and later performed on kit drums with Ronnie Beer's 'Swinging City Six'.
		Acclaimed as a free form, avant garde drummer, Moholo is known for his polyrhythmic expression, and his work with an array of musicians, including Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, Keith Tippet, Irene Schwezer, Steve Lacey, Curtis Clarke, Cecil Taylor, and Derek Blakey.
	www.music.org.za /artist.asp?id=144 (261 words)

	Fighting apartheid with jazz \| Music. \| Guardian Unlimited Shopping
		Moholo feels he is spurred on by hearing the voices of his departed colleagues.
		Moholo sometimes had to make himself invisible, playing behind a screen if he was working with white players.
		Wyatt and Moholo share a feeling that there are many layers to the question of exile, and that the issue runs deeper than the usual well-meaning expressions of sympathy for those denied a way home.
	shopping.guardian.co.uk /music/story/0,1587,912596,00.html (1311 words)

	a f r i b e a t
		I had never met Louis Moholo, but only heard those vivid Brotherhood of Breath recordings, seen the expressive anger in the seminal photographs Basil Breakey caught in Athlone and listened to the countless European musicians gushing about his performances.
		Even though there were parallel streams of avant-garde jazz in the America's at the same time Louis Moholo was one of the pioneering musicians of avant-garde jazz music - an expressive movement building on the desperate need for a world-wide assertion of freedom and the right to live beyond rules.
		Louis is convinced that the form is still real, still relevant.
	home.worldonline.co.za /~afribeat/archiveafrica_moholo.html (1037 words)

	Guardian \| Louis Moholo/ Stan Tracey, Khumbula
		Three decades on, Moholo remains the formidable free-improviser he always was - but Tracey has largely returned to the structured, song-shaped swinging music he began with.
		It's true that Tracey sounds at times like a man trying out a punchline on a fellow-conversationalist who barrels on without hearing it: he is used to building an improvisation to a cliffhanging resolution that's picked up by others as a trigger for cruising swing.
		Moholo, by contrast, sustains a hissing, simmering kind of rhythmic trance rather than a groove, depriving Tracey of his usual narrative shapes.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5139549-108884,00.html (340 words)

	:: MWEB Music ::
		Louis Moholo, last surviving member of legendary SA jazz exiles, The Brotherhood of Breath introduces a quintet of young talent at the CTIJF, including Octavio Rachabane, daughter of Barney Rachabane, on vocals.
		Moholo's last big-stage performances were at the 2003 Return To Roots: International Jazz Comes Home series in Gauteng, a three-day homecoming celebration by former exiled jazz musicians and with Swiss jazz pianist Irene Schweizer as part of the International Classical Music Festival in the same year.
		It was also, Moholo admits, a deliberately confrontational name chosen as a way for Moholo to play yet another part in the changing times of the country, to add the freedom-push of his music to the cries for freedom across the soon to be liberated country.
	new.mweb.co.za /music/music_story.jsp?content=134042 (1563 words)

	Just The Three Of Us \| About
		Louis stayed in my house for one night and that’s the way we got in touch.
		In beginning of the 80-ties I was on holliday in England (biking the south coast with Corry) and went to London for a couple of days.
		This release was ment to be a surprise for Louis and Thebe and also a way to generate some money for the tour but that was wrong of course so I stopped selling after 60 copies.
	members.chello.nl /a.peijnenburg/Contact.htm (401 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		Moholo is an important part of one of the greatest - but lesser known - jazz stories.
		Moholo took to free improvisation like a duck to water, becoming one of the most distinctive and influential drummers of his generation.
		Moholo will also play at a concert/symposium in memory of Johnny Dyani, to be held in Frankfurt, from 25th to 28th April.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /articles/lond0402.htm (5371 words)

	Louis Moholo \| The Mix
		Of the original Blue Notes, Moholo is the one who had the time and the inclination to branch out further, his fantasy and musical sense as an improviser making him a very sought-after partner.
		Moholo has played with Mike Osborne (Shapes, Future Music 1999), Harry Miller, Irene Schweizer (who first met the South African in Zurich in 1964), and Peter Brötzmann (The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat, FMP).
		Moholo is often featured in the Dedication Orchestra, created to play the music of the South African exiles, and is a member of the London Improvisors Orchestra.
	www.themix.com /performer/7153/biography/louis-moholo (317 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Notable_instruments = }} Louis Tebugo Moholo (born 10 March 1940, in Cape Town), is a South African jazz drummer.
		In the early 1970's, Moholo was also member of the afro-rock band Assagai.
		Moholo returned to South Africa in September 2005, performing with George Lewis at the UNYAZI Festival of Electronic Music in Johannesburg.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Louis_Moholo (233 words)

	Meshes of the Afternoon: Irene Schweizer & Louis Moholo
		An amazing duo recording by pianist Irene Schweizer and drummer Louis Moholo, this early release on the Intakt label captures the pair at the 1987 Zurich International Jazz Festival.
		Irene Schweizer and Louis Moholo (Intakt, 1988) is one of those albums you put on out of curiosity, yet you can't get out of your seat until it's finished playing at least once through, if not twice.
		The tune is nearly unrecognizable for four and a half minutes until the pianist launches into the meat of McGregor's theme, confining herself to its beautiful cadences while exploring it at the lowest and highest registers of her instrument.
	meshes.blogspot.com /2007/06/irene-schweizer-louis-moholo.html (720 words)

	Freedom of the City Festival 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The afternoon begins with Roger Smith and Louis Moholo: “After not appearing in public for several years, Roger Smith performed solo acoustic guitar at the 2002 festival.
		He has now decided he would like to work with other musicians, in particular with Louis Moholo with whom he has never played.
		Moholo is more than willing, so this step into the unknown will be particularly interesting.
	www.londonimprov.com /freedomofthecity.html (1115 words)

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		Danish Saxophone legend John Tchicai joins UK mavericks Spring Heel Jack and South African drummer Louis Moholo for what promises to be a historical concert on Friday 31 March at the Spitz.
		Moholo left South Africa during the 60s with the influential band The Blue Notes, of which he’s now the only surviving member.
		Settling in London, Moholo and fellow South African exiles made a huge, and continuing, contribution to the development of British jazz, and, in turn to the emergence of wholly distinctive European improvised music
	www.serious.org.uk /tmpt2.cfm?tmptID=257 (170 words)

	Bagatellen: Keith Tippett/Larry Stabbins/Louis Moholo - Tern
		Moholo was responsible for a single favorite album of mine (one that desperately needs re-issuance on disc), his awesome “Spirits Rejoice!” on Ogun that combined the finest of London’s improv community (including Tippett) with stunningly gorgeous, South African derived thematic material.
		On occasion, Tippett and Moholo get a little something going, sounding natural and unforced and propelling themselves into a fluid cadence, but though these are easily the highlights of the disc, they’re all too rare.
		This non-stop glossolalia can be made to work, of course, if you have musicians of the caliber of, say, Cecil Taylor, who consistently have amazing ideas coursing out of their brains but it’s a damn hard thing to pull off otherwise, at least from my current vantage point.
	www.bagatellen.com /archives/reviews/000331.html (1262 words)

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		On Irene Schweizer & Louis Moholo we are treated to bouncy melodies, introspective interplay and narratives which speak loud and clear, as in the 1st track, titled “Free Mandela”.
		Moholo generally cavort in unison as Moholo maintains the feverish pulse, which adds structure while enhancing the synchronous attack.
		Moholo projects odd-metered back beats with unusual approaches to tempo and measure yet on many an occasion provides tumultuous African style rhythms across his toms with passion and determination.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/review_print.php?id=4334 (368 words)

	Louis Moholo: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Besides playing in the Blue Notes and McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Moholo was the driving force behind Harry Miller's Isipingo, and soon led his own groups: the unrecorded Unit, his octet Spirits Rejoice with Kenny Wheeler and Evan Parker, and his septet Viva la Black.
		Moholo has played with Mike Osborne (Shapes, Future Music 1999), Harry Miller, Irene Schweizer (who first met the South African in Zurich in 1964), and Peter Brötzmann (The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat, FMP).
		Moholo is often featured in the Dedication Orchestra, created to play the music of the South African exiles, and is a member of the London Improvisors Orchestra.
	www.music.com /person/louis_moholo/1/biography (683 words)

	(musings) Evan Parker/Marilyn Crispell review
		Moholo and Parker are, of course, acknowledged masters; Beresford is an under-sung but long-standing member of the improvised music community, while Edwards is the young whizz-kid who has, in the past few years, impressed and challenged playing partners old enough to be his parents.
		Moholo's playing is hard to describe to someone who hasn't heard it.
		His boundless imagination and uncommonly broad repertoire of styles may at times feel bitty, but the snapping ping of his pizzicato already feels like the genesis of an individual voice and, young as he is, he's acheived an enormous amount.
	www20.brinkster.com /improarchive/ms_epmc.htm (1589 words)

	EMANEM 4114: Roger Smith & Louis Moholo-Moholo
		This motley crew (in expectation tongue-tied) anticipate the arrival of pipistrelle eared knob-twiddler: the atmosphere is pre-coital.
		Moholo's complex drumming parameters are counterbalanced with his alternating use of small percussion instruments.
		Moholo rattles his snare drum like no one else (he also handles timpani and even a music box) and Smith pounds his lower string dangerously, in a rumble in the jungle quite unlike the conscious call-and-response of more 'classic' insect music.
	www.emanemdisc.com /E4114.html (1400 words)

	Louis Moholo - Bush Fire
		Indeed, on each of the ten selections here, it is difficult to tell whom is leading whom, and the identities of the two players seem to become liquid and switch.
		For Parker's cascading multi-phonics that are at the heart of the title track, "Baobab," and "For Chisa," Moholo rolls through a knotty attack of snare accents and rim shots, only to be followed by Parker screaming a series of arpeggios in return.
		When Moholo rides the crash cymbal in an 11/18 time signature for a full three minutes on "Flaming July," Parker courses to the top of his ostinato speed with a phrase that is so gnarly it accents the rhythm of the drum.
	ssl.adhost.com /jazzloft/baskets/pos.cfm?CD=6524 (349 words)

	TheCelebrityCafe.com
		This first track, "Remembrance," opens without the usual Tayloresque ritual (CT dispenses with any chanting or poetry on this disc) and within seconds the two are well into things, with CT favoring his sprinting, two-handed, jack-hammer runs up and down the keyboard over the course of this concert.
		Moholo keeps pace, but doesn't compete for space, and often his accompaniment consists of relatively quiet, though complex and multi-layered, snare-cymbal rhythms.
		They both pause for air from time to time, and Moholo even gets out the brushes during some of these periods, allowing for CT to space out a bit.
	www.thecelebritycafe.com /store/shop.php?c=music&n=301668&i=B00000JONT&x=Remembrance (530 words)

	WILLIAM PARKER - The Peach Orchard
		MOHOLO is dedicated to the Black South African drummer/percussionist Louis Moholo.
		I first met and played with Louis in 1981, and since then I have had the pleasure to share many musical moments together.
		Louis was part of the 1st line of expatriate musicians to leave Capetown in the early 60's.
	www.aumfidelity.com /aum010.html (794 words)

	ZA@Play
		Moholo is the last surviving member of the famed Blue Notes that featured saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, pianist Chris McGregor, bassist Johnny Dyani and trumpeter Mongezi Feza.
		Moholo was the first to break away from The Blue Notes, describing the parting as painful.
		Moholo and Pukwana remained in London, McGregor finally settled in France, while Dyani chose Sweden, with Feza moving between the two countries.
	www.chico.mweb.co.za /art/2003/2003jun/030613-louis.html (1237 words)

	taz, die tageszeitung :: Archiv
		Moholo, der einzige Überlebende der südafrikanischen Jazzband Blue Notes, die 1964 ins europäische Exil ging, wuchs im Langa Township in Kapstadt auf, und hatte im November 2004 beim Berliner Total Music Meeting angekündigt, dass er nach 40 Jahren wieder nach Südafrika zurückkehren werde.
		Bislang hat Moholo weder ein unbefristetes Aufenthaltsrecht noch eine Rente erhalten.
		Moholos Generation ist nach wie vor hin- und hergerissen.
	www.taz.de /pt/2006/10/24/a0162.1/text.ges,1 (932 words)

	Irène Schweizer Piano Drums Duos on Intakt Records
		The first recording with Louis was taken from a live recording at the Zürich Jazz Festival by Radio DRS.
		Louis Moholo, Günter Sommer, Andrew Cyrille, Pierre Favre and Han Bennink are drummers who have musical backgrounds similar to mine.
		This CD is an homage to the South African musicians exiled in Europe whom I got to know at the Africana and later ran into on a regular basis when I lived for a few years in London.
	www.intaktrec.ch /schwpianodrums-a.htm (5169 words)

	- Clicks and Klangs - Chris McGregor, The Blue Notes and Brotherhood Of Breath
		Listen to McGregor’s urgent piano, the force of Moholo’s drumming, the collective fire of the horns stating the glorious theme and then their free-blowing.
		And Louis Moholo’s drumming is anything but subdued; it is the spirit behind the band.
		As Louis Moholo has said elsewhere, they often took the themes and tunes to bits in a spirit of ‘Wah Hey!’.
	www.beefheart.com /zine/articles/0110bluenotes.htm (1163 words)

	Bush Fire - Evan Parker - Music Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Indeed, on each of the ten selections here, it is difficult to tell whom is leading whom, and the identities of the two players seem to become liquid and switch.
		For Parker's cascading multi-phonics that are at the heart of the title track, "Baobab," and "For Chisa," Moholo rolls through a knotty attack of snare accents and rim shots, only to be followed by Parker screaming a series of arpeggios in return.
		When Moholo rides the crash cymbal in an 11/18 time signature for a full three minutes on "Flaming July," Parker courses to the top of his ostinato speed with a phrase that is so gnarly it accents the rhythm of the drum.
	www.mp3.com /albums/479701/reviews.html (679 words)

	Off Minor » Louis Moholo Unit, at the Vortex 4/7/07
		Louis Moholo Unit, at the Vortex 4th July 2007 » Jason Yarde and Ntshuks Bonga (soprano + alto saxes); Orphy Robinson (marimba); John Edwards (bass); Louis Moholo (drums) «
		It had an important role, really, I think, because Moholo’s drumming comes out like a burning, tumbling power engine, that was constantly turning over, moving, but really there creating a sense of momentum and pulse, with only barely perceptible constructive interaction (if that’s the right phrase).
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	Louis Moholo-Moholo
		Louis therefore had a solid musical background and experience before meeting Chris McGregor, a decisive encounter for both men.
		Moholo-Moholo has expressed his frustration with the way that histories of the subsequent events often place McGregor at the centre of things, he sees in this an extension of the racist attitudes which prevailed at the time, though it should be pointed out that McGregor himself is not responsible.
		The last of The Blue Notes (McGregor and Pukwana both passed away in 1990) he is also the only one to have seen the freeing of Mandela and thus be able to see the progress made, but also what remains to be done, in his homeland.
	www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk /fulltext/ftmoholo.html (2050 words)

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