Louis Moholo

Born To Be Black: Tune Recreation Committee with Louis Moholo-Moholo & Andile Yenana

This Stories About Music In Africa featured Tune Recreation Committee (TRC), a rotating assembly of Cape Town-based musicians, arranged by Mandla Mlangeni and joined by Louis Moholo-Moholo, Andile Yenana and Abraham Mennen for a free jazz performance at MoholoLiveHouse in Harare, Khayelitsha in 2015.

Stories about Music in Africa is an ongoing project of the Pan African Space Station

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Bra Tebs with Shabaka Hutchings live from Tagore’s

London’s Shabaka Hutchings (Zed-U; Polar Bear; Heliocentrics; Sons of Kemet; etc.) with Bra Tebs coming to you live from Tagore’s Jazz Bar, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town. If you don’t know, Bra Tebs (Louis Moholo-Moholo) is the only surviving founder of the famed Blue Notes (who civilised Europe in the mid-60s by teaching them how to play free!)  ( continue reading

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Bra Tebs with Shabaka Hutchings live from Tagore’s tonight

Bra Tebs with Shabaka Hutchings tonight at Tagore’s Jazz Bar, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town from 9.30pm. If you don’t know, Bra Tebs (Louis Moholo-Moholo) is the only surviving founder of the famed Blue Notes (who civilised Europe in the mid-60s by teaching them how to play free!) Don’t miss this. The vision is huge but space is small – so come early, or listen live online by hitting the ‘Listen to the live stream’ link on the left.  ( continue reading

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3rd & 4th movement – Blue Notes for Mongezi

[display_podcast] Off “Blue Notes for Mongezi”. The remaining 4 Blue Notes, Dudu Pukwana, Chris McGregor, Louis Moholo and Johnny Dyani, recorded this suite, spontaneous compositions, on the day of Mongs’ memorial in London; 3 days after his death (murdered by Apartheid and the coldness of exile and more directly, medical negligence). Hard to find more emotion packed in a single recording.  ( continue reading

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Ntone – Interstella breakfast show

Ntone – Interstella breakfast show Pt 3 for the late wakers (Sept 20, 2009) [display_podcast] Ranglin – Hail count Ossie The Light of Saba – Free up blackman Tribe – Living in a new day Marcus Belgrave – Space Odyssey Archie Shepp – Blues for brother Jackson Johnny Dyani “Pretoria three” Gary Bartz/Andy Bey “Black Maybe” Vincent Geminiani “Insidieusement Les Elfes” Cassadra wilson “Caravan” Nina Simone “African mailman” Miriam Makeba “Mama Ndiyalila” Hugh Masekela “gold” Malagasy feat Jef gilson “Amore …  ( continue reading

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Chimurenga Sessions: Cape Town Library

Chimurenga Sessions CT Central Library May/ June, 2009 Louis Moholo & Neo Muyanga (in conversation) : 46m 56s (42.9MB) George Hallet on designing covers for Heinemann’s African Writers Series : 43m 15s(39.6MB) Gwen Ansell on “More than a symbol: jazz enacting rebellion in South African writing” : 29m 53s (27.3MB) Shelley Barry on programming Cape Town TV : 34m 59s (32MB) M. Neelika Jayawardane on sex and desire in JM Coetzee’s fiction : 34m 14s (31.3MB) S’bu “General” Nxumalo on …  ( continue reading

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In a silent way

NE live on PASS radio { In a silent way: Part 1 } [display_podcast] TRACKLIST 01 Cristo Redendor Donald Byrd 02 Bambou flute (remix) Yusef Lateef 03 The Beach Philip Conran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble 04 Stolen Moments Telefon Tel Aviv 05 Ntilo Ntilo Pharoah Sanders 06 Malak Dhafer Youssef 07 Feio Miles Davis 08 Flying Lotus Roberta Flack 09 Ladybird Bibi Tanga 10 Mother’s Love Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou 11 Ntate Moholo Moses Molelekwa 12 Ishmael Abdullah Ibrahim 13 Myself …  ( continue reading

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