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Cuneiform: Harry Miller’s Isipingo – Which Way Now / Dieses Wochenende für Five // Keith Tippett am Klavier //

[Hearing of the death of Keith Tippett only a few days ago made me want to choose something of ours that he was on for this five dollar Friday. This is sort of a different one from many of his releases, as he is mostly working as an accompaniment to the ensemble sound, although he has some very nice solo spots. But this is such a wonderful album and it features so many of the folks who he recorded with over and over again, (especially Nick Evans who was the first musician he met when he moved to London), that even though he isn’t the ‚leader‘ or ‚the main featured performer‘, I choose this.]

This is an essential document of an under-recorded band; much kudos (as ever) to Cuneiform for an excellent job, but it’s tempting to ask why it falls to a small US indie label to unearth and preserve these British jazz gems. Oh well…“ – Peter Marsh / BBC Music

Bassist Harry Miller was born in South Africa, but he was the Brit-jazz bassist throughout the 1970s, playing with John Surman, Centipede, Mike Westbrook, Keith Tippett, Mike Osborne, King Crimson, Julie Tippetts, Alan Skidmore and Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, among many others, as well as co-founding the legendary Ogun label, which did so much to document the Brit-jazz scene in the 1970s.

Harry’s group, Isipingo, which he led for a number of years, could be compared to a smaller-scale, more „swinging“ take on the wonderful kwela-influenced jazz of the Brotherhood. The band always included some of the greatest of Britain’s jazzers of the mid 70’s and this release is no exception: Nick Evans-trombone, Mongezi Feza-trumpet, Harry Miller-double bass, Louis Moholo-drums, Mike Osborne-alto sax and Keith Tippett-piano.

Which Way Now features over 70 minutes of music from a beautifully recorded radio concert from November 20, 1975; it sounds as if you are in the room right with the band!

Since Isipingo only released one album during their lifetime, this release dramatically extends their legacy and like Cuneiform’s important and historical work with the Brotherhood of Breath, brings this important, hugely enjoyable, nearly-forgotten music to a new audience.

released May 23, 2006

Nick Evans : trombone
Mongezi Feza : trumpet
Harry Miller : double bass
Louis Moholo : drums
Mike Osborne : alto sax
Keith Tippett : piano

Recorded November 20, 1975.

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