Ogun Records
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Ogun Records is a record label
created by the husband and wife team of Hazel Miller and Harry Miller
, to document the music being created by a group of open-minded musicians in London in the early 1970s.
It has recorded work by musicians such as The Brotherhood of Breath
, The Blue Notes
, Chris McGregor
, Elton Dean
, Keith Tippett
, Louis Moholo
and Harry Beckett
.
The label remains active, in spite of Harry Miller being killed in a car accident in 1983, although new releases are infrequent. Hazel Miller continues to run the company, in association with John Jack of Cadillac Music, and the catalogue is slowly re-emerging on CD.
Record label
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created by the husband and wife team of Hazel Miller and Harry Miller
Harry Miller (jazz bassist)
Harold Simon 'Harry' Miller was a South African jazz bass player.Miller began his career as a bassist with Manfred Mann, and came to settle in London...
, to document the music being created by a group of open-minded musicians in London in the early 1970s.
It has recorded work by musicians such as The Brotherhood of Breath
Brotherhood of Breath
The Brotherhood of Breath was a big-band created in the late 1960s by South African pianist/composer Chris McGregor , essentially an extension of McGregor's previous band The Blue Notes....
, The Blue Notes
The Blue Notes
The Blue Notes were a South African jazz sextet, whose definitive line up featured Chris McGregor on piano, Mongezi Feza on trumpet, Dudu Pukwana on alto saxophone, Nikele Moyake on tenor saxophone, Johnny Dyani on bass, and Louis Moholo on drums...
, Chris McGregor
Chris McGregor
Christopher McGregor , was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.- Early influences :...
, Elton Dean
Elton Dean
Elton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboard....
, Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...
, Louis Moholo
Louis Moholo
Louis Tebugo Moholo , is a South African jazz drummer.He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made...
and Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett
Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player.-Biography:A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass...
.
The label remains active, in spite of Harry Miller being killed in a car accident in 1983, although new releases are infrequent. Hazel Miller continues to run the company, in association with John Jack of Cadillac Music, and the catalogue is slowly re-emerging on CD.
CDs
- Ogun OGCD 001 Chris McGregorChris McGregorChristopher McGregor , was a South African jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset West, South Africa.- Early influences :...
's Brotherhood of BreathBrotherhood of BreathThe Brotherhood of Breath was a big-band created in the late 1960s by South African pianist/composer Chris McGregor , essentially an extension of McGregor's previous band The Blue Notes....
- Live at Willisau - Ogun OGCD 002 Elton DeanElton DeanElton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboard....
Unlimited saxophone company - Ogun OGCD 003 Louis MoholoLouis MoholoLouis Tebugo Moholo , is a South African jazz drummer.He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made...
's Viva-La-Black - Exile - Ogun OGCD 005 John StevensJohn Stevens (drummer)John William Stevens was an English drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble .-Biography:Stevens was born in Brentford, the son of a tap dancer...
/Evan ParkerEvan ParkerEvan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
- Corner to corner - Ogun OGCD 006 Louis Moholo's Viva-La-Black Freedom tour 1993 - Live in South Africa
- Ogun OGCD 007 The Blue NotesThe Blue NotesThe Blue Notes were a South African jazz sextet, whose definitive line up featured Chris McGregor on piano, Mongezi Feza on trumpet, Dudu Pukwana on alto saxophone, Nikele Moyake on tenor saxophone, Johnny Dyani on bass, and Louis Moholo on drums...
Legacy - Live in South Afrika 1964 - Ogun OGCD 008 Lol CoxhillLol CoxhillLowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
- Coxhill on Ogun - Ogun OGCD 009 Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Barry GuyBarry GuyBarry John Guy is a British composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras in the UK and Europe...
/Pule Pheto/Gibo Pheto - Bush fire - Ogun OGCD 010/011 Keith TippettKeith TippettKeith Tippett is a British jazz pianist and composer.Tippett, the son of a local police officer, went to Greenway Boys Secondary Modern school in Southmead, Bristol. He formed his first jazz band called The KT7 whilst still at school and they performed numbers popular at the time by The Temperance...
's Ark - Frames: music for an imaginary film - Ogun OGCD 012 Francine Luce - Bò kay la vi-a
- Ogun OGCD 013 Soft Head - Rogue element
- Ogun OGCD 014 Louis Moholo-Moholo/Pule Pheto/Mervyn Afrika/Keith Tippett - Mpumi
- Ogun OGCD 015 Mike OsborneMike OsborneMichael Evans Osborne was an English jazz alto saxophonist, pianist and clarinetist, perhaps most noteworthy for his contributions as a member to the Chris McGregor band Brotherhood of Breath in the 1960s and 1970s.He was born in Hereford and attended Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and the...
Trio & Quintet - Ogun OGCD 016 Louis Moholo-Moholo/Stan TraceyStan TraceyStanley William Tracey CBE is a British jazz pianist and composer, most influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.-Early career:...
- Khumbula (Remember) - Ogun OGCD 017/018 Louis Moholo-Moholo - Bra Louis/Bra Tebs/Spirits rejoice!
- Ogun OGCD 019 Alan SkidmoreAlan SkidmoreAlan Skidmore is a tenor saxophonist of jazz and blues music, son of the saxophonist Jimmy Skidmore.-As a sideman:...
/Mike Osborne/John SurmanJohn SurmanJohn Douglas Surman is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music as a basis...
- SOS - Ogun OGCD 020 Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts/Louis Moholo-Moholo/Canto Generàl - Viva La Black live at Ruvo Jazz Festival
- Ogun OGCD 021 Keith Tippett/Harry Miller (jazz bassist)Harry Miller (jazz bassist)Harold Simon 'Harry' Miller was a South African jazz bass player.Miller began his career as a bassist with Manfred Mann, and came to settle in London...
/Julie Tippetts/Frank Perry - Ovary Lodge - Ogun OGCD 022/023 John Stevens/Evan Parker - Corner to corner + The longest night
- Ogun OGCD 024/028 Blue Notes - The Ogun collection
- Ogun OGCD 029 Mike Osborne Trio - All night long
- Ogun OGCD 030 Keith Tippett Septet - A loose kite in a gentle wind floating with only my will for an anchor
- Ogun OGCD 031 Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit - An open letter to my wife Mpumi
- Ogun OGCD 032 Elton Dean's Ninesense - Happy daze/Oh! for the edge
- Ogun OGCD 033 Mark Charig with Keith Tippett & Ann Winter - Pipedream
- Ogun OGCD 034 Couple In Spirit, Keith & Julie Tippett - Live at the Purcell RoomPurcell RoomThe Purcell Room is a concert and performance venue which forms part of the Southbank Centre, one of central London's leading cultural complexes. It is named after the 17th century English composer Henry Purcell and has 370 seats....
- Ogun OGCD 035 Louis Moholo-Moholo/Dudu Pukwana/Johnny Dyani/Rev. Frank Wright - Spiritual Knowledge And Grace
- Ogun OGCD 036 Keith Tippett Octet - From Granite To Wind
- Ogun OGCD 101 The Dedication OrchestraThe Dedication OrchestraThe Dedication Orchestra is a jazz ensemble formed as a tribute to the exiled South African musicians who formed the core of the The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath, it features Alan Skidmore, Radu Malfatti, Django Bates, Kenny Wheeler, Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford...
- Spirits rejoice - Ogun OGCD 102/103 The Dedication Orchestra - Ixesha (Time)
- Ogun HMCD 1/2/3 Harry Miller - 1941-1983: The collection
LPs
- Ogun OG 100 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Live at Willisau
- Ogun OG 200 Harry Miller - Children at play
- Ogun OG 300 Mike Osborne Trio - Border crossing
- Ogun OG 400 Skidmore/Osborne/Surman - SOS
- Ogun OG 500 Irene SchweizerIrène SchweizerIrène Schweizer is a notable Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist. She was born in Schaffhausen, in 1941.She has performed and recorded numerous solo piano performances as well as performing as part of the Feminist Improvising Group, whose members include Lindsay Cooper, Maggie Nichols, Georgie...
/Rudiger Carl/Radu MalfattiRadu MalfattiRadu Malfatti is an Austrian trombone player and composer. He was born in Innsbruck, in the province of Tyrol, on December 16, 1943. He has been described as "among the leaders in redefining the avant-garde as truly on-the-edge art." His work "since the early nineties.....
/Harry Miller/Paul LovensPaul LovensPaul Lovens is a musician. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw and various selected and unselected cymbals. He has also performed with the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra....
- Ramifications - Ogun OG 600 Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts/Harry Miller/Frank Perry - Ovary Lodge
- Ogun OG 700 Mike Osborne Trio - All night long
- Ogun OG 800 Harry BeckettHarry BeckettHarold Winston "Harry" Beckett was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player.-Biography:A resident in the UK since 1954, Harry Beckett had an international reputation. In 1961, he played with Charles Mingus in the film All Night Long. In the 1960s he worked and recorded within the band of bass...
's Joy Unlimited - Memories of Bacares - Ogun OG 900 Elton Dean's Ninesense - Oh! for the edge
- Ogun OGD 001/002 Blue Notes - Blue notes for Mongezi FezaMongezi FezaMongezi Feza was a South African jazz trumpet player and flautist.-Biography:Feza was born in Queenstown, South Africa in 1945. A member of The Blue Notes, he left South Africa in 1964 and settled in Europe, living in London and Copenhagen. As a trumpeter, his influences included hard bopper...
- Ogun OG 010 Nicra (Nick Evans (trombonist)Nick Evans (trombonist)Nicholas "Nick" Evans is a Welsh jazz and progressive rock trombonist.- Career :He worked in the Graham Collier Sextet , Keith Tippett Group , Soft Machine , Brotherhood of Breath , Centipede , Just Us , Ambush , Ninesense , Intercontinental Express , Ark Nicholas "Nick" Evans (born 1947 in...
/Radu Malfatti/Keith Tippett/Buschi NiebergallBuschi NiebergallBuschi Niebergall was a German free jazz musician. His given name was Hans-Helmut, and late in life, his friends called him Johannes....
/Makaya NtshokoMakaya NtshokoMakaya or Makhaya Ntshoko is a South African drummer.Ntshoko played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet with Hugh Masekela and John Mehegan in 1959. Ntshoko plays on the Jazz Epistles album Jazz Epistle: Verse 1, one of the most prominent examples of South African hard bop...
) - Listen/hear - Ogun OG 110 Julie Tippetts/Maggie Nichols/Phil MintonPhil MintonPhil Minton is a jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter.Minton is a highly dramatic baritone who tends to specialize in literary texts: he has sung lyrics by William Blake with Mike Westbrook's group, Daniil Kharms and Joseph Brodsky with Simon Nabatov, and extracts from James Joyce's...
/Brian Eley - Voice - Ogun OG 210 Mike Osborne/Stan TraceyStan TraceyStanley William Tracey CBE is a British jazz pianist and composer, most influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk.-Early career:...
- Tandem - Ogun OG 310 Harry Miller's Isipingo - Family affair
- Ogun OG 410 Elton Dean/Keith Tippett/Chris LawrenceChristopher Lawrence (DJ)Christopher Lawrence is an American DJ and producer, specializing in progressive trance music. He has released 10 mix CDs since 1997.Lawrence has an international audience and makes frequent appearances worldwide...
/Louis Moholo - They all be on this old road - Ogun OG 510 Lol Coxhill - Diverse
- Ogun OG 520 Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits rejoice!
- Ogun OG 610 Elton Dean/Joe GallivanJoe GallivanJoe Gallivan is an American jazz and avant-garde musician. He plays drums, percussion and synthesizer....
/Kenny WheelerKenny WheelerKenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s....
- The cheque is in the mail - Ogun OG 710 Mark Charig/Keith Tippett/Ann Winter - Pipedream
- Ogun OG 810 Mike Osborne Quintet - Marcel's Muse
- Ogun OG 910 Elton Dean's Ninesense - Happy daze
- Ogun OG 020 Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited - Got it made
- Ogun OG 120 John Stevens/Evan Parker - The longest night vol. 1
- Ogun OG 220 Blue Notes - Blue Notes in concert vol. 1
- Ogun OG 320 Radu Malfatti/Harry Miller - Bracknell Breakdown
- Ogun OG 420 John Stevens/Evan Parker - The longest night vol. 2
- Ogun OG 520 Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits rejoice!
- Ogun OG 522 Charles Austin/Roy BabbingtonRoy BabbingtonRoy Babbington is a rock and jazz bassist. He became well known for being a member of the Canterbury scene progressive rock/jazz fusion band Soft Machine.-Biography:...
/Joe Gallivan - Home from home - Ogun OG 523 Harry Miller - In conference
- Ogun OG 524 Chris McCregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Procession
- Ogun OG 525 Lol Coxhill - The joy of paranoia
- Ogun OG 526 Trevor WattsTrevor WattsTrevor Charles Watts is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to saxophone at 18. While stationed in Germany with the RAF , he encountered the drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul...
String Ensemble - Cynosure - Ogun OG 527 Hugh HopperHugh HopperHugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.-Early career:...
/Elton Dean/Alan GowenAlan GowenAlan Gowen was a fusion/progressive rock keyboardist, best known for his work in Gilgamesh and National Health.-History:...
/Dave Sheen - Rogue element - Ogun OG 529 John Surman/Barre PhillipsBarre PhillipsBarre Phillips is a jazz and free improvisation bassist. A professional musician since 1960, he migrated to New York City in 1962, then to Europe in 1967. Since 1972 he has been based in southern France....
/Stu Martin (drummer)Stu Martin (drummer)Stu Martin was an American jazz drummer.Martin began playing in 1956. He was appearing with the orchestras of Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Maynard Ferguson and with Herbie Hancock...
- The Trio 'by contact' - Ogun OG 530 Elton Dean/Harry Beckett/Nick Evans/Marcio Mattos/Liam GenockeyLiam GenockeyLiam Genockey is an Irish drummer.Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi-pro groups, then in the early 70's playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth...
- The Bologna tape - Ogun OG 531 Paul RutherfordPaul RutherfordPaul Rutherford is the former backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist with 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood , one of the group's two openly gay singers....
Trio - Bracknell'83 - Ogun OG 532 Chris McGregor/Dudu PukwanaDudu PukwanaMtutuzel Dudu Pukwana was a South African saxophonist, composer and pianist .-Early years in South Africa:...
/Louis Moholo - Blue Notes for Johnny - Ogun OG 533 Louis Moholo Sextet - Viva-la-Black
- Ogun OGD 001/002 Chris McCregor/Johnny DyaniJohnny DyaniJohnny Mbizo Dyani was a South African jazz double bassist and pianist, who played with such musicians as Don Cherry, Steve Lacy, David Murray and Leo Smith....
/Dudu Pukwana/Louis Moholo - Blue Notes for Mongezi - Ogun OGD 003/004 Keith Tippett's Ark - Frames: music for an imaginary film
- Ogun OGD 007/008 Keith Tippett Septet - Keith Tippett Septet