Harry Miller (jazz bassist)

Harold Simon Miller (25 April 1941 - 16 December 1983)^[1] was a South African jazz double bassist, who lived for most of his adulthood in England.

Biography

A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Miller began his career playing bass for the rock group Manfred Mann.^[2] After settling in London, he became part of a groups of musicians in the 1960s and 1970s who combined free jazz with the music of South Africa. He recorded with Elton Dean,^[1] Chris McGregor,^[3] Louis Moholo,^[3] John Surman,^[1] Keith Tippett,^[4] and Mike Westbrook,^[2] and also led his own band, Isipingo, named after a vacation spot in South Africa.^[5] At the end of the 1970s, he moved to the Netherlands for economic reasons and worked with musicians in Willem Breuker's circle. In 1971, he made a guest appearance on the album Islands, by the progressive rock band King Crimson.^[6] He and his wife founded Ogun Records.^[1]

Miller died in a car crash in the Netherlands in 1983.^[3]

Discography

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (RCA/Neon, 1970 )
Children at Play (Ogun, 1974)
In the Townships (Caroline, 1974) with Dudu Pukwana and Spear
Live at Willisau with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (Ogun, 1974)
Ramifications with Irène Schweizer (Ogun, 1975)
Family Affair (Ogun, 1977)
In Conference (Ogun, 1978)
Bracknell Breakdown with Radu Malfatti (Ogun, 1978)
Procession (Live at Toulouse) with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (Ogun, 1978)
The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat with Peter Brötzmann (FMP, 1979)
Opened, But Hardly Touched with Peter Brötzmann (FMP, 1981)
Zwecknagel with Radu Malfatti (FMP, 1981)
Berlin 'Bones with Andreas Boje, Thomas Wiedermann, Manfred Kussatz (FMP, 1981)
Alarm with Peter Brötzmann (FMP, 1983)
Travelling Somewhere with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (Cuneiform, 2001)
Bremen to Bridgwater with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (Cuneiform, 2004)
Which Way Now (Cuneiform, 2006)
Brötzmann & Miller (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2007)
Eclipse at Dawn with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath (Cuneiform, 2008)
Full Steam Ahead (Reel, 2009)
Ninesense Suite with Elton Dean (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011)
The Birmingham Jazz Concert with Mike Osborne, Tony Levin (Cadillac, 2012)
Different Times, Different Places (Ogun, 2013)
Different Times, Different Places Volume Two (Ogun, 2016)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1693. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ ^a ^b Martinelli, Francesco. "Harry Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fordham, John (5 December 2013). "Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ D'Souza, Jerry (29 October 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo: Which Way Now". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ Meyer, Bill (10 September 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo - Which Way Now". Dusted. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Islands - King Crimson | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

External links

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[LarkinGE-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1693. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[allmusic-2] Martinelli, Francesco. "Harry Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[Fordham-3] Fordham, John (5 December 2013). "Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[4] D'Souza, Jerry (29 October 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo: Which Way Now". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[5] Meyer, Bill (10 September 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo - Which Way Now". Dusted. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[6] "Islands - King Crimson | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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v t e Harry Miller
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Full Steam Ahead (1975-1977) The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat (1979)
Live albums	Which Way Now (1975) Opened, But Hardly Touched (1980)
Archival series	Different Times, Different Places (1973-1982)
Related articles	Brotherhood of Breath

v t e Brotherhood of Breath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. Chris McGregor Louis Moholo Harry Miller Mongezi Feza Dudu Pukwana Johnny Dyani Lol Coxhill Evan Parker Paul Rutherford Harry Beckett Mark Charig Alan Skidmore Jim Dvorak Mike Osborne Elton Dean Nick Evans John Surman François Jeanneau Louis Sclavis Didier Levallet Annie Whitehead
Studio albums	Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (1970)
Live albums	Eclipse at Dawn (1971) Bremen to Bridgwater (1971 & 1975) Travelling Somewhere (1973) Live at Willisau (1973) Procession (Live at Toulouse) (1977)

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