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Louis Moholo originates from a music family and is really a self-taught drummer. His music group the Cordettes required part within the 1962 Johannesburg Jazz Festival, where Moholo received first reward for drums. Following this, Chris McGregor asked him to become listed on the Blue Records, replacing the initial drummer. …
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Pianist Chris McGregor shaped this Southern African group in 1962 with Dudu Pukwana (alto), Mongezi Feza (trumpet), Nick Moyake (tenor), Johnny Dyani (bass), and Louis Moholo (drums). In 1963, the Blue Records earned the country’s Greatest Jazz Group honor, but the tensing rules pursuing anti-apartheid uprisings produced life difficult in …
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