The Forest and the Zoo is an album by Steve Lacy. It was released by ESP.

The music comes from a concert in Argentina.[2] The quartet is made up of Lacy on soprano saxophone, Enrico Rava on trumpet, Johnny Dyani on bass, and Louis Moholo on drums.

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This is not normally considered an essential part of Lacy's very large catalog, but in the 21st century it does deserve to be heartily and critically reexamined. The cover painting by the late artist Bob Thompson makes the set worth owning simply for its beauty. ".[2] An All About Jazz reviewer concluded: "Rather than the liberating spirituality sought after in so much free jazz Lacy's unit remains light-hearted and whimsical, even as it soars above the ground below."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kIFRYjTAfw&list=RD-kIFRYjTAfw&start_radio=1

#SteveLacy #EnricoRava #JohnnyDyani #LouisMoholo #Jazz #FreeJazz #Music #ESPDisk

Brotherhood by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath, released on RCA in 1972

Fifty years ago Pete Gamble thought the Brotherhood's second album got closer to the impossibility of reproducing the effect of the live band. First published in Jazz Journal July 1972

While I don’t think that the true es­sence of the Brotherhood will ever be captured on disc, this their second al­bum goes a long way toward reproduc­ing the live article. The fact that Chris produced this one himself is almost certainly the reason why.

Side I shows the two sides of the band. Nick Tete, composed by Dudu Pukwana, has a simple repetitive theme, a wailing typical solo from Mr. P., and some excellent drumming from Moholo in the driving seat...

https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2022/07/27/jj-07-72-chris-mcgregors-brotherhood-of-breath-brotherhood/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CovVJ5ZyLD4&list=OLAK5uy_mPoEwEWUlf58mixZM4muONvc_lvm23Bss

#ChrisMcGregor #BrotherhoodOfBreath #Jazz #BigBand #FreeJazz #SouthAfricanJazz #Music #DuduPukwana #MikeOsborne #HarryMiller #LouisMoholo #GaryWindo #AlanSkidmore #BritJazz #HarryBeckett #MarcCharig #MongeziFeza

Very Urgent is an album by the Chris McGregor Group, led by pianist McGregor, and featuring saxophonists Ronnie Beer and Dudu Pukwana, trumpeter Mongezi Feza, bassist Johnny Dyani, and drummer Louis Moholo. It was recorded at Sound Techniques in London, and was released on LP by Polydor Records in 1968.

In a review for The Guardian, John Fordham wrote: "In its unrelenting collective intensity, this set might surprise a few John Zorn admirers in being this far out, this far back... This was a world-class free-band, and it's great to have the evidence back." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F0bohVndI&list=RDN8F0bohVndI&start_radio=1

#ChrisMCGregor #RonnieBeer #DuduPukwana #LouisMoholo #MongeziFeza #JohnnyDyani #Jazz #FreeJazz #Music #SouthAfricanMusic

Family Affair by Harry Miller's Isipingo, released on Ogun in 1977

Marcello Carlin wrote:

The record begins with the easy kwela strut of the title track, Moholo-Moholo audibly having a ball with his ride and rimshot refrains (his unshakeable consistency here puts me in mind of Jaki Liebezeit with Can) as the catchy riff leads into solos by Griffiths, whose playing is romantic yet occasionally discursive, Charig, who seems intent on recapturing Feza’s ghost with his snarling triple-tonguing and hyperactive half-valve shrieks before settling back into his more familiar meditative melancholy – and Tippett doubles up and multiplies supporting piano figures beneath, or alongside, the trumpeter – and Osborne, who leads the ensemble into a free section...

https://ogunrecords.blogspot.com/2025/03/harry-millers-isipingo-family-affair.html

https://harrymiller.bandcamp.com/album/family-affair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVZGB3RSLU

#HarryMiller #MarkCharig #MikeOsborne #MalcolmGriffiths #KeithTippett #LouisMoholo #BritJazz #Jazz #Music #Ogun #Isipingo

I've been scanning negatives and came across these pictures from a brilliant gig: the Dedication Orchestra, featuring the late Louis Moholo. (And the late Keith Tippett - but no pictures of him, unfortunately.) And many others.

It really was a superb gig. So good that I had no idea I'd taken these pictures! They're not great a pictures - there was very little light, so they're grainy and high contrast. But still.

#DedicationOrchestra #LouisMoholo #jazz #photography

https://patrickhadfieldonthebeat.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/the-dedication-orchestra-london-january-1992/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSOual1ccA

#music #freejazz #PeterBrotzmann #HarryMiller #LouisMoholo

Very Urgent is an album by the Chris McGregor Group, led by pianist McGregor, and featuring saxophonists Ronnie Beer and Dudu Pukwana, trumpeter Mongezi Feza, bassist Johnny Dyani, and drummer Louis Moholo. It was recorded at Sound Techniques in London, and was released on LP by Polydor Records in 1968. In 2008, the album was reissued on CD by Fledg'ling Records. With the exception of Beer, all of the musicians were members of The Blue Notes, and the album can be viewed as the group's debut studio recording.

In a review for The Guardian, John Fordham wrote: "In its unrelenting collective intensity, this set might surprise a few John Zorn admirers in being this far out, this far back... This was a world-class free-band, and it's great to have the evidence back." - Wikipedia

#chrismcgregor #dudupukwana #MongeziFeza #johnnydyani #louismoholo #freejazz #thebluenotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F0bohVndI