Harry Miller (jazz bassist)

South African jazz double 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

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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

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* Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (RCA/Neon, 1970 [1971])
* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ a b Martinelli, Francesco. "Harry Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
3. ^ a b c 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.

## External links

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* Ogun collection
* FMP releases

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* Full Steam Ahead (1975-1977)
* The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat (1979)

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* Which Way Now (1975)
* Opened, But Hardly Touched (1980)

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* Different Times, Different Places (1973-1982)

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* Brotherhood of Breath

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* 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)

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* 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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