Cory Library and Historical Archives

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• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Archie Shepp
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper Le Petit Bleu about a concert by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath and Archie Shepp. For the first time Chris McGregor will perform at the Penne-d'Agenais' Sport Hall, Aquitaine, France. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor (left) with Archie Shepp (right).
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath / Archie Shepp
  Photocopied article in French about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath and Archie Shepp. There are 2 pictures with the article: Chris McGregor and a Double-Bass player (left) and Archie Shepp playing Saxophone in the street with witnesses (right).
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath and Archie Shepp
  Original poster for a concert of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath with Archie Shepp in Penne-d'Agenais.
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath: "Yes please"
  Photocopied article about the recording "Yes please" (Musica distribution) by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath: Our God is a consuming fire
  Original poster for March Jazz festival in London where Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath is premiering "Our God is a Consuming Fire", Chris McGregor's new work, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
• Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath: Yes please
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper Ouest France about the recording "Yes please" (Musica Distribution) by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath.
• Chris McGregor's death: A breath of brotherhood
  Two photocopied articles from the French newspaper Sud-Ouest acknowledging Chris McGregor's death.
• Chris McGregor's memory
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper l'Humanité Dimanche about a concert at the music festival MIDEM 91 in memory of Chris McGregor. A photo of Chris McGregor is also accompanying this article.
• Chris McGregor's music is still resonating!
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper La Dépêche in memory of Chris McGregor. There is also a picture of Chris McGregor in the center of this article.
• Chris McGregor's music notebook
• Chris McGregor's music: mesmerizing like Africa.
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper Le Bien Public about a piano/flute solo concert by Chris McGregor at the music festival Estivade de Dijon, France. There is a picture of Chris McGregor playing piano and flute with this article.
• Chris McGregor's Quartet
  Photocopied article from a French newspaper about a concert by Chris McGregor's Quartet in Toulouse, France.
• Chris McGregor/Archie Shepp.
  Photocopied article from the French magazine Jazz Magazine about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath sharing the stage with Archie Shepp at a concert at La Courneuve, France, the 18th of March 1989. The author of this article criticizes the length of the concert, which was, according to him, too long (2:30 without any break).
• Chris McGregor/Brotherhood of Breath: Country Cooking
  Photocopied article about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath new LP "Country Cooking" amongst other new recordings by various bands. There are also 3 pictures accompanying the article showing the band Laibach (top), Yngwie's back from the dead with a winner (bottom left) and Intelligent wordplay from Microdisney (right).
• Chris McGregor\, 53\, South African Jazzman
  Photocopied obituary of Chris McGregor from the newspaper International Herald Tribune.
• Chris McGregor\, exiled White South African\, because he played with Blacks
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper le Républicain Lorrain about South African exiled Chris McGregor.
• Chris McGregor\, Jazz and Co.
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper La Dépêche du Midi about a concert by Chris McGregor and Co in France. There are 2 pictures with this article. The left picture shows Chris McGregor and the right picture represents the audience.
• Chris McGregor\, musician\, white and South African.
  Photocopied article in French about Chris McGregor and his life. "He didn't want to separate Whites and Blacks in his band. Neither his South African white origins. A South African musician out of Apartheid." There is a picture of Chris McGregor with this article.
• Chris McGregor\, Piano solo
  Photocopied article from the French newspaper Ouest France about the recording "Piano song vol.1" by Chris McGregor.
• Chris McGregor\, The Brotherhood of Breath (South Africa) and Archie Shepp (USA)
  Photocopied program for a music festival in Marseille, France with Chris McGregor, The Brotherhood of Breath and Archie Shepp.
• Chris McGregor\, the exiled
  Sylvie Clerfeuille, co-author of the book Musiciens afriacins des années 80 (Harmattan publishing) interviewed Chris McGregor in 1986. The article is divided into 5 questions: "How many times did you go back to South Africa since 1964, and did you find any problem?", "Is your style different than the other jazz influences?", "Comments on JOhnny Clegg and Mahlatini's bands", "Why recreating a new band of 15 musicians (Brotherhood of Breath)?" and "the forthcoming projects". At the end of the article there is an announcement of a coming concert at La Villette in Paris, France and at the Montpellier Jazz Festival
• Chris McGregor\, the White jazz pianist
  Photocopied article about Chris McGregor's Blue Notes and its ambitions of competing against "big-name bands at a forthcoming jazz festival in Venice" after touring the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
• Christian Wallace Price with group of people
  Photo of Christian Wallace Price, daughter of Roger Price and Elizabeth Lees Price (born Moffat), and granddaughter of Robert and Mary Moffat.
• Christmas card (front)
• Christmas card (inside)