Breath of fresh air

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Hyder, Ken. Letter. 1972. “Breath of Fresh Air”, 1972, International Library of African Music, accessed December 29, 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/ilam/item/3545

Title: Breath of fresh air
Creator: Hyder, Ken See all items with this value
Description: Photocopied article from the English magazine Melody Maker about Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath. "Chris McGregor is the wizard of jazz. He is an alchemist who brews up a mixture of African, European and American influences. He puts a spell on a dozen or more musicians from widely differing backgrounds and he calls the whole potion The Brotherhood of Breath". There is a picture of Chris McGregor with this article untitled "Wizard of Jazz".
Date Issued: 1973
Subject: McGregor, Chris--1936-1990 See all items with this value; Brotherhood of Breath (Musical group) See all items with this value; Jazz See all items with this value; Jazz musicians See all items with this value
Type: Article See all items with this value
Rights: The Chris McGregor Jazz Collection, having been signed over to Rhodes University as a donation, is open for research. Copyright in the photographs and published texts resides with Maxine McGregor and other copyright owners. To obtain a license for the use of photographs in the collection, contact Maxine McGregor, Moulin de Madone 47380, Pinel-Hauterive, FRANCE – Cell 0795923219 or maxinemcgregor@gmail.com
Language: English See all items with this value
Source: Melody Maker
Extent: 1 page
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006426

Item sets: Chris McGregor Jazz Collection

Hyder, Ken. Letter. 1972. “Breath of Fresh Air”, 1972, International Library of African Music, accessed December 29, 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/ilam/item/3545

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