The Chris McGregor Septet

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From the label In 1969 the Chris McGregor Group were riding high on the London jazz scene, playing and hanging out with all the rising stars of British free jazz. Sessions for the previously unreleased Up To Earth brought together a dream team of South African exiles and some of the finest young players on the British scene: Chris McGregor (piano), Mongezi Feza (trumpet), Dudu Pukwana (alto saxophone), Evan Parker (tenor saxophone), John Surman (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet), Barre Phillips or Danny Thompson (double bass) and Louis Moholo (drums). The album was produced by Joe Boyd and engineered by John Wood at Sound Techniques studio in London, during the same months they were also working with several other luminaries of the Witchseason stable - Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and The Incredible String Band. The album was mastered and test pressings produced before the project was shelved. The group morphed into the spectacular big band - The Brotherhood Of Breath - and all energies were transferred to recording the Brotherhood’s debut album. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Up To Earth

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Cold Castle National Festival Moroko-Jabavu 1962

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Middle Earth; The Soundtrack of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969

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Middle Earth: The Soundtrack of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967 - 1969

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Middle Earth: The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969

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Cold Castle National Festival Moroko - Jabavu Jazz 1962

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Up To Earth (4-Track Maxi-Single)

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Cold Castle National Festival Moroko

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Cold Castle National Festival

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Up To Earth [EMusic]

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Middle Earth - The Soundtrack Of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969

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Middle Earth, The Soundtrack of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969

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