Ogun Records

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Ogun Records
Founded1973 (1973)
FounderHarry Miller
Hazel Miller
Keith Beal
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Country of originUK
LocationLondon

Ogun Records is a jazz record label created in London in 1973 by South African expatriate bassist Harry Miller, his wife Hazel Miller, and sound engineer Keith Beal. [1] They recorded British avant-garde jazz musicians Keith Tippett, Mike Osborne, Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Harry Beckett, Trevor Watts and their collaborations with expatriate South Africans, including the Blue Notes, Chris McGregor, Dudu Pukwana, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, and Johnny Dyani in groups like McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Dean's Ninesense, and Miller's Isipingo. [2]

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The label did not have any releases for several years, beginning in 1980, during which the Millers lived in the Netherlands. Harry Miller was killed in a car accident in 1983. [3] Hazel Miller started releasing new titles on LP in 1986, with help from John Jack of Cadillac Records, and in 1990 switched the format of releases to CD starting with Elton Dean's Unlimited Saxophone Company. Since then, almost every year has seen one to three new additions to the CD catalog. Most are new or unreleased recordings, and some are CD editions of the earlier LP releases.

Discography

LP

NumberPerformerTitleYear
OG 100 Brotherhood of Breath Live at Willisau 1974
OG 200 Harry Miller Children at Play1974
OG 300 Mike Osborne TrioBorder Crossing1974
OG 400S.O.S.: Alan Skidmore/Mike Osborne/John Surman SOS1975
OG 500 Irene Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl/Radu Malfatti/Harry Miller/Paul Lovens Ramifications1975
OG 600Ovary Lodge: Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts/Harry Miller/Frank Perry Ovary Lodge: Live at Nettlefold Hall1976
OG 700 Mike Osborne TrioAll Night Long. The Willisau Concert1976
OG 800 Harry Beckett's Joy UnlimitedMemories of Bacares1976
OG 900 Elton Dean's NinesenseOh! for the Edge1976
OG 010Nicra: Nick Evans/Radu Malfatti/Keith Tippett/Buschi Niebergall/Makaya Ntshoko Listen/Hear1977
OG 110Voice: Julie Tippetts/Maggie Nichols/Phil Minton/Brian EleyVoice1977
OG 210 Mike Osborne/Stan Tracey Tandem1977
OG 310 Harry Miller's IsipingoFamily Affair1977
OG 410EDQ: Elton Dean/Keith Tippett/Chris Laurence/Louis Moholo They All Be on This Old Road1977
OG 510 Lol Coxhill Diverse1977
OG 610 Elton Dean/Joe Gallivan/Kenny Wheeler The Cheque Is in the Mail1977
OG 710 Mark Charig with Keith Tippett & Ann WinterPipedream - Pipedream1977
OG 810 Mike Osborne QuintetMarcel's Muse1977
OG 910 Elton Dean's NinesenseHappy Daze1977
OG 020 Harry Beckett's Joy UnlimitedGot It Made1977
OG 120 John Stevens/Evan Parker The Longest Night Vol. 11978
OG 220 The Blue Notes Blue Notes in Concert Volume 1 1978
OG 320 Radu Malfatti/Harry Miller Bracknell Breakdown1978
OG 420 John Stevens/Evan Parker The Longest Night Vol. 21978
OG 520 Louis Moholo OctetSpirits Rejoice!1978
OG 521 Chris McGregor In His Good Time 1979
OG 522Charles Austin/Roy Babbington/Joe Gallivan Home from Home1979
OG 523 Harry Miller In Conference1978
OG 524 Brotherhood of Breath Procession (Live at Toulouse) 1978
OG 525 Lol Coxhill The Joy of Paranoia1978
OG 526 Trevor Watts String EnsembleCynosure1978
OG 527Soft Head: Hugh Hopper/Elton Dean/Alan Gowen/Dave SheenRogue Element1978
OG 528 Trevor Watts' AmalgamCloser to You1979
OG 529The Trio: John Surman/Barre Phillips/Stu Martin By Contact1987 reissue of 1971 Japanese Columbia LP
OG 530 Elton Dean/Harry Beckett/Nick Evans/Marcio Mattos/Liam Genockey The Bologna Tape1985
OG 531 Paul Rutherford Trio Bracknell '83 1986
OG 532 The Blue Notes: Chris McGregor/Dudu Pukwana/Louis Moholo Blue Notes for Johnny 1987 release
OG 533 Louis Moholo Viva-la-BlackViva-La-Black1988
OGD 001/002 The Blue Notes Blue Notes for Mongezi 1976
OGD 003/004 Keith Tippett's ArkFrames: Music for an Imaginary Film1978
OGD 007/008 Keith Tippett SeptetA Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating With Only My Will for an Anchor1986

CD

NumberPerformerTitleYear
Ogun OGCD 001 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath Live at Willisau 1994
Ogun OGCD 002 Elton Dean Unlimited Saxophone Company1990
Ogun OGCD 003 A Louis Moholo Viva-La-Black Exile1991
Ogun OGCD 003 B Louis Moholo Viva-La-Black Exile (remaster)2011
Ogun OGCD 005 John Stevens/Evan Parker Corner to Corner1995
Ogun OGCD 006 Louis Moholo's Viva-La-BlackFreedom Tour 1993 Live in South Africa1994
Ogun OGCD 007 The Blue Notes Legacy: Live in South Afrika 1964 1995
Ogun OGCD 008 Lol Coxhill Coxhill on Ogun: The Joy of Paranoia/Diverse1998
Ogun OGCD 009 Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Barry Guy/Pule Pheto/Gibo Pheto Bush Fire 1996
Ogun OGCD 010/011 Keith Tippett's ArkFrames: Music for an Imaginary Film1996
Ogun OGCD 012Francine LuceBò kay la vi-a1999
Ogun OGCD 013Soft Head: Hugh Hopper/Elton Dean/Alan Gowen/Dave SheenRogue Element: Expanded Edition1996
Ogun OGCD 014 Louis Moholo/Pule Pheto/Mervyn Africa/Keith Tippett Mpumi2002
Ogun OGCD 015 Mike Osborne Trio & Quintet2004
Ogun OGCD 016 Louis Moholo/Stan Tracey Khumbula (Remember) 2005
Ogun OGCD 017/018 Louis Moholo Bra Louis Bra Tebs/Spirits Rejoice!2005
Ogun OGCD 019S.O.S.: Alan Skidmore/Mike Osborne/John Surman SOS2006
Ogun OGCD 020 Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts/Louis Moholo/Canto GeneràlViva La Black Live at Ruvo Jazz Festival2007
Ogun OGCD 021Ovary Lodge: Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts/Harry Miller/Frank PerryOvary Lodge: Live at Nettlefold Hall2007
Ogun OGCD 022/023 John Stevens/Evan Parker Corner to Corner + The Longest Night vols. 1 & 22007
Ogun OGCD 024–028 The Blue Notes The Ogun Collection : compilation; contains Legacy Live in South Afrika 1964, Blue Notes for Mongezi (expanded), Blue Notes in Concert (expanded), and Blue Notes for Johnny (expanded)2008
Ogun OGCD 029 Mike Osborne TrioAll Night Long2008
Ogun OGCD 030 Keith Tippett SeptetA Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating With Only My Will for an Anchor2009
Ogun OGCD 031 Louis Moholo Unit An Open Letter to My Wife Mpumi2009
Ogun OGCD 032 Elton Dean's NinesenseHappy Daze/Oh! For the Edge2009
Ogun OGCD 033 Mark Charig with Keith Tippett & Ann WinterPipedream2010
Ogun OGCD 034Couple in Spirit: Keith & Julie TippettLive at the Purcell Room2010
Ogun OGCD 035 Louis Moholo/Dudu Pukwana/Johnny Dyani/Rev. Frank Wright Spiritual Knowledge and Grace 2011
Ogun OGCD 036 Keith Tippett OctetFrom Granite to Wind2011
Ogun OGCD 037 The Blue Notes Before the Wind Changes : Live in Waregem 19792012
Ogun OGCD 038 Chris McGregor In His Good Time : Expanded Edition2012
Ogun OGCD 039 Alexander Hawkins & Louis Moholo Keep Your Heart Straight 2012
Ogun OGCD 040 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath Procession (Live at Toulouse) : Expanded Edition2013
Ogun OGCD 041 Harry Miller's Isipingo Different Times, Different Places: 1973/1976 2013
Ogun OGCD 042 Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit For the Blue Notes 2014
Ogun OGCD 043 Louis Moholo-Moholo Quartet 4 Blokes 2014
Ogun OGCD 044Canto Generàl Featuring Louis Moholo-Moholo Rebel Flames2015
Ogun OGCD 045 Harry Miller's Isipingo Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2 2016
Ogun OGCD 046 Elton Dean QuintetWelcomet (Live in Brazil, 1986)2017
Ogun OGCD 047 Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes Uplift the People 2018
Ogun OGCD 048 Elton Dean QuartetThey All Be On This Old Road2021
Ogun OGCD 101 The Dedication Orchestra Spirits Rejoice1992
Ogun OGCD 102/103 The Dedication Orchestra Ixesha (Time)1994
Ogun HMCD 1/2/3 Harry Miller 1941-1983 The Collection: Children at Play/Family Affair/Bracknell Breakdown/In Conference/Down South1999

See also

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Simon (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 185. ISBN   1-56159-284-6.
  2. ↑ Independent labels Archived 11 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine , efi.group.shef.ac.uk
  3. ↑ Martinelli, Francesco. "Harry Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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