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
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
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1693. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- 1 2 Martinelli, Francesco. "Harry Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 Fordham, John (5 December 2013). "Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ↑ D'Souza, Jerry (29 October 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo: Which Way Now". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ↑ Meyer, Bill (10 September 2006). "Harry Miller's Isipingo - Which Way Now". Dusted. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ "Islands - King Crimson | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2021.