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

References

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

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