Harry Miller (jazz bassist)
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Harold Simon Miller | |
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| Born | 25 April 1941 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 16 December 1983 (Aged 42) |
| Occupations | Musician, Composer |
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.
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]
