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]
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]