{{Infobox album | name = Bush Fire | type = studio | artist = Louis Moholo / Evan Parker / Pule Pheto / Gibo Pheto / Barry Guy | cover = Moholo_Bush_Fire.jpg | alt = | released = 1996 | recorded = July 1995 | studio = Gateway Studio, London | genre = Free jazz | length = 78:43 | label = Ogun Records (OGCD 009) | producer = <!-- Producer not specified --> | chronology = Louis Moholo | prev_title = <!-- Not available --> | prev_year = | next_title = <!-- Not available --> | next_year = }}
'''Bush Fire''' is a collaborative album by South African drummer Louis Moholo, British saxophonist Evan Parker, South African pianist Pule Pheto, and bassists Gibo Pheto and Barry Guy. It was recorded in July 1995 at Gateway Studio in London and released in 1996 by Ogun Records.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bush-fire-mw0001891542 |title=Barry Guy / Louis Moholo / Evan Parker / Gibo Pheto / Pule Pheto: Bush Fire |first=Thom |last=Jurek |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/louis-moholo/louis-moholoevan-parkerpule-phetogibo-phetobarry-guy-quintet-%E2%80%8E-bush-fire |title=Barry Guy/Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Gibo Pheto/Pule Pheto – Bush Fire |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Ogun.htm |title=Ogun Records discography |website=JazzLists |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/ogun/ogunc009.html |title=Ogun OGCD 009 Bush Fire |website=European Free Improvisation |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ogunrecording.co.uk/releases/louis-moholo-evan-parker-pule-pheto-gibo-pheto-barry-guy-bush-fire |title=Louis Moholo / Evan Parker / Pule Pheto / Gibo Pheto / Barry Guy – Bush Fire |website=Ogun Records |date=March 25, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" /> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref name="penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2008 |pages=1016–1017 }}</ref> |rev3 = Tom Hull – on the Web |rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite web |last=Hull |first=Tom |url=https://www.tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/3012-Music-Week.html |title=Music Week |website=Tom Hull – on the Web |accessdate=January 14, 2023}}</ref> }} In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek awarded the album 4.5 stars, describing it as "worth raving about for its execution," and highlighting "the defined and near-symbiotic musical relationship between Moholo and Parker" as "perhaps most astonishing." He concluded: "It's a breathtaking ride through the outer edges of free jazz, but it's one so musical, so lyrically brilliant, it could never be repeated. Thank the heavens for this recording."<ref name="allmusic" />
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' awarded the album 3 stars, calling it "hugely impressive and moving," and noting that it "underlines Moholo's extraordinary ability to mix the hottest African grooves with entirely free playing."<ref name="penguin" />
==Track listing==
# "Bush Fire" – 13:24 # "For Chisa" – 7:12 # "South Afrika is Free - Ok?" – 11:48 # "Baobab" – 9:25 # "Mark of Respect" – 4:18 # "Back Beat" – 6:26 # "Sticks" – 4:52 # "Coincidence" – 5:03 # "Flaming July" – 8:15 # "For Mpumi" – 8:03
== Personnel == * Evan Parker – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone * Pule Pheto – piano * Barry Guy – bass, piccolo bass * Gibo Pheto – bass * Louis Moholo – drums
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Louis Moholo}} {{Barry Guy}} {{Authority control}} Category:1996 albums Category:1996 collaborative albums Category:Louis Moholo albums Category:Evan Parker albums Category:Barry Guy albums Category:Ogun Records albums