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Ronnie Scott's Old Place in Gerrard Street in Soho was an offshoot from the main club that was close by in Frith Street. It had been the space of the original club set up in 1959 before moving to the more spacious Frith Street ClubIt ran from around 1967-70 and introduced a host of new musicians including the refugees from apartheid South Africa the Brotherhood of Breath. Mike Westbrook was another band leader playing there and some of his band would like Mike Osborne on alto sax would also play with the core South African group for the Brotherhood. More established players like Tubby Hayes would sometimes do their own gigs or drop in for a jam.Tubby was a great tenor sax player but was also a dab hand on vibes who would have inspired Frank Ricotti a younger musician on the instrument. The core South African group who played under a variety of names were Dudu Pakwana on alto sax, Johnny Dyani on bass, Mongezi Feza on pocket trumpet, Louis Maholo Maholo on drums and Chris McHregor on piano. Most died far too young but Louoss was still playing with the most adventurous young musicians into his eighties.