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LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA "Proceedings" (1999) EMANEM
4201 2-CD set
Over thirty of the finest musicians on the London scene, directed by STEVE BERESFORD
(featuring Alan Tomlinson), ADAM BOHMAN, CHRIS BURN, RHODRI DAVIES (featuring Chris
Burn & Matt Davis), SIMON H FELL (featuring Lol Coxhill, Rhodri Davies, John
Edwards & Steve Noble), CAROLINE KRAABEL (featuring Terry Day), EVAN PARKER
(featuring Kaffe Matthews), DAVE TUCKER, and PHILIPP WACHSMANN. Also two improvisations
by the full orchestra. 131 minutes.
EVAN PARKER / JOHN EDWARDS / MARK SANDERS "The Two Seasons"
(1999) EMANEM 4202 2-CD set
Two (almost complete) very live performances - one from the winter and one from
the summer - recorded at the Vortex in London by this finely interlocked
saxophone / double bass / percussion trio.154 minutes.
LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA "The Hearing Continues" (2000)
EMANEM 4203 2-CD set
Over thirty of the finest musicians on the London scene, directed by KNUT AUFERMANN,
STEVE BERESFORD (featuring Veryan Weston), SIMON H FELL, CAROLINE KRAABEL, DAVID LEAHY,
EVAN PARKER (featuring Orphy Robinson), PAT THOMAS, DAVE TUCKER, PHILIPP WACHSMANN
and ALEX WARD. Also two improvisations by the full orchestra, and two by sub-groups:
(a) saxophone sextet, and (b) three pianos, harp & four percussion. 147 minutes.
LOL COXHILL "Spectral Soprano" (1954-1999)
EMANEM 4204 2-CD set
This retrospective double CD gives examples of Coxhill's early to recent work involving
elements of improvisation including R & B, formally structured jazz, electronics,
spontaneous music, an open rendition of an old play, and the odd bit of singing.
An enormous variety of music ranging from straight-ahead jazz, to a concerto performance
with the London Improvisers Orchestra, to an underwater slide saxophone solo recorded
using a microphone in a condom. 135 minutes - all but one track previously unissued.
freedom of the city festival 2001 "small groups"
EMANEM 4205 2-CD set
Highlights of the groups presented by Emanem:
STEVE BERESFORD electronics - JOHN BUTCHER saxes
LOL COXHILL sax - PAUL RUTHERFORD trombone
PHIL MINTON voice - JOHN RUSSELL guitar - ROGER TURNER percussion
MAGGIE NICOLS voice - CAROLINE KRAABEL sax - CHARLOTTE HUG viola
IAN SMITH trumpet - GAIL BRAND trombone - OREN MARSHALL tuba
PAT THOMAS solo piano
VERYAN WESTON piano - JOHN EDWARDS bass - MARK SANDERS percussion
TONY WREN bass - MARK WASTELL cello - CHARLOTTE HUG viola -
PHIL DURRANT violin
150 minutes - not available on other CDs.
freedom of the city festival 2001 "large groups"
EMANEM 4206 2-CD set
Two of the larger groups appearing at the festival:
LONDON IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA (39 musicians improvising and being directed
by KNUT AUFERMANN, STEVE BERESFORD (featuring Sylvia Hallett), TERRY DAY,
SIMON H FELL, CAROLINE KRAABEL, DAVE TUCKER and PHILIPP WACHSMANN)
STRINGS WITH (& WITHOUT) EVAN PARKER (Two improvisations by 12 musicians
playing strings or electronics - one with sax added)
152 minutes - not available on other CDs.
JON ROSE & VERYAN WESTON "Temperament" (2000-2)
EMANEM 4207 2-CD set
A selection of improvisations using differing tunings (Pythagoran, Just intonation,
Meantone 1/4 comma, Equal, and Rosenberg Augmented) derived from science, history
and the imagination - featuring Rose on various violins, and Weston on various keyboards
(piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, harmonium & electronics), recorded in
various locations in Europe. 147 minutes.
TONY BIANCO & PAUL DUNMALL "Hour Glass" (2002)
EMANEM 4208 2-CD set
Two high energy improvisations each lasting just over an hour, both propelled by
drummer TONY BIANCO. One has PAUL DUNMALL on tenor saxophone and MARCIO MATTOS
on double bass & electronics. The other has DUNMALL on soprano sax and PAUL
ROGERS on his new-fangled A.L.L. bass. 123 minutes.
"The All Angels Concerts" (1999-2001)
EMANEM 4209 2-CD set
Highlights of the concert series curated by Rhodri Davies & Mark Wastell.
Solos by FABIENNE AUDÉOUD voice, ALEKS KOLKOWSKI Stroh violin, EDDIE
PRÉVOST percussion,
JOHN RUSSELL guitar, ALAN TOMLINSON trombone, SIMON VINCENT
electronics, and VERYAN WESTON church organ.
Duos by STEVE BERESFORD electronics & ROGER TURNER percussion;
JOHN BUTCHER saxophones & MATT HUTCHINSON electronics;
and OREN MARSHALL tuba & MARK SANDERS percussion.
157 minutes - not available on other CDs.
freedom of the city festival 2002 "small groups"
EMANEM 4210 2-CD set
Highlights of the groups presented by Emanem:
CHRIS BURN trumpet - MATT HUTCHINSON electronics
LOL COXHILL sax - PAUL RUTHERFORD trombone - IAN SMITH trumpet
SYLVIA HALLETT bicycle wheel, violin, saw, sarangi, voice, digital delays
EVAN PARKER saxes - JOHN RUSSELL guitar
ROGER SMITH guitar
TREVOR WATTS saxes - VERYAN WESTON piano
149 minutes - not available on other CDs.
PHIL MINTON & ROGER TURNER "Drainage" (1998-2003)
EMANEM 4211 2-CD set
Recent music from this long-standing voice & percussion improvising duo that
previously had 1984 & 1993 releases on Leo. One disc contains concise studio
recordings from 2002 & 2003. The other, extended concert performances from the
2002 freedom of the city festival in London, and Les Instants Chavirés near Paris in 1998.
135 minutes.
freedom of the city festival 2003 "small groups"
EMANEM 4212 2-CD set
Highlights of the groups presented by Emanem:
GAIL BRAND trombone - PHIL DURRANT electronics - MARK SANDERS
percussion - PAT THOMAS electronics (LUNGE)
JOHN BUTCHER saxes - JOHN EDWARDS double bass
VIV CORRINGHAM voice - ANGHARAD DAVIES violin
RHODRI DAVIES harp - MARK WASTELL cello - SIMON FELL double bass
(IST)
MILO FINE percussion - HUGH DAVIES electronics - PAUL SHEARSMITH
trumpet, etc - TONY WREN double bass
STEFAN KEUNE sax - JOHN RUSSELL guitar
ALAN TOMLINSON trombone - STEVE BERESFORD electronics - ROGER TURNER
percussion
ALAN WILKINSON saxes - MARCIO MATTOS double bass - STEVE NOBLE
percussion (FREE BASE)
156 minutes - not available on other CDs.
MILO FINE "Ikebana (London Encounters)" (2003)
EMANEM 4213 2-CD set
Highlights from improvisation sessions featuring multi-instrumentalist FINE
(clarinets/drums/piano) during his extended visit to London. CD-A contains
an octet with ANGHARAD DAVIES & PHILIPP WACHSMANN (violins), SIMON H FELL,
MARCIO MATTOS & TONY WREN (basses), MATT HUTCHINSON (synthesizer) & MARJ
McDAID (voice); duos with ALEX WARD (clarinet); and a trio with PAUL SHEARSMITH
(trumpet) & GAIL BRAND (trombone). CD-B contains the final concert of the visit
with PHILIPP WACHSMANN (violin), CHARLOTTE HUG (viola), MARCIO MATTOS (cello), TONY
WREN (bass) & HUGH DAVIES (invented instruments). 157 minutes.
VERYAN WESTON / JOHN EDWARDS / MARK SANDERS "Gateway to Vienna" (2002-3)
EMANEM 4214 2-CD set
Following the critical success of their Mercury Concert EMANEM 4028,
this finest of piano/bass/drums acoustic improvising groups can be heard in two
major helpings of music - six medium-length pieces recorded at Gateway Studios in
London, and two extended workouts from a gig at the Porgy & Bess Club in Vienna.
152 minutes.
freedom of the city festival 2004 "small groups"
EMANEM 4215 2-CD set
Some of the groups and soloists presented by Emanem:
CLIVE BELL sipsi, shakuhachi, pi saw flute, mini-khene, Cretan pipes -
SYLVIA HALLETT viola, bicycle wheel, saw, jews harp, breath, digital delays
GAIL BRAND trombone - MORGAN GUBERMAN voice
CHRIS BURN piano - JOHN BUTCHER soprano & tenor saxophones -
CLARE COOPER guzheng - JIM DENLEY flutes & alto saxophone -
WILL GUTHRIE amplified percussion - MATT HUTCHINSON synthesizers
JOHN RUSSELL guitar - STEFAN KEUNE sopranino saxophone - PHIL MINTON
voice - PHILIPP WACHSMANN violin - GEORG WOLF double bass
PAUL RUTHERFORD trombone
ROGER SMITH guitar - LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO percussion.
153 minutes - not available on other CDs.
freedom of the city festival 2005
EMANEM 4216 2-CD set
Most of the performances from the one-day event:
STEVE BERESFORD piano - JOE WILLIAMSON double bass - ROGER TURNER percussion
LOL COXHILL soprano saxophone - NEIL METCALFE flute
SYLVIA HALLETT violin, voice - CAROLINE KRAABEL alto saxophone, voice -
VERYAN WESTON piano, voice
PAUL RUTHERFORD trombone - JOHN EDWARDS double bass - MARK SANDERS percussion
PHILIPP WACHSMANN violin & electronics - KJELL BJORGEENGEN video
ALAN WILKINSON alto & baritone saxophones, voice - PHIL DURRANT laptop -
MARK SANDERS percussion
London Improvisers Orchestra.
158 minutes - not available on other CDs.
SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "Quintessence" (1973/4)
EMANEM 4217
The whole of the sensational 85 minute concert featuring the quintet of
SPONTANEOUS MUSIC ENSEMBLE "Bare Essentials" (1972/3)
EMANEM 4218
LONDON & GLASGOW IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRAS "Separately & Together" (2007)
EMANEM 4219
The whole of a 2007 FREEDOM OF THE CITY festival concert which was the first meeting
of these two orchestras. The 27-strong LIO started the proceedings with conductions
by Philipp Wachsmann, Ashley Wales, Alison Blunt and Terry Day interspersed with
free improvisations. The 17-strong GIO then performed pieces devised by George Burt
and Emma Roach and a free improvisation. Finally the two orchestras combined to
be conducted by David Leahy, Una MacGlone & Raymond MacDonald, and Dave Tucker.
126 minutes.
Continued in 3-CD sets
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