Improvisation

Each of these three selected shows have one thing in common, they are all improvised performances and therefore the recording technique is to create the appropriate conditions and environment to best capture the spontaneous artistic delivery and creativity.

​Contemporary Jazz and Improvisation

Crossing Bridges, Jazz On Four

Hoarded Dreams

Art Ensemble of Chicago

NOTES:  Working closely to the brief - with Andy Park - largely due to the challenging nature of improvisation and the realisation of a production which has no/little form or structure:

• Jazz On Four 'Crossing Bridges' - six world renown guitarists of 'free-improvisation' including Ron Geesin, Keith Rowe, Fred Frith, Hans Reichel, John Russell, Brian Godding, recorded in studio. (TX 06/08/83)
• 'Hoarded Dreams' - a commissioned improvised work by jazz composer Graham Collier for the Bracknell Jazz Festival. (TX 06/03/85)
• 'Great Black Music' - the Art Ensemble of Chicago in studio and location in Chicago, Illinois. (TX 1983)
• ​'SleeveNotes' - a selection of clips from the music specials, presented by Peter Clayton. (TX 03/11/82)

Commissioning Editor: Andy Park ​

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Crossing Bridges

A unique one-hour documentary featuring six 'free- improvisation' guitarists recorded in a sound-studio, interviews with each artist. Presenter, Peter Clayton.

Crossing Bridges

Hoarded Dreams

Commissioned by the Arts Council for the Bracknell Jazz Festival, performed by an all-star international 20 piece jazz ensemble conducted by composer Graham Collier.

Hoarded Dreams

Great Black Music

A rare recording, the one-hour programme on the Art Ensemble of Chicago, documentary and performance of avant-garde improvised jazz 'ancient to modern'.

Art Ensemble of Chicago

"these programmes become more important in retrospect
​as the only visual documentation of certain artists"​
- David Toop, March 2023

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