The Spontaneous Music Ensemble

Bobby Bradford, John Stevens - Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble Vols. 1-2 (1980-1981) [2009] Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 23, 2019

Bobby Bradford, John Stevens - Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble Vols. 1-2 (1980-1981) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 618 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 203 MB | Covers - 33 MB
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nessa Records (NCD 17/18)

An unlikely but fortunate meeting of two avant-jazz heavyweights came about in the early 1970s during an extended holiday trip to London made by trumpeter Bobby Bradford. Arranging an impromptu session with drummer John Stevens (a founding father of British free improvisation) and his group, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Bradford appeared on two classic volumes for the Nessa label. The two complementary sets are reissued here under the slightly confusing title (given the name of the Stevens-led group) Spontaneous Music Ensemble. Bradford here is in excellent company and sounds more forceful than on his typically reserved contributions for clarinetist John Carter…

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Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyōbin (1968) Music

Posted by Mocha at March 28, 2025

Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Karyōbin (1968) is a seminal album by the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME), a pioneering group in the world of free improvisation and avant-garde jazz. The album Karyōbin captures a moment in the evolution of free jazz and experimental music in the late 1960s, a period when many musicians were pushing boundaries and rejecting traditional forms of jazz composition and performance.

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Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Withdrawal (1966-7) Music

Posted by Mocha at March 28, 2025

Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Withdrawal (1966-7) is a groundbreaking album that captures a unique and important moment in the development of free improvisational jazz. Released in 1967, it showcases the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME), a group founded by British saxophonist John Stevens. This ensemble is one of the earliest and most influential forces in the British free jazz and free improvisation scenes. The album Withdrawal is essential for those interested in the avant-garde and experimental approach to jazz that emerged during the 1960s.

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Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Oliv & Familie (2014) Music

Posted by mark70 at Dec. 15, 2014

Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Oliv & Familie (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 67:03 min | 161 MB
Genre: Jazz/Improvised Music | Label: Emanem

A long overdue reappearance of the third Spontaneous Music Ensemble LP. One version of OLIV features Kenny Wheeler and Derek Bailey soloing over a four-person voice and saxophone drone which is eventually joined by a piano/bass/drums rhythm section. The second version is an improvisation by the quartet of John Stevens, Maggie Nicols, Trevor Watts and Johnny Dyani one of the great early examples of the free improvisation era, and the recording debut of Nicols. Also included are one and a half takes of FAMILIE by an eleven piece group, the earliest recorded example of a large group SME performance.

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Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Bayron at Oct. 1, 2016

Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 by David Toop
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1628927690, 1501314513 | 336 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

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Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at June 26, 2017

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Sextessense - A Tribute To John Stevens And The SME (2006) Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 15, 2019

Sextessense - A Tribute To John Stevens And The SME (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 341.45 Mb | 79:55 | Cover
Free Improvisation | Label: Balance Point Acoustics - bpa011

Anyone for an antidote to repertory? On Sextessense: A Tribute To John Stevens and the SME, the musicians involved are acknowledging what through sheer persistence and longevity has become a part of the tradition (one that is still likely to have the reactionaries foaming at the mouth, which, of course, gives them something to do with their time). The musicians paying tribute are at the same time stating the case for renewal and creativity, which is as it should be.

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The Fred Anderson Trio - Live at the Velvet Lounge (1999) Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 9, 2019

[bThe Fred Anderson Trio - Live at the Velvet Lounge (1999)[/b]
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Okka Disk, OD 12023 | ~ 328 or 174 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 24 Mb
Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

~ Recorded at the Velvet Lounge, Chicago, IL, June 1, 1998 ~

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Zane Alexander S.B & The Holy Ghost Ensemble - Holy Ghost (2023) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 25, 2023

Zane Alexander S.B & The Holy Ghost Ensemble - Holy Ghost (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 48:13 minutes | 454 MB
Chamber Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation | Label: Addendum, Official Digital Download

Zane Alexander S.B. leads the Holy Ghost Ensemble, a 13-piece band of distinguished San Diego musicians, through a structured improvisation that blends jazz, classical, and new textures in an idiom of his own.

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Kenny Wheeler Big Band - The Long Waiting (2012) Music

Posted by mark70 at Feb. 28, 2012

Kenny Wheeler Big Band - The Long Waiting (2012)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 68:27 min | 153 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Cam Jazz

Earlier in the year the Royal Academy announced a new Jazz Prize to be awarded to a music graduate demonstrating "excellence in both performance and composition." The name of the prize? It is named after someone befitting such a rare honour: The Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize. An elder statesman of UK jazz (following his move here from his native Canada in 1952), Wheeler s exemplary career continues apace.

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