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Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra, Guillermo Klein Quartet

Music from Dutch improvising ensemble the Instant Composers' Pool, with Han Bennink (drums) and Misha Mengelberg (piano), and Argentinian pianist Guillermo Klein with his quartet.

Dutch large ensemble The Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra is one of the world's longest-running improvisation projects. Founded almost half a century ago by pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink, the ensemble draws on the jaunty swing of Blue Note-era musicians such as Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk within avant-garde parameters: the pieces often have no pre-ordained structure, and the players can inject 'viruses', or themes known by the group, at any point in proceedings. The music veers from the arthouse to the circus, with a sense of surprise never far away.

Argentinian pianist and composer Guillermo Klein first emerged a decade ago with a large ensemble of his own. Visiting the UK with a quartet of New York musicians that includes fellow pianist Aaron Goldberg and saxophonists Chris Cheek and Miguel ZenΓ³n, the music of this concert forefronts a more intimate chamber-group side to Klein's musical personality, blending American minimalism, wistful tango-canciΓ³n and folksong simplicity. This is a chance to hear previously unbroadcast music from two contrasting performances recorded earlier this year.

Presenter: Jez Nelson
Producers: Peggy Sutton & Chris Elcombe.

45 minutes

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Mon 19 Aug 2013 23:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra recorded at the Vortex, London on 2 February 2013

    • Untitled

      Line up: Misha Mengelberg (piano); Ab Baars (clarinet/sax); Tobias Delius (clarinet/sax); Michael Moore (clarinet/sax); Wolter Wierbos (trombone);

    • Untitled

      Thomas Heberer (trumpet); Mary Oliver (violin); Tristan Honsinger (cello); Ernst Glerum (bass); Han Bennink (drums)

    • ICP Orchestra

      No Idea

      Composer: Misha Mengelberg (arr. Michael Moore)

    • ICP Orchestra

      Barbaric

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

    • ICP Orchestra

      Baltimore Oriole

      Composer: Hoagy Carmichael

    • ICP Orchestra

      Peer's Counting Song

      Composer: Misha Mengelberg

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    • Elephant9

      A Place In Neither

      Composer: Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen

      • Atlantis.
      • Rune Grammofon.

  • Guillermo Klein on the influence of three cities

    • Wayne Shorter

      Witch Hunt

      Composer: Wayne Shorter

      • Speak No Evil.
      • Blue Note.

    • Steve Reich

      Tehillim: Part I (Fast)

      Composer: Steve Reich

      • Tehillim Three Movements.
      • Nonesuch.

    • Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos

      El Rio

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

      • Una Nave.
      • Sunny Sid.

    • Olivier Messiaen

      Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia - O Sacrum Convivium

      Composer: Messiaen

      • Garden of Love's Sleep.
      • DG.

  • Guillermo Klein Quartet recorded at the Wigmore Hall, London on 1 February 2013

    • Untitled

      Line up: Guillermo Klein (piano); Aaron Goldberg (piano, Fender Rhodes); Chris Cheek (saxophones); Miguel ZenΓ³n (saxophones, flute)

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Implacable

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Artesano

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

    • Guillermo Klein Quartet

      Burrito Hill

      Composer: Guillermo Klein

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Aug 2013 23:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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