London Improvisers Orchestra

Via instagram... Tyshawn Sorey telling the truth 🙏

A thread on our ongoing efforts to resist eviction:

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@ethan_iverson Worth mentioning Naked City’s cover of The Cage?

[THREAD] Doin' a panel on Charles Ives on Tuesday. Made a list of 14 tracks from the jazz canon that might relate to Ives. Any big ones that I'm missing? Sun Ra, “Springtime in Chicago” from Super-Sonic Jazz (1956)

We’re coming to @thejazzcentreuk in Southend this Saturday!! @VisitSouthend @YourSouthend @SouthEndNews

Spit crystal yeast rack , dripping ( a l’orange) sound check @ExploreEnsemble in kiel #shmf german premier @Casa_Ricordi @nmoroz_ @ozmuso

Very lookin forward to this concert at Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival cos i get to play a solo set and also amzin @ExploreEnsemble are gunna give my "Spit Crystal yeast-rack, dripping (á l'orange)" another gift of life yay. @Casa_Ricordi @wigmore_hall @nmoroz_

‘still dancing’ Caroline Kraabel Max Reed Daniel Thompson Coming soon on Empty Birdcage Records

True legends at OTO's kitchen. Adam Bonham and Jackson Xixi. A guiding forces in a kitchen-porting [R]evolution. 2023 © Dawid Laskowski @Cafeoto #concertphotography #stagephoto #stagephotographer #concertphotography #otokitchenseries

We are playing at @Cafeoto tonight!! Doors 19:30

Our 25th anniversary celebrations are just around the corner! #lioat25 #improvisedmusic #dalston #stokey #hackney

A quick note of LIO's upcoming shows! See link in bio for more info. Art by Aurelie Freoua. #improvisedmusic #newmusic #improvisation #orchestra #londonlivemusic #londonimprovisersorchestra #lioat25 #25years

Peter Brötzmann (1941-2023) #PeterBrotzmann @GIO_Glasgow @MopomosoT @LondonImprOrch #freejazz #firemusic #improvisedmusic @shojihano @kenvandermark @thewiremagazine

We're playing in Ipswich this Saturday! @ipswichstar24 @IpswichCouncil @IpswichNews24 @itfcnewss @ipswichnewsQLD @_ipswichnews

Great to see Bill Shoemaker's book 'Music Farther Outside: Experimental Music During Brexit and the Pandemic' out. Myself and others from @GIO_Glasgow were interviewed for it but friends from @LondonImprOrch and many UK free improv stars were a part too rowman.com/ISBN/978153817…

Our next concert will be on the 4th June, 20:00 at St. Mary's New Church, Stoke Newington! Details here: fb.me/e/3wlolkHAk Photo by @rw_crowley

Our next concert will be on the 7th May, 20:00 at St. Mary's New Church, Stoke Newington! Details here: fb.me/e/3vTmWWh9n

Not against phones at gigs as such, but *how much* they're used these days, especially at crescendos, solos and peak moments, is total shite, and creates more focus on spectacle than collective experience.