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Jazz on 3: Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra, Guillermo Klein Quartet

Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra, Guillermo Klein Quartet

19/08/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz on 3, Instant Composers' Pool Orchestra, Guillermo Klein Quartet

With Dutch group the Instant Composers' Pool, and Guillermo Klein and his 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 Zenón, the music of this concert forefronts a more intimate chamber-group side to Klein's musical personality, blending American minimalism, wistful tango-canción 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.

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