London Improvisers Orchestra

Evan Parker Adam Bohman Pat Thomas Seymour Wright Douglas Benford Steve Beresford Mark Wastell John Butcher Phil Minton Phil Durrant Jason Yarde Simon H. Fell Loz Speyer Maggie Nicols Alan Tomlinson Gene Martynec Tom Chant Trevor Taylor Marcio Mattos Mark Sanders John Edwards Philipp Wachsmann Ivor Kallin Lukax Santana Orphy Robinson Neil Metcalfe Caroline Kraabel Gail Brand Rowland Sutherland Tania Chen Veryan Weston Rhodri Davies John Rangecroft Angharad Davies Terry Day Robert Jarvis Steve Noble Sue Lynch Knut Aufermann Chris Burn Peter Nicholson Adrian Northover David Powell Susan Alcorn Harrison Smith Hannah Marshall Sylvia Hallett Charlotte Hug Dave Tucker Susanna Ferrar Georgina Brett Jim McEwan Martin Clarke Alison Blunt John Bisset Javier Carmona Chefa Alonso Benedict Taylor Christoph Irmer Catherine Pluygers Roland Ramanan David Leahy Dominic Lash Dave Fowler Børre Mølstad Valentina Magaletti Una MacGlone Noura Sanatian Andrew Ciccone Guillaume Viltard Gero Kempf David Ryan Ida Heidel Marcello Magliocchi Ricardo Tejero Sarah Washington Pascal Marzan Dee Byrne Sonia Paço-Rocchia Jerry Wigens Jackie Walduck Robert Sassi Noel Taylor Pete Furniss Martin Hackett Elisabeth Harnik Renée Baker Crystabel Riley Luiz Moretto Federico Reuben Simon Petermann Edward Lucas Thodoris Ziarkas Cath Roberts Tom Ward Hyelim Kim Olivia Moore Jeff Ardron Inga Eichler Emily Shapiro Sebastian Sterkowicz Martin Vishnick Charlotte Keeffe Stephan Barrett Laura Cioffi Kalle Moberg Khabat Abas Roshan Gurung Pei Ann Yeoh Julian Faultless Emil Karlsen Daniel Cano Amaro Jonny Martin Christopher Hill MaryCarl Guiao Brian Styles Charlie Watkins Carlton Burns Phoebe Bognár Tracy Lisk Theos Ziarkis Sofia Vaisman Maturana

ex Kaffe Matthews, Lol Coxhill, Harry Beckett, Matt Davis, Lawrence Casserley, Ken Vandermark, Henry Lowther, Simon Picard, John Russell, Peter McPhail, Tony Marsh, Chris Biscoe, Nick Stephens, Ingrid Laubrock, Jim Dvorak, Aleks Kolkowski, Ian Smith, Satoko Fukuda, Jacques Foschia, Barbara Meyer, Alexander Hawkins, Alex Ward

The London Improvisers Orchestra was born from the embers of Butch Morris' London Skyscraper tour for the Contemporary Music Network tour in November 1997. Concerts were performed in London, Birmingham, Oxford, Manchester, Bristol and Liverpool. Members of the ensemble decided to develop the project and thus was born the London Improvisers Orchestra.

For eleven months of the year, the orchestra performs on the first Sunday of the month (excluding January). At present venues vary except for a quarterly residency (once every 3 months) at Cafe Oto in Dalston. The members meet prior to the gig for a rehearsal so anybody who has an idea about how to control a group of individuals who take pleasure in not being controlled, can rehearse what they would like to do. These pieces mixed in with freely improvised sections, make up the performance at 8.30.

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