Spontaneous Music Ensemble (John Stevens) The Source LP 1971 NEAR MINT VINYL
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Spontaneous Music Ensembele
The Source -
From and Towards
The Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME) was a loose collection of free improvising musicians convened beginning in the mid-1960s by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts. SME performances and recordings could range from Stevens-Watts duos to gatherings of more than a dozen players.
As critic Brian Olewnick writes, the SME emphasised an "extremely open, leaderless aspect where a premium was placed on careful and considered listening on the part of the musicians. Saxophonist Evan Parker observed that Stevens had two basic rules: (1) If you can't hear another musician, you're playing too loud, and (2) if the music you're producing doesn't regularly relate to what you're hearing others create, why be in the group? This led to the development of what would jocularly become known as 'insect improv' -- music that tended to be very quiet, very intense, arrhythmic, and by and large atonal."
Tracklist
A1 Part One: Expectancy
A2 Part Two: Birth
A3 Part Three: Thanksgiving
A4 Part Four: Time Goes On (Version A)
B1 Part Four: Time Goes On (Version B)
B2 Part Four: Time Goes On (Version C)
B3 Part Five: You Know
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Ray Warleigh
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Trevor Watts
Artwork [Envelope Drawing] – Richie Stevens
Bass – Marcio Mattos, Ron Mathewson
Composed By – John Stevens
Design [Envelope Design] – Bob Morgan
Design [Sleeve Design] – Jak Kilby, John Stevens (2), Mike Steyn
Drums – John Stevens
Photography By – Jak Kilby
Piano – Mike Pyne
Producer – Mike Steyn
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Brian Smith
Trombone – Bob Norden, Chris Pyne
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
Includes an inner sleeve with the credits.
Condition: LP is NEAR MINT in a printed paper inner sleeve in a picture sleeve in Very Good condition (tape marks, light ring wear)
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