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London Improvisers Orchestra

Band,
Jazz

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.

Members

	Kaffe Matthews sampler, vn GB
	Evan Parker ss, ts *1944 GB
	Lol Coxhill ss 1932-2012 GB
	Adam Bohman voc GB
	Pat Thomas p, key *1960
	Steve Beresford *1950 GB
	Harry Beckett tr, fh 1935-2010 GB
	Mark Wastell vc *1968
	John Butcher ts, ss *1954 GB
	Matt Davis tr, dr, g *1970 GB
	Simon H. Fell cb *1959 GB
	Loz Speyer tr, fh GB
	Alan Tomlinson tb GB
	Gene Martynec voc, g, p *1947 CA
	Tom Chant sax, ss *1975 GB
	Marcio Mattos vc *1946 BR
	Mark Sanders dr, perc *1960 GB
	John Edwards cb, b GB
	Ivor Kallin voc, vl, g GB
	Orphy Robinson vib *1960 GB
	Neil Metcalfe fl GB
	Tony Marsh dr, perc 1939-2012 GB
	Caroline Kraabel as, voc *1961 US
	Gail Brand tb *1971
	Rowland Sutherland fl GB
	Tania Chen p
	Veryan Weston p *1950 GB
	Rhodri Davies hrp *1971 GB
	John Rangecroft cl, ts
	Terry Day voc *1940 GB
	Robert Jarvis tb
	Steve Noble dr, perc NG
	Knut Aufermann
	Chris Burn p, perc *1955 GB
	Peter Nicholson vc
	Adrian Northover ss, as GB
	Harrison Smith bcl, ts *1946 GB
	Hannah Marshall vc GB
	Sylvia Hallett vn GB
	Charlotte Hug vl *1965 CH
	Dave Tucker cl
	Susanna Ferrar vn
	Jim McEwan key, ts
	Ian Smith tr, fh
	Alison Blunt vn GB
	John Bisset g
	Javier Carmona dr, perc ES
	Chefa Alonso ss
	Benedict Taylor vl GB
	Christoph Irmer vn *1958 DE
	Catherine Pluygers ob
	Barbara Meyer vc
	Roland Ramanan tr
	David Leahy cb GB
	Dominic Lash cb *1980 GB
	Børre Mølstad tu
	Una MacGlone cb GB
	Noura Sanatian
	Guillaume Viltard cb *1975 FR
	David Ryan cl
	Ricardo Tejero ts, as, cl ES
	Sonia Paço-Rocchia bsn
	Jackie Walduck vib GB
	Robert Sassi eg
	Noel Taylor cl, bcl GB
	Pete Furniss bcl
	Elisabeth Harnik p *1970 AT
	Renée Baker vn, vl
	Federico Reuben
	Alex Ward cl *1974 GB