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NOW Orchestra
The Future Is N.O.W.

Album US 1990 on Nine Winds Records label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Rock)

Inspired by Chicago's AACM and Woodstock's Creative Music Studio, a small group of Vancouver composers and improvisators founded the New Orchestra Workshop (N.O.W.) in 1977. Since then, N.O.W. has weathered times of feast and famine (government fundings vs. self-promoted events) and emerged with an impressive record of contribution to the West Coast contemporary music scene. The membership of the workshop has undergone some changes over the years, but today's nine person group includes several of N.O.W.'s earliest members. The five ensembles represented on this CD consist of the members of the Workshop plus a fine cross-section of Vancouver improvisors. As we enter the 1990's, it becomes increasingly clear that, despite the globalisation of culture, every part of our world has its own unique character. This vital music reflects a culture indigenous to the West Coast of Canada.

Musicians

	NOW Orchestra , CA album by
	Roy Styffe as, alto clarinet
	Ken Lister b, CA bass
	Scott White eb, CA bass
	Clyde Reed b, CA double bass
	Paul Blaney cb, eb, CA double bass
	Claude Ranger dr, *1941 CA drums
	Gregg Simpson perc, CA drums, painting, artwork
	Roger Baird , drums
	Stan Taylor dr, drums
	Ron Samworth g, eg, CA guitar
	Kate Hammett-Vaughan voc, CA lead vocals
	Paul Plimley p, *1953 CA piano
	Graham Ord sax, ts, CA reeds
	Bruce Freedman ts, as, CA saxophone
	Coat Cooke sax, bs, fl, CA saxophone
	Bill Clark tr, trumpet
	Daniel Lapp tr, vn, CA trumpet, violin

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