SOME OF THE ARTISTS WE PLAY: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Sam Rivers, Ken Vandermark, Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, Grachan Moncur III, Myra Melford, Chris Potter, Vijay Iyer, Alex Blake, Dennis Gonzalez, Art Blakey, Art Pepper, Keith Jarrett, Benny Goodman, Dave Douglas, Betty Carter, Edmond Hall, Marty Ehrlich, Albert Ayler, Craig Taborn, Jack DeJohnette, Rick Jensen, Graham Haynes, David Boykin, Sidney Bechet, Marilyn Lerner, Ben Allison, John Lindberg, Wadada Leo Smith, Don Byron, Yosuke Yamashita, Bunny Berigan, Bennett Hogg, Steve Lacy, Christian Fennesz, Bridge 61, Artie Shaw, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Omer Simeon, Jim O'Rourke, Jimmy Giuffre, Bill Laswell, Jimmy Blanton, Dorothy Donegan, Charlie Mariano, Anthony Braxton, Helicopter 111, Joe Bushkin, Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Peter Leitch, Dizzy Reece, Coleman Hawkins, Tony Williams, Fred Hersch, Sabir Mateen, Charlie Shavers, Curtis Lundy, Willem Breuker, Don Cherry, Ronan Guilfoyle, Matt Keegan Trio, Peter Brotzmann, Jack Kirby, Elton Dean, Triage, Matana Roberts, Milligan-Eagles Project, Mary Lou Williams, Ike Quebec, Granelli, Buster Bailey, Ben Monder, Bettie Ross, Joe McPhee, Tim Berne, pc munoz, Oscar Pettiford, Chico Freeman, Band of Five Names, Matthew Shipp, Buck Clayton, Keiji Haino, Dewey Radman, Peter Madsen, David Liebman, Serge Chaloff, Jeremy Kirk, Duke Ellington, Butterfies & Zebras, Jimmy Smith, Cheryl Pyle Group, Frank Sinatra, Billy Bang, Glen Hall and Outsource, Dickie Wells, Lounge Lizards, Captain Beefheart, Matt McMahon, Butch Morris, Scott Fields, Leon Chu Berry, Martin Archer, Woody Shaw, Fay Victor Ensemble, Joachim Kuhn, Michael Blake, Dragons 1976, Roy Eldridge, Michel Portal, Suzanne Langille, Warne Marsh, Mats Gustafsson, Baikida Carroll, 20th Century Dog, Sound in Action Trio, Bojan Zulfikarpasic, Hot Lips Page, Michael Herring's Vertigo, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ab Barrs, New Underground, Malachi Ritscher, Gene Krupa, Eric Hall, Francois Houle, Miroslav Vitous, Dave Rempis Quartet, Elana Stone Band, Weather Report, Amir El Saffar, Jess Stacy, Alekos Vretos, Jane Ira Bloom, Junk Box, Sonny Sharrock, Tristan Honsinger, Eric Watson, Amina Claudine Myers, Leland Burr, Bud Freeman, Congotronics, Noah Howard, John Tchicai, K8 Stewart Experience, Kirk Lightsey, John Stubblefield, John Butcher, Mal Waldron, Eddie Condon, His Name is Alive, improvvirussoundexperience, Derek Bailey, Lonnie Johnson, Trilok Gurtu, Green Septet, DJ Logic, Francois Carrier, Illinois Jacquet, Ettore Carucci Quartet, Alvin Fielder Trio, Abdullah Ibrahim, Henry Red Allen, John Surman, Greg Osby, Modern Jazz Quartet, Uri Caine, Mike Ladd, Marion Brown, Nels Cline, Grey Ghost, Tony Malaby, Triosk, Jaki Byard, Gerry Hemingway, John Hicks, Red Norvo, Marilyn Crispell, Ernest Khabeer Dawkins, David Binney, Zoot Sims, Lisa Sokolov, Kidd Jordan, Gianni Bardaro Sinestetic Jazz, Henry Threadgill, BassDrumBone, Marc Anderson, Reflexionen, Jazzy Burn's, Roy Campbell Jr., Rainer Bruninghaus, Garrison Fewell, Barana & Co., Alexander Von Schlippenbach, John Zorn, Kronos Quartet, Larry Young, Angles, Gato Barbieri, Smokin' Da Bone, Wardell Gray, Ben Perowsky, Donald Robinson, Kevin Turcotte, Christy Doran, 3ology, Lisle Ellis, Barre Phillips, Beaver Harris, Charles Mingus, Horace Tapscott, Lina Allemano, Cawthray / Price / Zankowski, Charles Gayle, Arild Andersen, Chris Speed, Carl Dewhurst, Jack Wilkins, Larry Ochs, Arcana, Yusef Lateef, Peter Kowald, Mephista, Richard Beirach, Eberhard Weber, Loren Mazzacane Connors, John Wolf Brennan, Ned Rothenberg, Sonny Stitt, Louis Armstrong, Impressions in Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano, Simon Barker, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Nana Vasconcelos, Frank Lozano Group, Robin Eubanks, Barry Guy, Matt Davis' Aerial Photograph, Sticks & Stones, Queen Mab, Steve Dobrogosz, Kenny Wheeler, Dominic Duval, Masada, Vladiswar Nadishana, Steve Bernstein, Trio X, Francis Wong, David Murray, Mark Timmermans, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fantastic Terrific Munkle, Hampton Hawes, Bobby Previte, David S. Ware, Jackie McLean, Rake, Frank Lowe, STriCat, Charles Brackeen, Marc Ribot, Lou Grassi, Jelly Roll Morton, Jon Raney Trio, What We Live, 4 Corners, Harold Mabern, Bix Beiderbecke, Memphis Slim, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tortoise, Exploding Star Orchestra, Tommy Flanagan, Nils Petter Molvaer, Roland Pinsard, Guillermo E. Brown, Ben Goldberg, Pierre Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra, Robin Holcomb, As It Falls, Daniel Yvinec, Isotope 217, Matt Wilson, Urs Leimgruber, The Engines, Ricky Ford, Sonny Clark, Lee Konitz, Cooper-Moore, Edward Vesala, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mujician, Taj Mahal, Peter Favre, Mark Dresser, Clusone Trio, Babkas, Normand Guilbeault, String Trio of New York, Meade Lux Lewis, George Russell Orchestra, Lester Young, Cuong Vu, Noah Howard, Charlie Parker, Thomas Chapin, Ari Brown, Joe Morris, Benoit Delbecq, Ron Miles, Matthius Lupri, Spring Heel Jack, Pads & Steel, Equal Interest, Albert Ammons, Fred Ho, Other Dimensions in Music, Cooke Quintet, Clifford Brown, Susie Ibarra, Mel Powell, Muhal Richard Abrams, Todd Sickafoose, Lebocal, Ralph Peterson Jr., Lee Morgan, Jazz Mob, Cinematic Orchestra, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Mike Nock, Sun Ra, Pee Wee Russell, Blind Willie Johnson, Jazz Passengers, Geri Allen, Steve Tibbetts, Fonda/Stevens Band, Glenn Horiuchi, Borah Bergman, Harvie S., Tor "Doc" Bekken, Curtis Fowlkes, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Daniel Humair, Benny Carter, Wallace Roney, Richard Grossman, Tigersmilk, Christine Jensen, McCoy Tyner, Soft Machine, Kenny Dorham, Ellery Eskelin, Misha Mengelberg, Christian Escoude, Hamid Drake, Quinsin Nachoff, Wynton Marsalis, Beaver Harris, Collin Walcott, John Carter, Per Goldschmidt, Benny Golson, Jonas Hellborg, Roberto J. Rodrigez, Maria Schneider, Rob Price Quartet, Brad Shepik, Carla Bley, David Torn's Prezens, Pyeng Threadgill, King Tubby, Erik Truffaz, Mark Dresser, Francois Carrier & Michel Lambert, Kid Ory, Biggi Vinkeloe, Either/Orchestra, Jean Derome, Julius Hemphill, Alice Coltrane, Hal Galper, Jeff Baumeister Quartet, Mark Whitecage, Bunk Johnson Brass Band, Air, Prima Matera, Greg Bendian's Interzone, Tomasz Stanko, Undersound, Jez Taylor, Mat Maneri, Paul Motian, Gene Ammons, Roswell Rudd, Daniel Humair, Jaga Jazzist, Hamiet Bluiett, Lincoln Center Orchestra, Booker Ervin, Rita Marcotulli, Michel Donato, Andrew Hill, Count Basie, Jimmy Raney, Revolutionary Ensemble, Arthur Blythe, Curlew, Joanne Brackeen, Edmond Hall, CDB Trio, Alan Silva, Archimusic, Jason Moran, Robert Randolph, Don Byas, Lennie Tristano, Andrew Cyrille, Mandingo Griot Society, Jabbo Smith, Francois Couturier, Bill Ware, Chris Greco Trio, Aperion Project, Marzette Watts, Egberto Gismonti, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jalazz, Charlie Christian, Jessica Williams, Charles Tolliver, Johnny Dodd's Black Bottom Stompers, Harley Card, William Parker, Saheb Sarbib, Bill Barron, William Hooker, 360 Degree Music Experience, Chicago Underground Trio, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Steve Coleman, Martial Solal, Wild Bill Davison, Matt Brubeck, James Blood Ulmer, Alex Cline, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, Jan Garbarek, Paul Bley, Tom Harrell, Zakir Hussein, Steve Kuhn, Henry Cow, Chaos Butterfly, Lior Kuperberg, Herbie Nichols, Jean-Paul Celea, Fletcher Henderson, Elliott Sharp, Mugsy Spanier, Hexnut, Tina Brooks, Doug Hammond, Sonny Simmons, Lol Coxhill, Assif Tsahar, Earl Hines, Gold Sparkle Band, Michael Bates' Outside Sources, King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Enrico Rava, Tom Cora, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Eric Von Essen, Doug Ewart, Guillaume de Chassy, Bunky Green, Leo Cuypers, William Parker, Dexter Gordon, New Orleans Wanderers, Jon Hassell, Michael Moore, Sonny Treadway, El-p, Hugh Ragin, Air, Bennie Wallace, Fred Frith, Ornette Coleman, Jewels & Binoculars, Slam Stewart, Eugene Chadbourne, Aki Takase, Jemeel Moondoc, Friar's Society Orchestra, Vienna Art Orchestra, Junko Onishi, Grant Green, New York Jazz Collective, Mario Pavone, John Marshall, Jack Pettis & His Pals, Cassandra Wilson, Ed Blackwell, Michel Petrucciani, Manu Codjia, Francois Ingold Trio, Jeanette Wrate, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Odean Pope, Joelle Leandre, Phillipe Ehinger, Timeless Pulse Quintet, Groundtruther, Aram Shelton, Billy Robinson, Don Wilkerson, Ray Charles, Zu, FMP, ECM, ACT, FMR, CIMP, LEO, FME, AACM, BAG, NRG, AUM, ICP, WSQ, DKV, NOMA, ROVA, ...
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One night as Gene Quill was leaving the bandstand at Birdland, a young self-appointed critic accosted him. "All you're doing is playing just like Charlie Parker," he accused. Gene held out his saxophone. "Here," he said, "you play just like Charlie Parker!"
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All Music Guide: THIS IS AN INVALUABLE SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF IMPROVISED MUSIC. THE IMPROVISED MUSIC COLLECTIVE USES THIS WEBSITE EXTENSIVELY. GO TO: www.allmusic.com FOR UP-TO- DATE BIOGRAPHICAL, DISCOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
Also, if you enjoy what you hear on NOW'S THE TIME on CKCU-FM, we urge you to tune in to other fine jazz & improvised music programming on this station. On Wednesday nights from 8:00 - 9:00 listen to ROOTS AND RHYTHMS, Wednesday nights from 9:00 - 11:00pm listen to IN A MELLOW TONE, Wednesday nights from 11:00pm - midnight listen to RABBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE and Sunday afternoons from 4:00 - 5:30pm listen to SWING IS IN THE AIR. All times are eastern times and are available on the internet at: www.ckcufm.com
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ANY MUSICIAN WHO HAS VENTURED BEYOND THE LINES AND SPACES. Made with the MyTheme myspace editor
We are the Improvised Music Collective – five passionate lovers of improvised music in all its diversity. We host a weekly 90 minute radio program devoted to improvised music – NOW’S THE TIME – on CKCU-FM 93.1 (in the Ottawa region) and on www.ckcufm.com on the world wide web on Thursday nights from 8:30 to 10:00pm est. We play the best of improvised music from around the world and recorded over the last 100 years. The unifying force of this program is that we play the music we LOVE. We present timely programming that reflects relevent activities in the world of improvised music (say, the death of a venerable giant of jazz, upcoming music festivals, etc.). The IMC endeavours to present intelligent and entertaining programming which is both timeless and current. We’ll still offer up our dynamic group shows from time to time but we intend to also include new features such as a NOW’S THE TIME episode every couple of months devoted entirely to improvising artists we discover on MYSPACE. We pride ourselves in delivering each week our commitment to context, insightful commentary, artist interviews and documentaries that enrich the listening experience. As always, our boundaries are our imaginations. So, be prepared for “the sound of surprise”. We welcome listener feedback. Check it out! We’re sure you’ll love what we play, too!
Any improvising artist/group/ensemble wishing to submit recordings for airplay on NOW'S THE TIME may send CDs to:
Now's The Time
2367 Monroe Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K2C 1L3
We'll acknowledge receipt of your recordings and notify you when we will play your music.
Recent arrivals:
CARNIVORE - Quartet Offensive (QOFF)
TINTINABULUM - Not the Wind Not the Flag (Barnyard Records)
ICE CREAM MAN DREAMS - Saint Dirt Elementary School (Barnyard Records)
COLLISIONS - Kevin Breit & Jesse Stewart (C3R)
SOUND IS - Rob Mazurek Quintet (Delmark Records)
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS - Jim Baker (Delmark Records)
CHRONICLE - Chicago Underground Trio (Delmark Records)
TITRATION - Active Ingredients (Delmark Records)
LET'S PLAY PING PONG - Three Squared (P/X Music)
VIGNES - Acoustic Guitar Trio (Long Song Records)
EA SILENCE - Cono di Ombra Luce (Grim/Mediaducks/Amirani)
SERENDIPITY - Gianni Lenoci, Carlos Zingaro, Marcello Magliocchi (Amirani)
LA GATTA NEL SACCO - Test Quintet (Labirinti Sonori)
JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE I (De Stijl Music)
RESONANT SPACES - John Butcher (Confront)
ELEGY FOR NATIVE TONGUES - Tetragrammaton (subvalent)
Who I'd like to meet: "NOW'S THE TIME" SCHEDULE - 8:30 - 10:00PM EST. on CKCU-FM 93.1 or www.ckcufm.com....
JUNE 11- Abandoning his “year of the trumpet” theme and lost album feature (blame the A.A.D.D), MarkO is in to play some of the things that have gotten his (limited) attention since you last heard from him. Running free.
JUNE 18- Host Andrew Forbes gets you ready for Father's Day with a very special show devoted to fathers and sons -- and co-hosted by his very own dad.
JUNE 25- IMC member Jim Reil completes his three-part series on the Black Saint/Soulnote recordings of Muhal Richard Abrams.
JULY 2- IMC member Aidian Thomas guides the listener on a fascinating musical journey through the world of improvised music and jazz.
JULY 9 - Mark Keill (of Infinite Ceilings fame) is in Mark O’s spot presenting a retrospective on jazz-fusion-rock bassist (and Soft Machine member) Hugh Hopper. In turn, Mark O takes Mark K’s spot on Infinite Ceilings (right after Now’s the Time) to play some post-rock-doom-prog-metal. Fun for all and all for fun.
JULY 16- IMC member Ron Steeds continues the summer-long series, on the music of Montreal saxophonist / composer / bandleader Francois Carrier, that he and Andrew Forbes are presenting with excerpts of an interview with the artist conducted last month.
And here are our TOP TEN lists for 2008...
ANDREW FORBES
1. Every Woman is a Tree - Angles (Clean Feed, 2008)
2. The Vandermark 5 - Beat Reader (Atavistic, 2008)
3. Moonshine - Dave Douglas & Keystone (Greenleaf, 2008)
4. Francois Carrier - Within (Leo, 2008)
5. The Chicago Project - Matana Roberts (Central Control, 2008)
6. Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra - Bill Dixon with the Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey, 2008)
7. Live in Frankfurt ’82 (w/ Cherry) / Live in Nurnberg ‘84 - Bitter Funeral Beer Band (Country & Eastern, 2008)
8. Patches - DJ /rupture and Andy Moor (Unsuitable, 2008)
9. New Code - Peggy Lee Band (Drip Audio, 2008)
10. Dragon’s Head - Mary Halvorson Trio (Firehouse 12)
MARK OTHMER
1. The Epidemic of Ideas - Blink. (Thirsty Ear, 2008)
2. Beat Reader - Vandermark 5 (Atavistic, 2008)
3. Just Like This - Keefe Jackson Project Project (Delmark, 2008)
4. Rolldown - Jason Adasiewicz (482 Music)
5. Rabo de Nube - Charles Lloyd (ECM, 2008)
6. Songs and Themes - Spring Heel Jack (Thirsty Ear, 2008)..
7. Dying Will Be Easy - Fight the Big Bull (Clean Feed, 2008)
8. Chicago Project - Matana Roberts (Crentral Control, 2008)
9. Crown Trunk Root Funk - Rob Brown (AUM Fidelity, 2008)
10. Petit Oiseau - William Parker Quartet (AUM Fidelity, 2008)
JIM REIL
1. Monk Volume 1 - Han Bennink/Michiel Borstlap/Ernst Glerum (Gramercy Park Music, 2008)
2. Credo - Michaël Attias (Clean Feed, 2005)
3. Six Monk's Compositions - Anthony Braxton (Soul Note, 1987)
4. Lustinseln - Charlie Mariano - Gregor Josephs Quartet (L+R Records/Zebralution, 1995)
5. CODE: Plays the music of Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman - Vandermark- Nagl-Thomas-Reisinger (Cracked Aneg /IODA, 2008)
6. Petit Oiseau - William Parker Quartet (AUM Fidelity, 2008)
7. Vutet - Cuong Vu (AristShare, 2007)
8. Warblepeck - Tony Malaby Cello Trio (Songlines, 2008)
9. The Secret Museum - Ellery Eskelin (Hatology, 1999)
10. Out of the Depths - 3ology (CMW Records, 2008)
RON STEEDS
1. Clockwise – Michael Bates’ Outside Sources (Greenleaf Music, 2008)
2. Zemlya / The Synth Show – Mark O’Leary (Leo Records, 2008)
3. The Gift of Discernment – Dennis Gonzalez (Not Two Records, 2008)
4. The Beautiful Enabler – Mauger (Clean Feed, 2008)
5. The Rings of Fire – Daniele Cavallanti & Tiziano Tononi (Long Song Records, 2008)
6. Humanization 4tet – Luis Lopes (Clean Feed, 2008)
7. Within – Francois Carrier Trio (Leo Records, 2008)
8. New Code – Peggy Lee Band (Drip Audio, 2008)
9. Your Very Eyes – Xabier Iriondo & Gianni Mimmo (Amirani Records / Long Song Records, 2008)
10. Renegade Spirits – Dennis Gonzalez (Furthermore Recordings, 2008)
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With Lloyd Haber (drums) ; Jaribu Shahid (bass) ; Abraham Burton (tenor sax) ; Omar Kabir (trumpet)
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Hi, stopping by to check out the awesome sounds here. i would also like to announce our new CD, "arrows in the quiver" about to be released on the majmua music label. peace.
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Hey IMC! Thanks. I would love to play in Canada. Maybe one of these days with Dennis. And what about visiting us in Portugal? The sardines are waiting. Best, Rodrigo
-ARMEN NALBANDIAN / HAN BENNINK- On January 31st, 2008, legendary drummer Han Bennink will join Fresno Art Museum's Musical Director/Artist-in-Residence Armen Nalbandian in a concert of improvised duets starting at 7:00pm at the Fresno Art Museum's Bonner Auditorium. For more information visit armennalbandian.com or myspace.com/armennalbandian
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