The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971

1976 studio album by the Music Improvisation Company

The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971

Studio album by

the Music Improvisation Company

Released| 1976
Recorded| 4 July 1969 and 18 June 1970
London
Genre| Free jazz
Length| 46:04
Label| Incus

The Music Improvisation Company chronology
| The Music Improvisation Company
(1970)  | The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
(1976)  |

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Evan Parker chronology
| The Topography of the Lungs
(1970)  | The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
(1976)  | The Music Improvisation Company
(1970)

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Derek Bailey chronology
| The Topography of the Lungs
(1970)  | The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
(1976)  | The Music Improvisation Company
(1970)

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The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 is an album by The Music Improvisation Company recorded over 1968 and 1970 and released on the Incus label in 1976. The quartet features saxophonist Evan Parker, guitarist Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies on various self-made electronic instruments, and percussionist Jamie Muir.[1][2][3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [5]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek stated "It is a necessary addition to anyone's library who is interested in improvised music."[4]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "The six pieces are in the main about a quartet thinking and speaking as freely with one another as they possibly could."[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir and Evan Parker.

1. "Pointing" – 7:19
2. "Untitled 3" – 6:32
3. "Untitled 4" – 4:09
4. "Bedrest" – 7:37
5. "Its Tongue Trapped to the Rock by a Limpet the Water Rat Succumbed to the Incoming Tide" – 9:01
6. "In the Victim's Absence" – 10:33

## Personnel

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### The Music Improvisation Company

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* Derek Bailey – guitar
* Hugh Davies – electronics, organ
* Jamie Muir – percussion and cover art
* Evan Parker – soprano saxophone, amplified autoharp

## References

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1. ^ Shapiro, R. Sessionography of Derek Bailey accessed May 25, 2016
2. ^ Hsu, W. T. & Rousell, P. Discography of Evan Parker accessed May 25, 2016
3. ^ Jazzlists: Incus LP discography accessed May 25, 2016
4. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1063\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Studio albums|

* The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 (1969 & 1970)
* The Topography of the Lungs (1970)
* The Music Improvisation Company (1970)
* Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) (1972)
* Monoceros (1978)
* The Snake Decides (1986)
* Conic Sections (1989)
* The Redwood Session (1995)
* Tempranillo (1995)
* Chicago Solo (1995)
* Toward the Margins (1996)
* Natives and Aliens (1996)
* Drawn Inward (1998)
* Chicago Tenor Duets (1998)
* Foxes Fox (1999)
* Birds and Blades (2002)
* Naan Tso (2004)
* Rex, Wrecks & XXX (2011)
* Either Or And (2013)

Live albums|

* At the Unity Theatre (1975)
* Saxophone Solos (1975)
* The London Concert (1975)
* From Saxophone & Trombone (1980)
* Six of One (1980)
* The Ayes Have It (1983 & 1991)
* Atlanta (1986)
* Three Blokes (1992)
* 50th Birthday Concert (1994)
* McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995)
* At the Vortex (1996)
* Unity Variations (1998)
* After Appleby (1999)
* Lines Burnt in Light (2001)
* Memory/Vision (2002)
* The Bishop's Move (2003)
* America 2003 (2003)
* The Eleventh Hour (2004)
* Boustrophedon (2004)
* The Moment's Energy (2007)
* Hasselt (2010)
* Dortmund Variations (2010)
* The Bleeding Edge (2010)
* Live at Maya Recordings Festival (2011)
* Rocket Science (2012)
* What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012)
* As the Wind (2012)
* Music for David Mossman (2016)

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