BBC Radio 3 Freeness: Open Improvisation

Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis and Roscoe Mitchell explore the principles of open improvisation: bring your own experience; focus on what’s at hand and be ready to come up with solutions.

Vocalist Maggie Nicols muses on the qualities of breath and there’s an improvised turntable piece by Leeds-based DJ NikNak, who won a 2020 Oram Award for her innovations in music and sound.

Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

1 Naomi Perera & Adam Langley – Stratum 66

2 Maggie Nicols – Musings on the Breath

3 NikNak – Compass

4 Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis & Roscoe Mitchell – Bound

5 Kerry Priest – Mirror

6 Gus Garside & Hervé Perez – The Lover

7 Alexander Hawkins – Optimism Of The Will (feat. Evan Parker & Riot Ensemble)

8 Ivo Perelman & Pascal Marzan – River Mirroring A Smiling Moon