Virtuoso bassist and composer Barry Guy formed his London Jazz Composers Orchestra in the 1970s, with the ambitious objective of framing the then-new improvising languages of pioneers such as Evan Parker and Derek Bailey within large-scale ensemble ideas reflecting both cutting-edge contemporary-classical writing and jazz composers such as Carla Bley, Michael Mantler and Mike Gibbs. Read More
The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, formed in the early '70s, was organized by Barry Guy among others, and included British ... Read the full London Jazz Composers' Orchestra bio.