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Corey Mwamba presents classic and contemporary improvised music. A quartet comprising New York-based musicians Mat Maneri and Tanya Kalmanovitch, alongside Copenhageners Tomo Jacobson and Kresten Osgood, experiment with what they call ‘non-particularity’, a mode of collective expression in service of finding a unified voice. An unusual combination of two violas, double bass and drums, the group offer a gauzy haze of layered strings and tones that rumble and buzz, through their self-fashioned language of ‘chamber free improv’.

Another unique formation, Skin and Bone are a trio of drummers from Derby. The group sent in a live, rollicking tribute to the Dubrek, a crucial music venue and studio space frequented by many creative communities in the region that is facing demolition for new developments. Elsewhere in the programme, we head back to a heyday period of free playing the mid-sixties via the John Handy Quintet where heritage jazz meets orchestral breaks and spontaneous moments of expansion.

Produced by Tej Adeleye
A Reduced Listening production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3