In 1966, three RAF band escapees coaxed a cautiously iconoclastic British response to American free jazz from like-minded experimentalists.
The Spontaneous Music Ensemble’s debut is an ur-text of improvisation, here with the addition of percussionist John Stevens’ meditational ode to the son he hardly saw, Distant Little Soul.
Challenge’s didactic sleeve notes continue to resonate; “Forget your preconceptions, … because this is what’s happening today.” A young Evan Parker blows sax by a Jack Kirby mural. And today, he’s still what’s happening today.
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com