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An alumnus of John Stevens' Spontaneous Music Ensemble and a member of
Iskra 1903 with guitarist Derek Bailey and trombonist Paul Rutherford,
British composer and bassist Barry Guy (1947) organized the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra.
The seven-movement suite of Ode (april 1972) featured
three trumpeters (Harry Beckett, Dave Holdsworth, and Marc Charig),
three trombonists (Paul Rutherford, Mike Gibbs and Paul Nieman),
six saxophonists (including Trevor Watts, Mike Osborne, Evan Parker and Karl Jenkins),
guitarist Derek Bailey, a tuba player, a pianist, a flutist,
two bassists and two percussionists Tony Oxley and Paul Lytton).
The four-movement Stringer (march 1980), off Study II, was scored for five saxophonists (Trevor Watts, Evan Parker, Peter Broetzmann, Larry Stabbins, Tony Coe), two trombones (Paul Rutherford and Paul Nieman), piano, violin, tuba, bass (Peter Kowald), percussion (Tony Oxley and John Stevens).
Other significant Guy "compositions" for the orchestra included:
Polyhymnia (november 1987), off Zurich Concerts;
Harmos (april 1989);
Double Trouble (april 1989);
Theoria (february 1991), a collaboration with pianist Irene Schweizer;
Study/ Witch Gong Game II/10 (february 1994);
Three Pieces for Orchestra (december 1995);
Double Trouble II (december 1995), a collaboration with pianists Marilyn Crispell and Irene Schweizer.
In the new century, Guy renamed it New Orchestra and recorded
the seven-movement suite Inscape (may 2000) and
the three-movement suite Entropy (july 2004),
works that were even more ambitious and sophisticated than the earlier ones.
Guy has also recorded several albums of improvisation:
the solo Statements For V-XI For Double Bass And Violone (october 1976);
Improvisations Are Forever Now (january 1979), a trio with pianist Howard Riley and violinist Philipp Wachsmann;
Endgame (april 1979), a quartet with saxophonist Trevor Watts, pianist Howard Riley and percussionist John Stevens;
the live Paintings (october 1981) with bassist Peter Kowald;
the colossal improvisation Supersession (september 1984), a quartet with saxophonist Evan Parker, guitarist Keith Rowe (also on electronics) and percussionist Eddie Prevost;
the live Assist (november 1985), containing solo and duo improvisations with bassist Fred Van Hove;
Arcus (august 1989) with bassist Barre Phillips;
the live Elsie Jo (march 1991), with trombonist Conrad Bauer, saxophonist Evan Parker, pianist Irene Schweizer, bassist Barre Phillips and percussionist Paul Lytton;
the solo Fizzles (september 1991);
You Forget To Answer (november 1994), a trio with reed player Mats Gustafsson and percussionist Raymond Strid;
Sensology (november 1995), a duet with pianist Paul Plimley;
Gryffgryffgryffs (january 1996), a quartet with saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, pianist Marilyn Crispell and drummer Raymond Strid;
Gudira (june 1997), a trio with flutist Robert Dick and percussionist Randy Raine-Reusch;
Odyssey (april 1999), a trio with pianist Marilyn Crispell and percussionist Paul Lytton;
the solo Symmetries (july 2001);
Birds And Blades (september 2001), a duet with saxophonist Evan Parker;
Ithaca (january 2003), again in a trio with Crispell and Lytton.
Guy has also composed classical music, mostly for string orchestra:
Flagwalk (1983), The Eye of Silence (1988), Look Up! (1990) for eight cellos, After the Rain (1992),
Un Coup de Des (1994),
Buzz (1995),
Concerto for Orchestra (1996),
Remembered Earth (1999) for chamber ensemble and choir,
Folio (2002),
etc.
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra with Barry Guy (october 2005) included the
50-minute Witch Gong Game II/10.
Tarfala (october 2006) is a collaboration with
Mats Gustafsson on saxohones and Raymond Strid on percussion.
Phases of the Night (may 2007) is a trio with
Barry Guy, Paul Lytton and Marylin Crispell.
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