It's a significant year for Instant Composers Pool, for 2017 marks the Dutch jazz collective's fiftieth anniversary. Sadly, the year also saw the passing of Misha Mengelberg, pianist, composer and ...

Catching a train. Riding an elevator. Stepping in a puddle. Doing Tai Chi in an alley while being circled by a peacock. These are all activities we engage in on a daily basis and never associate with ...

Ars Nova Workshop's Three Nights in Philadelphia with the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra began last night. Taken from the performance, the video below shows a bird-like Tristan Honsinger conducting ...

Welcome a new guest writer! Darren Hayman attends the Might I Suggest festival at the Vortex Jazz Club, and sees moving performances from the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra and collaborators.

Free improvisation, game strategies, and the tonal delights of Ellington, Monk, and Nichols synergize merrily in the daring alchemy of this ten-piece group founded in 1967 by drummer Hans Bennink, ...