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The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 22 March 2015. The Jazz Composer's Orchestra's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Jazz Composer's Orchestra was a jazz group founded in 1965 to further avant-garde jazz in New York, United States. Carla Bley and Michael Mantler were important in its organization and style.

Its origins lay in the Jazz Composers Guild, an organization founded by Bill Dixon which grew out of the series of 1964 concerts in New York, known as the "October Revolution in Jazz" and subsequent regular performance settings. A big band, formed by Bley and Mantler, became…

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Trans-Love Airways
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1973
Trans-Love Airways
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1973
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Band 4 (i. Right On III, ii. Angela's Angel III (Jamboree), iii. Drum Transition, iv. Amen Cadence, v. Epilogue: Excuse Me, Mr Justice)
Grachan Moncur III, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1975
Band 4 (i. Right On III, ii. Angela's Angel III (Jamboree), iii. Drum Transition, iv. Amen Cadence, v. Epilogue: Excuse Me, Mr Justice)
Grachan Moncur III, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1975
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The Queen Of Tung-Ting Lake
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1973
The Queen Of Tung-Ting Lake
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1973
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Desireless
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1973
Desireless
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1973
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Tantra
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1973
Tantra
Don Cherry, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1973
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Aïn Salah
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1975
Aïn Salah
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1975
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Changó Obarí
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1975
Changó Obarí
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1975
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O Desayo
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
JCOA Records1975
O Desayo
Clifford Thornton, The Jazz Composer's OrchestraJCOA Records1975
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Businessmen
Carla Bley, Paul Haines, Jazz Composers Orchestra
JCOA Records1974
Businessmen
Carla Bley, Paul Haines, Jazz Composers OrchestraJCOA Records1974
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