What incredible days the early '70's were and the music and bands so original . lt was as we used to say " Far out man ". Oh for a time machine to go back to those halcyon times .
I think it was cutting edge back then for a tv studio to do so, even in Europe. I think their graces with the French art music scene granted them graces with the art community around the world.
I never really “got” jazz improv in the 70’s. Listening to this fifty years on, I still don’t. But great piece of music history, and where Ayers was coming from, Clips of Ayers post Softs and before his solo work and Eno collaboration are few and far between, and cool to see Wyatt too. Thanks.
ILEA was the ‘Inner London Education Authority’. Certainly not a national TV channel, and never heard of it at th time.. Maybe it was for teachers and or music students in London.
danke, diese Impro hab ich noch nie gehört. Der Film ist mit Ayers with Wyatt etc betitelt. Ich staune, dass wir den Lockenkopf erst in der letzten Einstellung zu sehen bekommen , nie jedoch sein Gesicht. Hat jemand dazu eine Geschichte?
I didn't think Kevin Ayers was into the whole free improvisation thing. He starts playing a major scale at one point almost like he's making fun of the whole thing lol.
Listen to the album " Shooting at the moon " . The long track whose name escapes me is very free and avant garde and the worst track on what is a good album ..
@@clouddog2393 I agree with you - I have to skip that piece - however it isn't improv noodling (whatever you want to call it) per se that I don't like - it's just that sometimes it works and some (most) times it doesn't. Recorded another day the piece might have been enthralling (or not!).
I saw a Coxhill gig where he supported a band called Zorch who were like Tonto's expanding headband. Incredibly boring, but the hippy audience love them. Lol Coxhill screeched on sax for half hour and gave me a headache and an abiding hatred of free jazz.
@@Fexobs I agree with you the Clash were shit. But the Damned were great and Captain Sensible loved the Soft Machine. Lol Coxhill plays on the track ' You Know' their second album. 'Music for Pleasure'. Lol even appeared live with them.
Une époque où on n'avait pas peur de diffuser une improvisation libre en direct à la TV...
What incredible days the early '70's were and the music and bands so original . lt was as we used to say " Far out man ". Oh for a time machine to go back to those halcyon times .
Wow, totally blown away! Been listening to these dudes for 37 years, I do love these strange sounds.
i very rarely say this..but this is something new to me..thanks so much for posting..fantastic!
Imagine a channel televising a piece called “improvisation” today!
I think it was cutting edge back then for a tv studio to do so, even in Europe. I think their graces with the French art music scene granted them graces with the art community around the world.
Impossibile...
If the public understand and engage with the notion of improvisation, they will not maximise their receptivity to products or consumerism.
I didn't even know the Inner London Education Authority had a 'TV station". Presumably not for broadcast - pretty cool if this was to show in schools.
@@graxjpg This wasn't a commercial TV station, it was part of London local government.
I never really “got” jazz improv in the 70’s. Listening to this fifty years on, I still don’t. But great piece of music history, and where Ayers was coming from, Clips of Ayers post Softs and before his solo work and Eno collaboration are few and far between, and cool to see Wyatt too. Thanks.
I’ve seen a lot of soft machine / Wyatt / Ayers stuff…. And I’ve never seen this.
An incredible performance, hard hitting
Robert WYatt King of drums
ILEA was the ‘Inner London Education Authority’. Certainly not a national TV channel, and never heard of it at th time.. Maybe it was for teachers and or music students in London.
This was probably meant for people doing music O level or something.
Wow!
Can you post Kevin's interview with the show's host from the same episode? Thank you for all the stuff you uploaded. Is there any way to reach you?
danke, diese Impro hab ich noch nie gehört.
Der Film ist mit Ayers with Wyatt etc betitelt.
Ich staune, dass wir den Lockenkopf erst in der letzten Einstellung zu sehen bekommen , nie jedoch sein Gesicht.
Hat jemand dazu eine Geschichte?
On par with Zappa and Pink Floyd. The shots of Robert Wyatt are the best part
Blarp, honk, clatter, Camberwick Green, wizzle, splink
Why didn't they film more of Kevin. You only see him in the end.
Only video I know of with Bedford.
Look up Why Are We Sleeping Kevin Ayers 1970 France Taverne he's on that one je pense
Nice
those were the days....
Nice!
New here!
I didn't think Kevin Ayers was into the whole free improvisation thing. He starts playing a major scale at one point almost like he's making fun of the whole thing lol.
Listen to the album " Shooting at the moon " . The long track whose name escapes me is very free and avant garde and the worst track on what is a good album ..
@@clouddog2393 underwater?
if you saw the Whole World live you'd know how into deep improv Ayers was - and on this his playing is amazing. And he could do pop !
@@clouddog2393 I agree with you - I have to skip that piece - however it isn't improv noodling (whatever you want to call it) per se that I don't like - it's just that sometimes it works and some (most) times it doesn't. Recorded another day the piece might have been enthralling (or not!).
I saw a Coxhill gig where he supported a band called Zorch who were like Tonto's expanding headband. Incredibly boring, but the hippy audience love them. Lol Coxhill screeched on sax for half hour and gave me a headache and an abiding hatred of free jazz.
Some things that came out of the 60s were not so great
They should've used Nik Turner instead.
Turner couldn’t play for toffee
The days of noodling. Thank goodness for punk. Lol
Why did you bother watching it ? I mean I know The Clash are shit, that's why I don't watch videos of them.
Kevin was kinda punk in his time
bwajajajaja
Punk was crap music played by kids l would,nt even begin to call musicians .
@@Fexobs I agree with you the Clash were shit. But the Damned were great and Captain Sensible loved the Soft Machine. Lol Coxhill plays on the track ' You Know' their second album. 'Music for Pleasure'. Lol even appeared live with them.
Lox Coxhill, genius or fraud these days I am certain it is the later, he cannot hold a tune.
You kiddin?
What you actually mean is he chose not to. Trust me, there was no fraud involved.
No. Overrated at the very least.
Great avant garde artist
I saw him play solo concerts in Nottingham - total genius - to hold an audience transfixed .... on your own - Never forgotten!!! RIP Lol
I LOVE Wyatt, but -No... NOT Blown-away. This is pure Wankery!
Never seen or heard this