Spontaneous Music Ensemble
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The Spontaneous Music Ensemble was a loose collection of free improvising musicians, convened in 1965 by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonis
The SME playing in Islington, London, 1991. Roger Smith plays guitar and Nigel Coombes plays violin. John Stevens plays drums and cornet out of frame.
John Stevens (drummer)
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John William Stevens was an English drummer, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
…Music Ensemble (SME) was a loose collection of free improvising musicians, convened in 1965 by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts. SME performances and recordings could range from Stevens–Watts duos to gatherings of more than a dozen…
John Stevens January 1987 by Jo Mazelis