John Stevens
UK
Born: 10 June 1940
Died: 13 September 1994
Genres: Jazz, Avant-Garde
Styles: Fusion, Free Improvisation, Improvised Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Free Jazz
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One of the founding fathers of free improvisation in Britain. In the mid-'60s, Stevens helped found Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME), an influential group that included most of England's top experimental jazz musicians. The band's lineup evolved and fluctuated, but at one time or another Paul Rutherford, Trevor Watts, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, and Julie Tippetts were among the members. Stevens' father was a tap dancer, a factor in his decision to become a musician. Stevens joined the Royal Air Force in 1958, where he studied mus...
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