LINDSAY
COOPER
1951 - 2013
Q U O T E S
" She was an idealist with strong political convictions, but her work was never didactic. She believed in the transcendental power of pure sound."
Sally Potter
N E W S
December 2015
SERIES OF CONCERTS IN JAPAN AND USA KEEPING LINDSAY'S MUSIC ALIVE ACROSS THE GLOBE.
Fred Frith, Zeena Parks and Rova Sax Quartet join forces in Oakland
Whilst
Chris Cutler joins Yumi Hara and an ensemble of women avant-rock musicians to celebrate Lindsay's music over 3 concerts in Japan.
November 2014
HENRY COW & FRIENDS' CONCERTS IN MEMORY OF LINDSAY COOPER WERE A GREAT SUCCESS.
SEE THE PRESS PAGE FOR REVIEWS.
To celebrate the life and work of Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013), four legendary bands come together from points halfway across the earth to perform Lindsay’s music as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, The Hudersfield Internation Music Festival and the Teatro Diego Fabbri theatre in Forli, Italy.
October 2014
LINDSAY COOPER - Rarities Volumes 1 and 2 (dbl CD)
ReR LC2/3
This double CD set collects together, amongst other things all of Outtakes for Other Occasions and music for The Small Screen, both of which were never commercially released; all four pieces from The Classic Guide to No Mans Land, the subscription collage 7” Pictures from the Great Exhibition, an extract from the Concerto for Sopranino Saxophone and Orchestra, a great 33 minute unreleased recording by Trio Trabant (with Alfred Harth and Phil Minton), Education sung by Sally Potter,
In the Dark Year, sung by Robert Wyatt, Petrified with David Thomas and a truly extraordinary solo piano performance recorded at Roulette in 1985.
Booklet with documents and photographs and texts by Sally Potter, Tim Hodgkinson, David Thomas and Kate Westbrook.
E V E N T S
December 5th, 2015
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December 3rd - 5th, 2015
Half The Sky: Lindsay Cooper Tribute Concerts
Osaka Gantz, Nagoya Tokuzo & Akihabara Goodman
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