The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 is an album by saxophonist Evan Parker, guitarist Derek Bailey, electronic musician Hugh Davies and percussionist Jamie Muir which was recorded in 1968 and 1970 and released on the Incus label in 1976.[1][2][3]

The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
Studio album by Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Hugh Davies, and Jamie Muir
Released	1976
Recorded	4 July 1969 and 18 June 1970 London
Genre	Free jazz
Length	46:04
Label	Incus 17
Evan Parker chronology
The Topography of the Lungs (1970) The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 (1976) The Music Improvisation Company (1970)
Derek Bailey chronology
The Topography of the Lungs (1970) The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 (1968–70) The Music Improvisation Company (1970)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek stated "It is a necessary addition to anyone's library who is interested in improvised music".[4]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "the six pieces are in the main about a quartet thinking and speaking as freely with one another as they possibly could".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir and Evan Parker.

1. "Pointing" – 7:19
2. "Untitled 3" – 6:32
3. "Untitled 4" – 4:09
4. "Bedrest" – 7:37
5. "Its Tongue Trapped to the Rock by a Limpet the Water Rat Succumbed to the Incoming Tide" – 9:01
6. "In the Victim's Absence" – 10:33

Personnel

• Derek Bailey – guitar
• Hugh Davies – electronics, organ
• Jamie Muir – percussion and cover art.
• Evan Parker – soprano saxophone, amplified autoharp

References