01 Oct

[ICP News! October 2022 ]

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October 2022: HANBENnInK80 in Fryslân / MISHAKOSMOS Back in Stock

All the fans of the ICP movement are about to face a wonderful festive gift this year: Han Bennink‘s 80’s Birthday celebrations (Happy Birthday HAN !), are taking place among multiple locations in Fryslan (Friesland) province of Dutchland. Those who are close there, I already envy. Those who are close or determined enough to get there, do not hesitate, as as always with Han live performances, they will be both Spiritual & Unforgettable.

05 Jun

ICP News! June 2021: Misha Mengelberg 86th Birthday/MISHAKOSMOS

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June 2021: Happy Birthday Misha!

MISHA @ 86
Today would’ve been the maestro’s 86th birthday, and our friend Benjamin Herman put together a lovely episode of his NPO Soul & Jazz / NTR podcast devoted to Misha’s music. The announcements/spoken parts are in Dutch but the music is….music! Here it is.

02 Feb

[ NCP: February 2021 UPDATE: Komen & Gaan (ICP066)]

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(ICP 066) ICP Septet + Joris Roelofs + Terrie Ex & Gaan – Komen & Gaan is available on CD.

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the ICP Orchestra to the development of European improvised music…t’s hard to overestimate how the orchestra symbolizes and represents modern Dutch music abroad—music that’s brainy, limber, well-executed, serio-comic, and maybe a wee bit theatrical (Kevin Whitehead, January 2020, Fresh Air, NPR).