Chakrasana by John Butcher with Oxford Improvisers

John Butcher soprano and tenor saxophones

Mark Browne alto saxophone
Lawrence Casserley various sounders
Chris Dammers keyboards
Dan Goren trumpet/flugelhorn
Bruno Guastalla sound recording, cello
Martin Hackett Korg MS10
Paul Medley clarinet
Lisa Reim flute
Chris Stubbs treated percussion
Andrew West viola


John Butcher has been at the forefront of musical improvisation for the past 40 years, He is a saxophonist whose work ranges through improvisation, his own compositions, multi-tracked pieces and explorations with feedback, unusual acoustics and non-typical concert locations. He has collaborated with many artists and is recognised internationally as something of a one-man revolution on the tenor and soprano saxophones.

Oxford Improvisers was established in 2001, to continue the work begun by the Oxford Improvisers’ Co-operative in the 1980s, with the following objectives:
1. To promote the performance of improvised music in the Oxford area primarily by musicians living, studying and working in the area. This performance can be freely improvised; or integrated with graphic, textual or other minimally notated scores.
2. To promote a culture of listening and meaningful dialogue with the performance of improvised music. Improvised music is not seen as a display of isolated virtuosic ability but as a sensitive intercommunication between individuals and audience. Music is not seen as a universal language, but as a set of agreed methods of communication by a particular community.

The Oxford Improvisers membership includes over 20 musicians, each of whom contribute uniquely, supporting a broad range of co-existent perspectives.
Since 2001 Oxford Improvisers has staged and promoted over 200 events including four Cohesion Festivals and featuring hundreds of musicians, dancers and visual artists of every kind.

since 1994

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