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Improvisie captures Paul Bley, Annette Peacock and Dutch percussionist Han Bennink during an adventurous period in which free jazz was being transformed through the use of early electronic instruments. Recorded live in Rotterdam in March 1971, the album consists of two extended performances shaped by synthesizers, electric and acoustic keyboards, voice and percussion.
The title piece begins cautiously, with isolated electronic tones and spacious keyboard phrases gradually joined by Bennink’s unpredictable rhythmic accents. Rather than following a fixed structure, the musicians continuously reshape the performance, moving between restrained passages, abstract sound textures and sudden moments of collective intensity.
“Touching,” composed by Annette Peacock, occupies almost twenty-four minutes. Peacock’s keyboards and distinctive vocals give the piece its direction, while Bley’s synthesizer and Bennink’s percussion create an unstable electronic landscape around her. The result lies between free improvisation, experimental jazz and early electronic music, documenting one of the earliest creative uses of synthesizers in a live jazz setting.
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