Company

Pool for collective improvisation formed in 1976 by Derek Bailey. It is perhaps best known for the yearly Company Week in which nine or ten musicians work together for five days on the basis of improvisation. Often the artists involved in Company Week had not played with each other previously. Members: Akio Suzuki, Alexander Balanescu, Anne LeBaron, Anthony Braxton, Buckethead, Dave Holland, Derek Bailey, Ernst Reijseger, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, George Lewis, Han Bennink, Hugh Davies, Ian Croall, J.D.Parran, Jamie Muir, Joëlle Léandre, John Zorn, Jon Corbett, Julie Tippetts, Kazue Sawai, Keith Tippett, Keizo Inoue, Kenichi Takeda, Lol Coxhill, Maarten Altena, Makigami Koichi, Mark Wastell, Misha Mengelberg, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Pat Thomas, Paul Lovens, Paul Rogers, Peter Brötzmann, Philipp Wachsmann, Rhodri Davies, Sachiko Nagata, Shonosuki Okura, Simon H. Fell, Steve Beresford, Steve Lacy, Tristan Honsinger, Ursula Oppens, Vanessa Mackness, Vinko Globokar, Wadada Leo Smith, Wataru Okuma, Will Gaines, Yukihiro Isso, Yves Robert