Jazz & Improvised Music (JIM) Ensemble 2009
Directed by Myra Melford

Arrange and perform selections from Eric Dolphy's seminal album, "Out to Lunch," in addition to exploring other forms of improvisation through playing Fred Frith's photographic scores and John Zorn's Cobra. Includes collaborative concerts with the UCLA Jazz Large Ensemble and jazz orchestra, as well as the Mills College Music Improvisation (MIE) Ensemble, directed by Fred Frith.

The flyer for the collaboration with Mills and an audio clip of the "Out to Lunch" tunes are below. Please click here for a video of the collaborative MIE-JIM Ensemble.