The Art of the Improvisers

In 1959, Englishman Neil Ardley (1937-2004) moved from Bristol to London, after finishing his chemistry studies. He had already been performing in various groups at university, playing the saxophone and the piano. He wrote his first arrangement in 1964, which he brought to The New Jazz Orchesra. Not long after that, he became conductor of said orchestra. As time went on he started writing longer pieces, such as A Symphony of Amaranths.