‘Indeterminacy’ was a 1959 double LP on the Folkways label by John Cage and David Tudor. Cage read ninety of his stories, each one, whether long or short, lasting one minute. Unheard by Cage, Tudor simultaneously played the piano and other things in another room.

One day, pianists Tania Chen and Steve Beresford were listening to this record and decided that they would like to do their own version. They hit on Stewart Lee immediately as the first choice to read the stories. He is an excellent stand-up comedian and is very interested in experimental music.

The trio’s version is usually forty minutes. The players are in the same room but do their best to not hear Stewart’s reading. They play music on and in a piano and use other small sound sources.

Programme: Solo for Sliding Trombone (John Cage) performed by Alan Tomlinson
Improvisation performed by Tania Chen, Alan Tomlinson and Steve Beresford

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Indeterminacy (John Cage) performed by Stewart Lee, Tania Chen, Steve Beresford.







Stewart Lee photo by Gavin Evans