Peter Ind - Improvisation

Bassist and producer Peter Ind was born in England in 1928 and died in 2021. Early in his career he played with and took lessons from Lennie Tristano. In the 1950s he moved to New York. He recorded and toured with Lee Konitz, Buddy Rich, and Slim Gaillard. He opened a recording studio and produced sessions for Gerry Mulligan and Zoot Sims. In the 1960s he moved to Big Sur, California, and hung out with beatniks. Later he returned to England and opened a jazz club. He wrote two books, one a memoir of his time with Tristano, and one an examination of the works of pioneering psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, entitled The Environment and Cosmic Metabolism.

Improvisation was released in 1968 on Ind’s Wave record label. The album consists entirely of Ind improvising bass tracks. Peter Ind was an early innovator of free jazz and specifically the reevaluation of the bass fiddle’s role in jazz music.