CLEAR FRAME features four of the most innovative and engaging British musicians of the last 40 years.

Lol Coxhill, Charles Hayward, Hugh Hopper and Orphy Robinson.

Each player has developed their work across a wide range of attitudes, honing their craft into a unique and individual voice. Clear Frame finds these four musicians in distinctive and dynamic form with a joyful free spirit at its core.

For this, their first CD release they are joined by the widely acclaimed Robert Wyatt on cornet.

Lol Coxhill: renowned veteran soprano saxophonist has played with the Damned, Evan Parker, Kevin Ayers, in a skip, with the gibbons at London Zoo, with sound poet Bob Cobbing. His playing is a living history of European improvised music.

Charles Hayward: played drums with Quiet Sun, This Heat, Camberwell Now and wrote songs for all three projects. Since the 90s he has pursued a predominantly solo career releasing a string of CDs, whilst still finding time to instigate special projects and to collaborate with the likes of Fred Frith and Bill Laswell.

Hugh Hopper: bass player for Soft Machine, his solo release '1984' remains one of the most distinctive and influential recordings of contemporary European instrumental music. His sound and sensibility are trademark qualities.

Orphy Robinson: acid jazz pioneer, former Courtney Pine sideman and Jamaica Allstar. His early 90's trio pushed compositional ideas out beyond Thelonius Monk. Since that time he has worked further in free improvisation, adding steel drum and live electronics to his vibraphone.

Robert Wyatt needs no introduction. He has long been an admirer of these 4 musicians both individually and collectively, introducing them on stage for their London Jazz Festival concert in 2004. It was at this concert that he first suggested playing cornet with the group, and this recording is the result.