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The Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME) was a loose collection of free improvising musicians convened beginning in the mid-1960s by the late South London-based jazz drummer/trumpeter John Stevens and alto and soprano saxophonist Trevor Watts. SME performances could range from Stevens-Watts duos to gatherings of more than a dozen players. One can loosely divide the group's history into two periods: the more horn-oriented earlier ensembles (typically with some combination of Watts, Evan Parker and Kenny Wheeler), and the later string-based ensembles with guitarist Roger Smith (who became as central to the second edition of SME as Watts was to the first)...

Spontaneo started as the brainchild of four college students in the fall of 2007. Dave, Mike, Eric, and Diego figured that with all the time they were spending not studying, they might as well write a few songs. What came later was a brand of heavily driven, and brutally honest pop that is both nostalgic, and fresh at the same time. Spontaneo has recently finished tracking for their first full-length "For Those Who Can Whistle". Tracks will be up shortly, see keep an ear out! Alternative Press Magazine names Spontaneo one of their "Unsigned Bands Of The Month"!!!! Here's the...