Angels on the Edge of Time

Angels on the Edge of Time is a 2015 collaborative live album of musical improvisations by Lindsay Cooper, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia and Lars Hollmer.

The quartet of Cooper and Frith from Henry Cow, Hollmer from Samla Mammas Manna, and free improvising saxophonist Gebbia came about at the suggestion of Massimo Simonini, director of the AngelicA Festival for its 1992 event.

[3][4] In the album's liner notes Frith reflected on Cooper and Hollmer's demise, calling them "two ... influential, passionate people" who "revel[ed] in the joy of making music" despite the hardships and setbacks they faced.

[1] In a review in All About Jazz, Alberto Bazzurro wrote that Angels on the Edge of Time is an important, "historical" document that highlights Lindsay Cooper's relevance as an improvisor 24 years ago.

Bazzurro felt that while not too much happens in this impromptu performance, the first half of the CD is interesting, in particular the third, three-part track, "Elegy for an Angel", which he said is nicely structured.