Articles by Henry Cooke

Evan Parker: Deciphering the Noise

by Henry Cooke
April 19, 2012

Imagine for a moment that the average jazz enthusiast is similar to a competent swimmer: safe within the confines of their local pool they're comfortable, perhaps a little brash.Individual lanes silently determine your path whilst lifeguards monitor your tempo with their special brand of overprotective nonchalance. Even the reassuring sting of chlorine serves as a constant reminder, protection from the unpleasant, the random.Now pluck this unsuspecting musical metaphor from the familiar embrace of the community pool ...