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Joëlle Léandre, Evan Parker: Long Bright Summer

Read "Long Bright Summer" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
August 3, 2026

Joelle Leandre e Evan Parker, due tra i massimi rappresentanti della tradizione improvvisativa europea, hanno registrato nel 1982, il primo disco assieme, 28 rue Donois, membri di un quartetto che includeva anche due straordinari musicisti come Derek Bailey e George Lewis. Negli oltre quarant'anni successivi sono state numerosissime le documentazioni delle occasioni in cui si sono incontrati, ma sorprendentemente --nonostante la forma del duo sia tra le loro preferite e ciascuno l'abbia praticata anche con compagni comuni, da Steve Lacy ...

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Trance Map (Evan Parker & Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close

Read "Horizons Held Close" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
October 2, 2025

Although there have been more populous versions of Trance Map on Crepuscule in Nickelsdorf (Intakt, 2019), and Marconi's Drift (False Walls, 2024), Horizons Held Close presents the outfit pared back to its original core: the soprano saxophone of Evan Parker and the electronics of Matt Wright. Parker's solo work often reaches beyond the possibilities open to normal mortals into something with an electronic vibe, a realm he explored even more thoroughly through his Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, first heard in 1996. While ...

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Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores

Read "Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores" reviewed by Francesco Varriale

by Francesco Varriale
January 27, 2025

A distanza di pochi mesi dal decennale della scomparsa di Kenny Wheeler (avvenuta il 18 settembre 2014) e in prossimità di quello che sarebbe stato il suo novantacinquesimo compleanno, la Greenleaf Music pubblica un omaggio al musicista canadese, le cui composizioni vengono proposte secondo arrangiamenti dell'autore che mai erano stati eseguiti in questa forma. Si tratta di un ambito--quello della musica per ensemble allargati--che Wheeler ha più volte curato nella sua vasta produzione artistica, a cominciare da Windmill ...

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Sergio Armaroli, Evan Parker: Dialog

Read "Dialog" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
September 19, 2024

Album molto singolare, questo di Sergio Armaroli e Evan Parker: pensato inizialmente come improvvisazione dal vivo da registrare in studio durante la prevista tournée italiana 2022 del sassofonista britannico, trasformatosi poi in duetto a distanza dopo la cancellazione della sua trasferta, si è alla fine concretizzato come un call and response, visto che Parker non si trovava a proprio agio nel dialogo diretto a distanza. Così, Armaroli ha registrato sei brani improvvisati al vibrafono e li ha inviati all'amico inglese, ...

In Pictures

Evan Parker 80th Birthday Celebration

by John Sharpe
April 11, 2024

On 6 April, the day after his 80th birthday, North London's Cafe Oto hosted a virtually sold out two-day celebration in honor of groundbreaking saxophone icon Evan Parker, bringing together a host of colleagues from across his career. Contingents from North America and Europe swelled the ranks of local well-wishers and were rewarded by some marvelous music reflecting different aspects of his artistry. Starting off proceedings on the Saturday evening, the saxophonist revisited one of his most ...

Album Review

Evan Parker - Barry Guy: So It Goes

Read "So It Goes" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
February 17, 2024

Two masters who have invented a (the?) lexicon for their instruments meet on So It Goes. British saxophonist Evan Parker and his compatriot bassist Barry Guy should need no introduction to anyone interested in European free improvisation. Both active since the 1970s, they remain vital forces even with as they both move into their eighth decade. Their association was formalized in 1980 with the inception of the long running trio completed by drummer Paul Lytton. But they have also appeared ...

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Sergio Armaroli & Evan Parker: Dialog

by John Eyles
January 20, 2024

In 2022, Italian-born vibraphonist Sergio Armaroli and British-born saxophonist Evan Parker were scheduled to tour Italy together, and go into a recording studio together to record a set of freely improvised music in real time. However, the plan fell apart because Parker became unable to leave Britain (maybe for Covid-related reasons?) Although Parker cancelled the tour and the recording session, Armaroli was keen to consider alternatives. At the time, technology did not allow musicians in distant locations to record together ...