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King Übü Örchestrü 2021: Roi
by John Eyles
The large improvising ensemble King Übü Örchestrü first saw the light of day when they recorded their debut album, Music Is Music Is (Uhlklang, 1985) in Akademie der Künste, Berlin, in December 1984. It was a sign of the times that their trumpeter Mark Charig was prevented from going to Berlin for the recording. But, with players such as drummer Paul Lytton, trombonist Radu Malfatti, cellist Alfred Zimmerlin and violinist Phillipp Wachsmann in the line-up, the music was exceptional. Two ...
read moreEvan Parker Electroacoustic Quartet: Concert in Iwaki
by John Eyles
The year 2021 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first recordings made by Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. It also ended a somewhat fallow period, Hasselt (Psi, 2012) having been the ensemble's most recent release; 2021 brought a flurry of electro-acoustic releases, with Concert in Iwaki following hard on the heels of Warszawa 2019 (Fundacja Sluchaj), and Fixing the Fluctuating Idea (Les Disques Victo), the latter recorded at the 1996 Victoriaville festival with Sainkho Namtchylak. However, despite ...
read moreEvan Parker / Paul Lytton: Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee)
by John Sharpe
Fifty years on from their first encounter, the British pairing of saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lytton convened in a Chicago studio to record Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee), named in echo of their first release. Of course they've reunited countless times in the interim, notably as two thirds of the classic trio completed by bassist Barry Guy, and in Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble among other formations. Not that the current date recalls the earlier session in much other than instrumentation, ...
read moreAlan Wakeman: The Octet Broadcasts 1969 and 1979
by Chris May
Despite a perception fostered by the more breathless media coverage given to the young lions who have emerged on the London scene since the mid 2010s, an identifiably British strand of jazz did not kick off when Shabaka Hutchings' Sons Of Kemet released its debut album in 2013. The groundwork was laid back in the 1950s by musicians such as saxophonist Joe Harriott and pianist Stan Tracey. In the 1970s, two bandleaders who carried the torch for ...
read morePaul Lytton / Nate Wooley: Known/Unknown
by Mark Corroto
The duo of Paul Lytton and Nate Wooley invites the listener to accompany them down the proverbial rabbit hole, entering a land similar to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Like Alice's trip through the looking glass, reality (conventional music making) is subverted to produce a disorienting situation. Known/Unknown is the third release from the duo, with their previous efforts Untitled (Editions Brokenresearch, 2008) and Creak Above 33 (psi, 2010) notable additions to the Lytton & Wooley discography, which includes ...
read moreEvan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton: Concert In Vilnius
by John Sharpe
In a world riven by climate chaos and the attack on truth, on both sides of the Atlantic, it is reassuring that some things remain constant. At this stage of an existence dating back to the early 80s, the superlative British trio of saxophonist Evan Parker, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton plays only a few concerts each year. When they do, the results tend to the spectacular, and Concert In Vilnius only affirms that. In fact, when taken ...
read morePaul Lytton - Nate Wooley [+ Ikue Mori & Ken Vandermark]: The Nows
by AAJ Italy Staff
Per quanto gli improvvisatori più sensibili partano sempre da una prospettiva di massima apertura nei confronti di colleghi, anche e soprattutto di geografie e generazioni differenti dalla propria, perché scatti davvero una scintilla speciale, di quelle che fanno andare oltre l'aspettato [che è spesso in agguato anche in musiche che vivono dell'inaspettato] ci vuole sempre un pizzico di fortuna, di magia, di fiuto nel riconoscersi. È quello che probabilmente è accaduto tra un batterista storico dell'improvvisazione inglese come Paul Lytton ...
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