Jazz Articles about Evan Parker

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Anliker-Parker-Schmid-Senn-Solothurnmann: September Winds

by John Eyles
November 1, 2001

In 1999, a series of concerts took place in an abandoned underground drinking water cistern near Zurich, build in 1922. Performances from that series were released on Vollmond on Creative Works Records. A second series of concerts was planned for September 2000, but fire regulations stopped them taking place. Instead, a series of recording sessions took place in the cistern, over three days. This record and its companion piece September Duos are the result. [ Winds has trombone plus four ...

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Parker / Guy / Lytton / Schlippenbach / Lovens: 2 x 3 = 5

by Glenn Astarita
October 1, 2001

2x3=5 connotes the merging of two trios: pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, saxophonist Evan Parker, drummer Paul Lovens and Parker's longtime associates, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. However the thrust behind this fascinating seventy-seven minute presentation, resides within the artists' abilities to regenerate a hodgepodge of sub-themes into a series of propulsive statements marked by their tireless inventions and boundless energy. Whether it is Parker's heated flurries, Von Schilippenbach's flailing arpeggios, or the rhythm sections' vibrant discourses, the musicians' ...

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Evan Parker: The Ayes Have It

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2001

Saxophonist Evan Parker may be best known for his trio improv work with bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. However, he steps out on The Ayes Have It for two separate outings with one-off trio and quartet groups dating from 1983 and 1991.

The first set ("Ayes") documents a set of 1983 London studio recordings with the trio of Parker, bassist Paul Rogers, and exotic percussionist Jamie Muir. Parker seems quite restrained here. He insistently occupies the higher register ...

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Evan Parker/Keith Rowe: Dark Rags

by Mark Corroto
December 1, 2000

Headlines: The two giants, Evan Parker and Keith Rowe, of British improvisation over the past 35 years, finally get together for this historic duo recording. Rowe, a founding member of AMM along with Eddie Prevost in 1965, has taken the concept of the guitar as an instrument to the most abstract degree. He plays with the guitar on a flat surface, treating it as an electric processor, utilizing feedback and finessed noises for effect. His constructions are at the expense ...

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Evan Parker: The Two Seasons

by Robert Spencer
July 1, 2000

Evan Parker seems to be coming out with a new recording every month, and they're all good. His improvising is, as it always has been, highly individual and immediately recognizable, but each new disc brings new possibilities and new rewards. This one is a double disc buy a trio that is not Parker/Guy/Lytton. Instead, John Edwards is on bass and Mark Sanders on percussion. The differences are subtle, since Edwards and Sanders are both top-flight free players who well complement ...

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Evan Parker - Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Drawn Inward

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2000

Drawn Inward represents the second “ECM Records” release of the “Electro-Acoustic Ensemble” led by free jazz icon, saxophonist Evan Parker and featuring Parker’s long time associates, bassist Barry Guy, percussionist, electronics ace Paul Lytton and others who supply the live electronics, processing and samples. What may seem to some as being a science project for jazz improvisers, Drawn Inward commences with a composition titled, “The Crooner (for Johnny Hartman)” who of course was a famous balladeer or crooner, also known ...

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Parker / Beresford / Edwards / Moholo: Foxes Fox

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1999

Foxes Fox is a relatively rare opportunity to hear master improvising saxophonist Evan Parker in the company of a pianist, although these opportunities are increasing of late: since 1995 he has recorded in a quartet setting with Marilyn Crispell ( Natives and Aliens, Leo) and in duets with Agustí Fernández ( Tempranillo, Nova Era) and George Gräwe ( Unity Variations, Okka). And FMP has just issued a long-awaited new release from the Schlippenbach Trio.

All of those recordings are worth ...