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Evan Parker

Born: April 5, 1944

Evan Parker was born in Bristol in 1944 and began to play the saxophone at the age of 14. Initially he played alto and was an admirer of Paul Desmond; by 1960 he had switched to tenor and soprano, following the example of John Coltrane, a major influence who, he would later say, determined "my choice of everything". In 1962 he went to Birmingham University to study botany but a trip to New York, where he heard the Cecil Taylor trio (with Jimmy Lyons and Sunny Murray), prompted a change of mind. What he heard was "music of a strength and intensity to mark me for life ... l came back with my academic ambitions in tatters and a desperate dream of a life playing that kind of music - 'free jazz' they called it then." Parker stayed in Birmingham for a time, often playing with pianist Howard Riley

Etching the Ether

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: At Altitude; Drawing Breath; Engaged In Seeking.

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 ...

The Jazz Detective Strikes Again

by Mark Corroto
March 28, 2024

Producer Zev Feldman, like Joe DiMaggio, has done it again. In May of 1941, DiMaggio began a major league baseball hitting streak. People followed his exploits game after game and hit after hit. DiMaggio's amazing record of 56 consecutive games still stands to this day. Same can be said of Feldman. His detective work, finding rare ...

Evan Parker - Barry Guy: So It Goes

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. ...

John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Steve Noble: Volume 2

by John Sharpe
January 16, 2024

An incendiary outfit returns for a second volume (perhaps the second set?) of free jazz mayhem from London's Cafe Oto, recorded in February 2019. It comprises four players, each with a big sound, regardless of amplification, and a big personality to match--Amsterdam-based American John Dikeman, on tenor saxophone, and the British threesome of Pat Thomas (hailed ...

Rodrigo Amado The Bridge: Beyond The Margins

by John Sharpe
January 1, 2024

The Bridge may be one of the most potent all round units assembled by Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado. That is saying something considering his previous alliances with collaborators as varied as multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, trumpeter Peter Evans, trombonist Jeb Bishop and drummer Chris Corsano. This time out his partners read like an extract from an ...

So It Goes

Label: Maya
Released: 2023
Track listing: So It Goes 1; So It Goes 2; Grit; Creek Creak; So It Goes 3.

Dialog

By Sergio Armaroli

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Two Rooms One Vibraphone #1; Interlude 1; Two Rooms One Vibraphone #2; Interlude 2; Two Rooms One Vibraphone #3; Interlude 3; Two Rooms One Vibraphone #4; Interlude 4; Two Rooms One Vibraphone #5; Interlude 5; Two Rooms One Vibraphone #6.

Etching the Ether

By Mark Nauseef

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: At Altitude; Drawing Breath; Engaged in Seeking.