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Evan Parker
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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
Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
By John Daversa
Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Smatta; Some Days Are Better Suite; Dallab; Sweet Yakity Waltz; D.G.S.; Song for Someone; C.P.E.P.; Who’s Standing in My Corner; Introduction to No Particular Song; Some Doors Are Better Open; Everybody Knows It.
Horizons Held Close
By Evan Parker
Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ulaanbadrakh; Bayankhongor.
Zlatko Kaučič: The Discipline of Freedom
by Neri Pollastri
Fresh from the release of the four-CD box set Inklings (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2024) and on the eve of the 15th edition of the Brda Contemporary Music Festival--which he founded and still directs--drummer, percussionist, composer and educator Zlatko Kaučič continues a career spanning over four decades, marked by collaborations with many of Europe's greatest improvisers. A passionate ...
Trance Map (Evan Parker & Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close
by John Sharpe
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 ...
Tatsuya Yoshida / Martín Escalante: The Sound of Raspberry
by Mark Corroto
This LP may be the revelation of 2025--or a sonic ordeal, depending on your tolerance for noise and your grasp of history. Japanese drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante met at the perfect moment in December 2023 to record 14 tracks at Tokyo's Bar Aja. The result, The Sound of Raspberry, is the love ...
Zlatko Kaučič: il rigore della libertà
by Neri Pollastri
Reduce dall'uscita del cofanetto di quattro CD Inklings (Fundacja Słuchaj) e alla vigilia della quindicesima edizione del Brda Contemporary Music Festival, da lui fondato e diretto, il batterista, percussionista, compositore e didatta Zlatko Kaučič continua una carriera ultraquarantennale che l'ha visto collaborare con i più grandi improvvisatori europei. Musicista appassionato e persona schietta, sensibile ai temi ...
Lucian Ban: jazz, musica popolare della Romania e l'alter ego Mat Maneri
by Neri Pollastri
Originario della Romania, sebbene da quasi trent'anni residente a New York, il pianista Lucian Ban alterna da tempo le proprie produzioni originali alla ricerca sulla musica della propria terra, quasi sempre assieme al violista Mat Maneri, con il quale forma da anni uno stretto sodalizio artistico. Dopo aver più volte parlato dei suoi album dedicati alla ...
Jon Irabagon / PlainsPeak: Someone to Someone
by Jack Kenny
Jon Irabagon is a musician whose complexity is both exhilarating and daunting. His restless energy, deep self-reflection, remarkable achievements and sharp intellect combine to create a figure who constantly provokes questions--about music, originality and the very nature of artistic expression. In 2011, Irabagon undertook a bold experiment: With Mostly Other People Do The Killing, ...
Abdou - Gouband - Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf
by John Sharpe
The multinational threesome of French saxophonist Sakina Abdou, French percussionist Toma Gouband and Polish pianist Marta Warelis establishes a striking group identity on Hammer Roll Leaf. From the opening track, “Roll," the trio's compositional instincts and collective discipline distinguish them from the crowded field of free improvisers. Warelis begins with cascading piano figures--robust, resonant and allowed ...
