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 ...

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Evan Parker: Waterloo 1985

by Robert Spencer
June 1, 1999

The intoxicating spirit of the kind of “free" improvisation that this disc exemplifies comes from the in-the-moment interplay between the players, a microscopic call-and-response activity that creates a music of flows, eddies, tensions, and releases. Over the single hour-long track on this disc, Evan Parker , Paul Rutherford, Hans Schneider, and Paul Lytton play undulating music ...

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Parker, Rutherford, Schneider & Lytton: Waterloo 1985

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 1999

Waterloo 1985 was recorded live at “Le Festival Jazz ET Musiques Improvisees” in Waterloo, Belgium August 17,1985 and features one lengthy piece titled, “Dark Interior”. This “live date” signifies the British Free-Jazz movement at its best, as Evan Parker (saxophones), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Paul Lytton (perc), and Hans Scnheider (bass) present a case study in improvisation. ...

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Evan Parker: Monoceros

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 1999

Evan Parker's monolithic 1978 solo record Monoceros was originally released on Incus and has subsequently been digitally remastered for CD release on Chronoscope. Monoceros distinguishes itself in several respects: first, because it was recorded by the direct-cut process, whereby the sound pathway went directly from the microphone to a vinyl master. By virtue of eliminating the ...

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