Steve Reynolds Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Evan Parker - 90% tenor John Edwards - bass Mark Sanders - drums 2 CD'd - about an hour and a half of bliss my record of the year from a few years ago 5 stars Quote
John B Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 (edited) My exposure to Parker has been quite limited. Other than two solo discs, Monoceros and The Snake Decides and his duo with Keith Rowe, Dark Rags, and the Schlippenbach Trio stuff reissued by the UMS I've not heard any of his albums. Would this one be a good next choice or is there another album I should check out first, in your opinion? He is also fantastic as a sideman on Nailed, with Cecil Taylor, Barry Guy and Tony Oxley. Edited October 1, 2004 by John B Quote
BeBop Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Steve Reynolds. How 'bout that. Welcome. Just curious, what's 90% tenor? (10% playing something else? 10% not playing at all? Some Roland Kirk invention?) Personally, I play about 28% tenor. Quote
JSngry Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 I'm very slowly but very surely checking Parker out, and haven't heard anything yet that has been less than superb. Quote
Nate Dorward Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 Presumably the other 10% is on soprano not tenor. Evan Parker's remarkable, even though I've found his most recent work a bit dull for the most part (with some notable exceptions--the duo with Joe McPhee is dark, intense, ornery music). If you haven't heard it the duet album with Anthony Braxton from 1993 is worth picking up, as is the 2CD 50th Brithday Concert. All the solo albums I've heard have been excellent except for the boring Lines Burnt on Light, which probably sounds great if you have never heard an EP solo album before but otherwise sounds like a rehash. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 1, 2004 Author Report Posted October 1, 2004 clementine mentioned another one of his great records - At The Vortex - The Rwo Seasons is in the same vein - Evan is in his "free jazz mode" other good starting points (my taste run towsrda his tenor playing - although I also like the soprano stuff - much of it is the amazing circular breathing stuff - and this playing adapts itself more to abstract less jazz like forms or solo playing (not that there's anything wrong with that. Elf Bagatellen - Schilippenbach Trio - a rare studio recording from the great trio with Paul Lovesna & Parker - from 1991 on FMP Most Materiall - duo with Eddie Prevost - many people count this as one their favorite Parker recordings - 2 CD set on matchless from 1997 - as stunning and as accomplished as Coltrane's classic Interstellar Space. There is not another saxophone player alive who is worthy of the comparison The Ayes Have It - emenen - 2 sessions, single CD - 1983 with Paul Rogers and Jamie Muir - Muir is outrageously good here - 1991 session with Wolter Wierbos, Paul Rogers & Mark Sanders - this one is full bore and features the wonderful trombonist in an more aggresive and excitable mood - as with The Two Season, Mark Sanders lights buildings on FIRE - the man is a relentless groove machine Quote
John B Posted October 1, 2004 Report Posted October 1, 2004 John B.: did you notice in the "Nailed" liner notes how it says Parker & Oxley hadn't spoken to one another in MANY years? (or am i misrembering that?) No, I think you are recalling this correctly. I think Barry Guy was the only one of the four who wasn't pissed off at the others when this was recorded. The tension definitely made for some great music. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 1, 2004 Author Report Posted October 1, 2004 although it will neve again happen, I think seeing the Nailed Quartet would be a highlight that even that for the prospect fo witnessing it would be more exciting for me than any other small band. Quote
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