Clunky Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 Two fantastic releases came my way quite recently ( that is I bought them!) Peter Evans Quartet - Firehouse12 Mostly other people do the killing- Shamokin!!!- Hotcup Records Firehouse 12 Shamokin Freak-out post bop on the latter with stunning trumpet by Evans and equally amazing alto from Jon Irabagon..From its Night In Tunisia hommage cover to liner notes by one Leonardo Featherweight it's raucous fun. The Peter Evans self titled date is freer rhythmically but just as wonderful Post Ornette sax/guitar/bass/drums. Lovely stuff. Don't know any of the participants but I'm quite impressed with the results. Any one else? Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 Evans is making a real wave on the improv scene. Mostly for his absolutely STUPENDOUS chops (pretty unreal, on occasion) - which is almost a shame, because the music's great, and whenever anyone cries 'chops', it somewhat overshadows the important stuff. It's 'stunt trumpet', for sure... He's done a couple of gigs in London, neither of which I made, which everyone has been talking about since - once with Evan Parker, John Russell and John Edwards, and the other time, sitting in with Parker/Guy/Lytton (at which Evan introduced 'the future of the music' - praise indeed!). There's a great solo record of Evans on Evan's label, PSI - worth a listen! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted January 17, 2008 Report Posted January 17, 2008 I like his playing with Bruce Eisenbeil and the solo disc is a monster (if something I don't return to a ton), but have yet to hear his dates leading a band. Quote
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