Evan Parker


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Krentz Ratings:
Machine Gun (1969), 8/10
The Topography of the Lungs (1970), 7.5/10
Collective Calls (1972), 7/10
Three Other Stories (1974), 6.5/10
Two Octobers (1975), 6.5/10
Saxophone Solos (1975), 7.5/10
Ra 1+2 (1976), 6.5/10
Duets 7 (1977), 5/10
Real Time (1977), 5/10
Real Time 2 (1977), 5/10
One for Two and Two Twos (1978), 5/10
Monoceros (1978), 7/10
At the Finger Place (1978), 5/10
Vaincu.Va (1978), 6/10
Six of One (1980), 7/10
From Saxophone & Trombone (1980), 5/10
Topographie Parisienne (1981), 5/10
28 Rue Dunois Juillet (1982), 5/10
Tracks (1983), 6/10
Hook Drift and Shuffle (1983), 6/10
Waterloo (1985), 6/10
Atlanta (1986), 7.5/10
The Snake Decides (1986), 7/10
Conic Sections (1989), 7/10
Duets Dithyramnisch (1989), 6/10
Hall of Mirrors (1990), 5.5/10
Process and Reality (1991), 5.5/10
Imaginary Values (1993), 5/10
Synergetics: Phonomanie III (1993), 7/10
Breaths and Heartbeats (1994), 5/10
Obliquities (1994), 5/10
Tempranillo (1995), 5/10
Seven Pieces (1995), 5/10
Chicago Solo (1995), 5.5/10
The Redwood Session (1995), 5/10
Live at the Vortex (1996), 5/10
Towards the Margins (1996), 7/10
At Les Instants Chavires (1997), 6/10
Dividuality (1997), 5.5/10
Solar Wind (1997), 5/10
Most Materiall (1997), 5/10
Drawn Inward (1997), 7/10
Here Now (1998), 5/10
After Applby (1999), 7/10
Brot & Honig (1999), 6/10
Foxes Fox (1999), 5/10
Two Chapters and an Epilogue (1999), 5/10
Dark Rags (2000), 7/10
The Two Seasons (2000), 5/10
Needles (2001), 5/10
Lines Burned in Light (2001), 5/10
Ayes Have it (2001), 6/10
Memory/ Vision (2002), 7/10
Munich and Glasgow (2003), 5/10
America (2003), 5/10
Bishop's Move (2003), 5.5/10
Set (2003), 5/10
Trio With Interludes (2004), 5/10
Boustrophedon (2004), 5/10
The Eleventh Hour (2004), 7/10
Naan Tso (2004), 5/10
Clapham Duos (2005), 5/10
Which Way Did He Go? (2005), 5/10
Falkirk (2005), 5/10
Evan Parker/ Ned Rothenberg (2006), 5/10
A Glancing Blow (2006), 6/10
Free Zone Appleby (2006), 5/10
Topos (2006), 5/10
It Won't Be Called a Broken Chair (2006), 5/10
Parallelisms (2007), 5.5/10
Twine (2007), 5/10
The Moment's Energy (2007), 5/10
A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves (2007), 6/10
Separately and Together (2007), 5.5/10
Time Lapse (2007), 5/10
Poetics (2007), 5/10
Metamorphic Rock (2007), 5/10
Live (2007), 5/10
Belle Ville (2007), 5/10
Whitstable Solo (2007), 5/10
Foxes Fox - Live at Vortex (2007), 5/10
Full Bloom (2008), 5/10
Psalms (2008), 5/10
Cinema (2008), 6/10
Schweben - Ay But Can Ye? (2009), 5/10
At Somewhere There (2009), 5.5/10
C- Section (2009), 5/10
Scenes In the House of Music (2009), 5/10
House Full of Floors (2009), 5/10
Together in Zero Space (2009), 5/10
The Bleeding Edge (2010), 7/10
Nightwork (2010), 6/10
Insects (2010), 5/10
Hasselt (2010), 5/10
Near Nadir (2010), 5/10
Improcherto (2011), 5/10
Trance Map (2011), 5/10
Vivaces (2011), 5/10
Live at Maya Recordings Festival (2011), 5/10
Rex, Wrecks, and XXX (2011), 6/10
The Voice is the One (2012), 5/10
Colors Of (2012), 5/10
At the Wind (2012), 5/10
Tri-Borough Triptych (2013), 5.5/10
World of Objects (2013), 5.5/10
Either Or And (2013), 5/10
Trance Map (2013), 5/10
Making Rooms (2013), 5/10
3 Nights at Cafe Oto (2013), 5/10
Ninth Square (2014), 5/10
Mira (2014), 6/10
Tie the Stone to the Wheel (2014), 5/10
The Hurrah (2014), 5/10
City Fall (2014), 6/10
Sounding Tears (2014), 5/10
Parallel Moments Unbroken (2014), 5/10
Extremes (2014), 6/10
Seven Electroacoustic Septet (2014), 6/10
Warsaw Concert (2015), 5/10
Leaps in Leicester (2015), 5.5/10
Miller's Tale (2015), 5/10
PEN (2015), 5/10
The Word for it Now (2015), 5/10
Flow of Spirit (2015), 5/10
The Unknown (2016), 5.5/10
Live @ Alchemia (2016), 5/10
Walthamstow Moon (2016), 5/10
Music for David Mossman (2016), 5/10
Uncharted Territories (2017), 5/10
Tools of Imagination (2017), 5/10
Descension (2019), 6.5/10
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An alumnus of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble of 1967, immensely prolific British saxophonist Evan Parker (1944) coined a wildly dissonant, incoherent and violent language at the instrument via the Music Improvisation Company (formed in 1968 with guitarist Derek Bailey), via Peter Broetzmann's Machine Gun (1968), via Derek Bailey's Music Improvisation Company (that he co-founded in 1968), via Tony Oxley's groups (from 1969), via Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers' Orchestra (that he joined in 1972), and via Alexander von Schlippenbach's Trio and Globe Unity Orchestra (that he joined in 1972).

The manifesto of Parker's art was The Topography of the Lungs (july 1970), notably the 20-minute Titan Moon and the twelve-minute Dogmeat, for a trio with guitarist Derek Bailey and percussionist Han Bennink. The four-disc Topographie Parisienne (april 1981) documents a live performance by the same trio: two lengthy trios, five duos, and two solos by Evan Parker.

For the next few years a duo with drummer Paul Lytton became Parker's main vehicle for experimenting with noise and home-made instruments. That duo was best documented in the 13-minute each Shaker and Lytton Perdu, off Collective Calls (april 1972), in the 28-minute The Theatre of the World and Photic Diversions (june 1973) and the 29-minute The Night the Ariel Left Harwich and Other Synchronicities (july 1974), off Three Other Stories (Parker on soprano and tenor saxophones, lyttonophone, dopplerphone, khene, ocarina and voice, Lytton on percussion and live electronics), then in the 42-minute Two Horn'd Reasoning Cloven Fiction (november 1975), off Two Octobers (Parker on soprano and tenor saxophones, Lytton on percussion and live electronics), and finally in the 38-minute live Ra 1+2 (june 1976).

The Longest Night (december 1976), reissued on the double-disc Corner To Corner, documents improvisations between Evan Parker (soprano sax) and John Stevens (drums and cornet).

Duets 7 1977 documents a live concert by Evan Parker on tenor & soprano saxes and Andrea Centazzo on percussion.

But Parker soon became, first and foremost, the British master of the soprano saxophone solo: the barbaric Saxophone Solos (september 1975), the virtuoso Monoceros (april 1978), the live At the Finger Palace (november 1978) and the live Vaincu.Va (november 1978), with the 35-minute solo Vaincu.Va!, the almost supernatural Six of One (june 1980) implemented the view of the improviser as a unity of body and mind. He himself described it as a circus-like art of juggling and acrobatics in order to fill the acoustic space. He achieved that goal by employing both circular breathing (a` la Roland Kirk) in order to extend duration and tongue techniques that enabled rapid successions of notes of very short durations. He could thus mix sustained overtones and the saxophone equivalent of polyrhythms, and create an extremely versatile language that mirrored the way people speak more than the way musicians usually play music.

Real Time (december 1977) and Real Time Two (december 1977) document live improvisations by Andrea Centazzo (percussion), Evan Parker (tenor and soprano saxes) and Alvin Curran (piano, trumpet and synthesizer).

One For Two And Two Twos (august 1978) documents a quartet with John Stevens (drum set & voice), Paul Rutherford (trombone & euphonium), Evan Parker (soprano & tenor saxes) and Barry Guy (double bass & electronics).

NYC 1978 (october 1978) documents a live solo performance.

From Saxophone & Trombone (may 1980) documents a collaboration between Evan Parker and George Lewis.

Two lengthy improvisations by Derek Bailey (guitar), Joelle Leandre (double bass), Evan Parker (tenor and soprano saxes) and George Lewis (trombone) were collected on 28 Rue Dunois Juillet 1982 (july 1982).

The Parker-Lytton duo became a trio with the addition of bassist Barry Guy and, while losing some of its irreverent, dadaistic, provocative overtones, heralded an austere form of trio improvisation as both Guy and Lytton kept expanding the range of their instruments by using amplification and live electronics. Tracks (january 1983), with the 19-minute Sidetrack, and Hook Drift and Shuffle (february 1983), a collaboration with American trombonist George Lewis that included the 34-minute Drift, led to Atlanta (december 1986), containing four lengthy improvisations Atlanta (25 minutes), The Snake as Road Sign (17 minutes) and Geometry (20 minutes). The trio became a staple of the improvising community thanks to yearly recordings: Imaginary Values (march 1993), the twelve Breaths and Heartbeats (december 1994), the live The Redwood Session (june 1995), Natives and Aliens (may 1996), a collaboration with pianist Marilyn Crispell, the live At The Vortex (june 1996), the live At Les Instants Chavires (december 1997), with the 38-minute Three-legged Chicken, the double-CD After Appleby (june 1999), a second collaboration With pianist Marilyn Crispell, highlighted by the 20-minute Blue Star Kachina, the 25-minute Where Heart Revive and the 51-minute live jam Capnomantic Vortex.

Seven Pieces - Live at Willisau 1995 (may 1995) documents a trio with saxophonists Daunik Lazro and Joe McPhee.

Two Chapters and an Epilogue (1999) was a collaboration with John Tilbury.

Parker's solo work continued to pursue a more intense form of music (although a bit more introverted) via The Snake Decides (january 1986), the monumental Conic Sections (june 1989), the sixteen short pieces of Process and Reality (may 1991), that first used overdubs, Chicago Solo (november 1995), his first solo tenor album, and Lines Burnt in Light (october 2001). His duos included Obliquities (december 1994) with Barry Guy, Tempranillo (november 1995) with Spanish pianist Agusti Fernandez, Most Materiall (february 1997) with percussionist Eddie Prevost, Here Now (january 1998) with cellist and trombonist Guenter Christmann.

Waterloo 1985 (1999) contains the one-hour Dark Interior (august 1985) with Hans Schneider (double bass), Paul Lytton (percussion and electronics), and Paul Rutherford (trombone). The Ayes Have It (2001) documents a trio with Paul Rogers (double bass) and Jamie Muir (percussion), including the 36-minute The Ayes Have It (august 1991).

In the 1990s Parker got intrigued by the electronic sounds that he experimented on Hall of Mirrors (february 1990), a collaboration with Walter Prati, and Dividuality (february 1997) and Solar Wind (january 1997), two collaborations With Lawrence Casserley. The Parker-Lytton-Guy trio became an Electro-acoustic Ensemble with the addition of Philipp Wachsmann (violin, viola, live electronics, and sound processing of Guy's and his own playing), Walter Prati (live electronics, and sound processing of Parker's playing) and Marco Vecchi (live electronics and sound processing of Lytton's playing) on the groundbreaking Toward the Margins (may 1996), the elegantly alien Drawn Inward (december 1998), that also featured Lawrence Casserley (also on live electronics and sound processing), the live Memory/Vision (october 2002), with Agusti Fernandez on prepared piano and Joel Ryan on computer besides Wachsmann, Prati, Vecchi and Casserley, and The Eleventh Hour (november 2004), that added sampling keyboards (operated by Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer) to the acoustic, electronic and digital arsenal of Memory/Vision. Parker was moving towards a music for soundsculptors, not just post-jazz improvisers, but, after all, he had always been a soundsculptor himself.

Parker added the ethnic element to his electro-acoustic experiments on the live Synergetics: Phonomanie III (september 1993), that mixed Vecchi and Prati with George Lewis, Korean vocalist Sainkho Namchylak, bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa, African percussionist Thebe Lipere, Vietnamese komungo harpist Jin Hi Kim and Carlos Mariani on "luaaneddas" (sort of electronic bagpipes).

Foxes Fox (july 1999) debuted a quartet with Steve Beresford on piano, John Edwards on bass and Louis Moholo on drums, that returned after a five-year hiatus with Naan Tso (october 2004).

At the turn of the century Parker also collaborated with the drum'n'bass duo Spring Heel Jack, and recorded the two Dark Rags (january 2000) with Keith Rowe.

The double-disc The Two Seasons (2000) contains trios with John Edwards (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums).

The Evan Parker Electroacoustic Quartet (Paul Lytton on drums, Joel Ryan on computer and Lawrence Casserley on signal processing instrument) is documented in the three lengthy live performances of Concert In Iwaki (october 2000)

The double-CD Needles (april 2001) debuted a trio with violinist Philipp Wachsmann and bassist Teppo Hauta-aho.

In 2002 Evan Parker formed the large ensemble Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (seven saxes, cello, clarinet, cornet, trumpet, two basses, two drums, three flutes, three guitars, two pianos and shakuhachi) that recorded Munich And Glasgow (december 2003) and Which Way Did He Go? (january 2005). Falkirk (october 2005) and Schweben - Ay, But Can Ye? (march 2009) were collaborations with bassist Barry Guy, and featured Bill Wells on keyboards and violinist Maya Homburger. The double-disc Separately & Together (may 2007) was collaboration with the London Improvisers Orchestra for a total of 44 performers. Evans did not play on Poetics (june 2007). Metamorphic Rock (december 2007) and Artificial Life 2007 were collaborations with George Lewis. After the live Insects (2010), the other live Improcherto (march 2011) marked the return of Evan Parker and the appearance of Lol Coxhill on soprano sax. The live The Word For It Now (november 2015) featured pianist Marilyn Crispell.

The double-CD America 2003 (may 2003) was a collaboration with Alex Schlippenbach and Paul Lytton. The idea was expanded on Bishop's Move (march 2003) to include Peter Broetzmann, bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake.

Parker collaborated with Spring Heel Jack and percussionist Mark Sanders on Trio With Interludes (2004).

Boustrophedon (september 2004) documents a live performance by the Transatlantic Art Ensemble (Parker, Roscoe Mitchell on saxophones, Anders Svanoe on alto saxophone, Corey Wilkes on trumpet, John Rangecroft on clarinet, Neil Metcalfe on flute, Nils Bultmann on viola, Philipp Wachsmann on violin, Marcio Mattos on cello, Craig Taborn on piano, Jaribu Shahid on double bass, Barry Guy on double bass, Tani Tabbal on percussion, Paul Lytton on drums).

Clapham Duos (may 2005) documents an improvisation between John Tchicai and Evan Parker.

Crossing The River (may 2005) documents the Evan Parker Octet with Neil Metcalfe (flute), John Rangecroft (clarinet), Philipp Wachsmann (violin), Marcio Mattos (cello), John Edwards (bass), John Russell (guitar), and Agusti Fernandez (piano).

Time Lapse (2007) collects solo recordings from 1996-2001.

Evan Parker/Ned Rothenberg (october 2006) collects live improvisations with reed player Ned Rothenberg.

A Glancing Blow (august 2006) with John Edwards on double bass and Chris Corsano on percussion included A Glancing Blow (28.31) and Out of the Pocket (47.53).

Topos (march 2006) is a collaboration between pianist Agusti Fernandez, Parker, bassist Barry Guy and percussionist Paul Lytton.

Parallelisms (february 2007), featuring the 18-minute Spore Attic Basement, was recorded by a trio with trumpeter Herb Robertson and pianist Agusti Fernandez.

A Life Saved By A Spider And Two Doves (september 2007) documents collaborations with Max Eastley on "electro-acoustic monochord", Graham Halliwell on computer and electronics, Mark Wastell on percussion: A Carp Gives a Lesson in Perseverance (15.53), Human Fireflies (14.27), The Chessboard Cherry Tree (16.51).

Free Zone Appleby (july 2006) is a collaboration with Italian guitarist Paolo Angeli and Ned Rothenberg.

Evan Parker's Electro-acoustic Ensemble featured another large line-up, with Peter Evans (trumpet), Ko Ishikawa (sho), Ned Rothenberg (clarinet), Philipp Wachsmann (violin, live electronics), Agustí Fernandez (prepared piano), Barry Guy (double-bass), Paul Lytton (percussion, live electronics), and others on their The Moment's Energy (november 2007).

Set (composed in 2003) features Barry Guy (bass), Paul Lytton (tympani, percussion, live electronics), the Furt-duo Richard Barrett/Paul Obermayer (on electronics), Lawrence Casserley (signal processing instrument), Walter Prati (live processing) and Marco Vecchi (sound projection).

Twine (february 2007) was a collaboration with saxophonist Urs Leimgruber.

C-Section (Second Layer, 2009) was a collaboration with noise-maker John Wiese.

House Full Of Floors (june 2009) features John Edwards on bass, John Russell on guitar and Aleks Kolkowski on viola.

Parker founded the Townhouse Orchestra with pianist Sten Sandell, bassist Håker Flaten and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love. They debuted with the double-disc Belle Ville (february 2007).

Whitstable Solo (july 2008) collected soprano saxophone solos.

Psalms (september 2009) was a duet between Evan Parker on tenor sax and Sten Sandell on church organ.

Nightwork (january 2010) documents two live jams by Evan Parker (on soprano and tenor saxes), Barry Guy (on double bass) and Paul Lytton (drums and percussion:. Cohobation (39 minutes) and Cupellation (22 minutes).

Scenes In the House Of Music (september 2009) was recorded by a quartet with Evan Parker (tenor and soprano saxes), Peter Evans (trumpet), Barry Guy (bass) and Paul Lytton (drums).

The live Brot & Honig (october 1999) documents a collaboration between Evan Parker and the Ton Art Ensemble, including the 36-minute Brot & Honig the 37-minute Syrah & Papidoux (composed by Nicola Kruse).

Full Bloom (june 2008) documents a collaboration with pianist Uwe Oberg.

It Won't Be Called Broken Chair (recorded in 2006) documents a collaboration between Misha Mengelberg and Evan Parker. At Somewhere There (february 2009) collects 40 minutes of improvisation by Parker, drummer Joe Sorbara and bassist Wes Neal. Trance Map (october 2008 to february 2011) documents collaborations between Parker and Matthew Wright (live sampling, turntables and sound design.

Evan Parker played on the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra's 39-minute piece on Improcherto (for HB) (march 2011), an all-acoustic 20-member unit.

Near Nadir (august 2010) documents a live collaboration between percussionist Mark Nauseef, Ikue Mori (on electronics), Evan Parker (on soprano sax), and bassist and composer Bill Laswell.

Together In Zero Space (2009) was a live collaboration between Parker and Grutronic, a project that features Stephen Grew (keyboards, processing), Richard Scott (wigi, buchla lightning, blippoo box), Nick Grew (transduction), and David Ross (drosscillator).

The Bleeding Edge (may 2010) documents sessions with Okkyung Lee (cello) and Peter Evans (trumpets), one of Parker's most lyrical achievements.

Foxes Fox - Live at the Vortex (february 2007) documents a live performance with Steve Beresford (piano), John Edwards (double bass) and Louis Moholo-Moholo (percussion), with special guest Kenny Wheeler (trumpet & flügelhorn) joining the band for the second set.

Vivaces (april 2011) documents a live performance by Evan Parker & GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee).

The Electroacoustic Ensemble released Hasselt (may 2010).

All Told (may 2011) documents a live performance by Eddie Prévost (drums), Evan Parker (tenor sax) and John Edwards (double bass).

Spring Heel Jack's John Coxon, Evan Parker (tenor sax) and Eddie Prevost (drums & cymbals) recorded the 55-minute live improvisation of Cinema (march 2008).

The Voice Is One (2012) documents a collaboration between tenorist Evan Parker and pianist Agusti Fernandez.

Live at Maya Recordings Festival (september 2011) captures a live improvisation by Evan Parker (soprano and tenor saxes), Barry Guy (bass) and Paul Lytton (drums).

The double-disc Rex, Wrecks & XXX (september 2011) was a collaboration between Matthew Shipp (piano) and Evan Parker (tenor sax), including the 42-minute improvisation XXX.

Tri-Borough Triptych (Matchless, 2013) documents three live jams of 2012-13 among saxophonist Evan Parker, percussionist Eddie Pr‚vost and pianist Sebastian Lexer.

A trio with drummer Eddie Provost and pianist Sebastian Lexer recorded Tri-Borough Triptych (recorded in 2012).

The live World Of Objects (september 2013) features Jeremiah Cymerman on clarinet, electronics and post production, Evan Parker on tenor & soprano saxes and Nate Wooley on trumpet. The music is mostly by Cymerman (especially the 28-minute Box Of Memories).

Either Or And (september 2013) was a collaboration with pianist Sylvie Courvoisier.

The double-saxophone trio of Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall and Tony Bianco (drums) recorded Extremes (june 2014), containing the 32-minute Extremes and the 24-minute Horus.

The two lengthy live pieces of Seven ElectroAcoustic Septet (may 2014), namely Seven-1 (46 minutes) and Seven-2 (19 minutes), introduced the new ensemble formed with Okkyung Lee (cello), George Lewis (electronics and trombone), Sam Pluta and Ikue Mori (electronics), Ned Rothenberg (clarinets and shakuhachi) and Peter Evans (trumpet).

The triple-disc 3 Nights At Cafe Oto (may 2013) documents lengthy live performances by Evan Parker (tenor sax), John Edwards (double bass), Eddie Prevost (drums), Christof Thewes (trombone) and Alexander Von Schlippenbach (piano).

A live improvisation with Joe Morris (guitar) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) is documented on Ninth Square (september 2014).

Trance Map (january 2013) was a collaboration with Matt Wright (turntable, computer) and Toma Gouband (percussion).

The live The Hurrah (august 2014) documents a jam by the trio of Evan Parker (tenor sax), John Edwards (double bass), and Chris Corsano (drums).

The four-disc live set Making Rooms (april 2013) finally documents Mopomoso, a group in existence since 1991 and consisting of Evan Parker (saxes), John Russell (guitar), John Edwards and David Leahy (both on double bass), Pat Thomas (piano), Alison Blunt (violin), Benedict Taylor (viola), Kay Grant (voice) and Alex Ward (clarinet).

Tie The Stone To The Wheel (march 2014) documents the duo of Evan Parker (soprano and tenor saxes) and Seymour Wright (alto sax).

Leaps In Leicester (february 2015) documents a collaboration with pianist Alexander Hawkins, notably the 35-minute The Shimmy.

Miller's Tale (september 2015) experimented a quartet with Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Mark Feldman (violin) and Ikue Mori (electronics).

Evan Parker played in the The Konvoj Ensemble with fellow saxophonists Lotte Anker and Ola Paulson , Liudas Mockunas on clarinets, Sten Sandell on piano, Jakob Riis on computer and Anders Uddeskog on percussion, as documented on the live Colors Of (october 2012) and Mira (november 2014), the latter containing the 20-minute In the Belly of the Whale - 3 Days and 3 Nights.

The Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio, i.e. the pianist with Evan Parker (sax) and Paul Lovens (drums), is captured live on Warsaw Concert (october 2015).

As The Wind (september 2012) was a collaboration with Velvet Underground's sideman Mark Nauseef on metallophone based percussion and Toma Gouband on lithophone-based percussion.

The Unknown (february 2016) contains two lengthy live improvisations by the quartet of John Escreet (piano), John Hebert (double bass), Evan Parker (tenor sax) and Tyshawn Sorey (drums).

PEN (january 2015) documents a live performance by the trio of Evan Parker (tenor sax), John Edwards (double bass) and Steve Noble (percussion). The double-disc City Fall (september 2014), containing the 43-minute Hunting Moon and the 34-minute In Case Of Fire, documents sessions with John Edwards, reedist Mikolaj Trzaska and drummer Mark Sanders.

Sounding Tears (september 2014) was a collaboration among Mat Maneri (viola), Evan Parker (saxes) and Lucian Ban (piano).

The live double-disc Duets Dithyramnisch (july 1989), featuring Wolfgang Fuchs on sopranino sax, bass & contrabass clarinets, Hans Koch on soprano & tenor sax & bass clarinet and Louis Sclavis soprano sax, clarinet & bass clarinet, contains the 22-minute saxophone duet Pace Lace.

Live @ Alchemia (june 2016) documents a collaboration with the Polish trio RGG (Lukasz Ojdana on piano, Maciej Garbowski on bass and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums).

Walthamstow Moon (november 2016) documents a trio with John Edwards (bass) and John Russell (guitar).

The double-disc City Fall (september 2014) featured Mikolaj Trzaska on alto sax & bass clarinet, John Edwards on double bass and Mark Sanders on drums, and contained the 43-minute Hunting Moon and the 34-minute In Case Of Fire.

The trio o f Evan Parker (sax), Barry Guy (bass) and Paul Lytton (drums) returned with the live Music For David Mossman (july 2016).

The double-disc Uncharted Territories (may 2017) documents the quartet of Dave Holland (bass), Evan Parker (tenor sax), Craig Taborn (piano, organ, keyboards, electronics) and Ches Smith (percussion).

The one-hour improvisation of Tools Of Imagination (september 2017) was a collaboration between Eddie Prevost (drums and percussion) and Evan Parker (tenor sax).

The live The Flow Of Spirit (april 2015) features William Parker on bass and Toshi Tsuchitori on drums.

The double-disc Parallel Moments Unbroken (december 2013 and june 2014) collects two performances by the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, one featuring an ensemble of 20 musicians and the other one an ensemble of 28 musicians, both including Evan Parker (sax) and Marilyn Crispell (piano).

Chiasm (february 2018) was a collaboration with Danish combo Kinetics (pianist Jacob Anderskov, bassist Adam Pultz Melbye, and drummer Anders Vestergaard).

The electronic-heavy Crepuscule In Nickelsdorf (july 2017) featured John Coxon (turntable, electronics), Ashley Wales (electronics), Matthew Wright (turntable, live sampling) and Adam Linson (double bass, electronics).

Tree Dancing (march 2010) documents a live performance by the stellar quartet of saxophonists Lol Coxhill, Joe McPhee and Evan Parker and drummer Chris Corsano.

Calenture And Light Leaks (march 2015) documents duets with Paul Smyth (piano).

Evan Parker also played on Slovenian jazz drummer Zlatko Kaucic's five-disc boxset Diversity.

The Village (september 2014) documents two lengthy improvisations by between Joe Morris and Evan Parker.

Evan Parker (soprano and tenor saxes), Barry Guy (bass) and Paul Lytton (drums and percussion) recorded the live Concert In Vilnius (october 2017).

Evan Parker (tenor sax) and Paul Lytton (drums) improvised Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee) (march 2019).

The double-disc The Balderin Sali Variations (september 2018) documents a live performance with Harri Sjoststrom on soprano & sopranino saxes, Sebi Tramontana on trombone, Philipp Wachsmann on violin & electronics, Libero Mureddu on piano, Emilio Gordoa on vibes & percussion, Veli Kojala on quarter-tone trumpet, Matthias Bauer & Teppo Hauta-Aho on basses and Paul Lovens & Dag Magnus Narsvevesen on drums & percussion.

Leonine Aspects (august 2017) documents a live improvisation between Evan Parker and Matthew Shipp.

Parker also played on pianist Alexander Hawkins' Togetherness Music (july 2020) in a 16-piece orchestra.

Fixing The Fluctuating Ideas (may 1996) documents a live performance by the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, here consisting of Sainko Namchylak on vocals, Phil Wachsmann on violin & electronics, Barry Guy on contrabass, Paul Lytton on drums & electronics, and Walter Pratti and Marco Vecchi both on live electronics,

Evan Parker also played his soprano sax on live Descension (Out Of Our Constrictions) (july 2019), the sixth album of Joshua Abrams's Natural Information Society, alongside Abrams on guimbri, Lisa Alvarado on harmonium, Patrick Avery on drums, and Jason Stein on bass clarinet.

Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble returned after a nine-year hiatus with the very electronic Warszawa 2019 (october 2019) a 58-minute live piece performed by Parker on soprano sax, Matt Wright (laptop, turntable), Paul Lytton (percussion, analogue electronics), Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer (both on sampling keyboard), Percy Pursglove (trumpet), Peter Van Bergen (clarinets), Mark Nauseef (percussion), Sten Sandell (piano, synthesiser) and Adam Linson (bass, electronics).

The 36-minute piece of Medway Blues (october 2009) features Evan Parker on tenor & soprano saxes, John Edwards on contrabass and Tony Marsh on drums.

The Evan Parker Quartet, featuring John Edwards (bass), Paul Lytton (drums), and Alexander Hawkins (piano), debuted with All Knavery & Collusion (june 2019), containing the 24-minute The Weather Set In Hot.

Sweet Nothings (april 2003) contains live duets between Joe McPhee (soprano and tenor saxes, pocket cornet) and Evan Parker (soprano and tenor saxes).

Transmap+, i.e. the trio of Parker, Matt Wright (laptop processing) and Robert Jarvis on trombone, was first documented on Grounded Abstraction (january 2022), which contains the 33-minute Grounded and the 35-minute Abstraction.

Linger Like Joy In Memory (june 2014) documents a live performance with Italian band Dissonanzen.

Then Through Now (december 2021) documents a live performance with Henry Dagg on electronics.

The three lengthy pieces of Etching The Ether (march 2022) document a quartet with Matthew Wright (live electronics), Peter Evans (trumpet and piccolo trumpet) and Mark Nauseef (percussion).

Dialog (november 2022) documents two improvisations with Sergio Armaroli (vibraphone).

The duo of Barry Guy and Evan Parker returned with So It Goes (february 2023).

Marconi’s Drift (december 2022) documents an intercontinental ensemble that performed via the Internet, the Transatlantic Trance Map, featuring Evan Parker (tenor & soprano saxes), Peter Evans (trumpets), Alex Ward (clarinet and guitar), Pat Thomas (live electronics), Robert Jarvis (trombone), Matthew Wright (turntable & live sampling/processing), Hannah Marshall (cello), Ned Rothenberg (alto sax, clarinets and shakuhachi), Mat Maneri (viola), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Craig Taborn (piano, keyboards), Ikue Mori and Sam Pluta (both on laptop electronics).

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