Evan Parker

[colinmce]

Never mind, that was JazzLoft who don't seem to have it anymore. Looks like $19.95 + $26.95 shipping at Squidco. Oof :/

[Blue Train]

Try Downtown Music Gallery.

[mjazzg]

Cafe Oto will do it to you for £16.00 plus £9.90 postage. As Colin said, Oof

It's good but that good...?

[clifford_thornton]

It's good but I don't know if it's desert island good.

Western Front's shipping prices are completely out to lunch, too, even to the US. I know Canada Post's rates have gone up, but they're not charging usual LP shipping prices. It seems closer to book mailing prices.

[king ubu]

Thanks for the psi/Emanem update ... definitely got some catching up to do there! Ordererd a few things (including the first Rutherford/Iskra 3CD set), including some Parker discs. Hard to get the wishlist down to a sensible length (I'm somewhere between 250 and 300£ now ...)

I could really band my head against the wall for having missed out on the reissue of "Topography of the Lungs" ... if anyone has an extra copy or finds one that fell of some truck, I'd be very interested!

[romualdo]

Thanks for the info on sourcing EP's Western Front -> was hoping Honest Jon's (UK) carried it -> have bought vinyl from them before

Just looked at my PSI acquisitions - have almost half of the 84 releases (there are probably 4 or 5 more I'd like to get)

Need to get a few more Lol Coxhill & Paul Rutherford releases

The price has been dropped to 7 pounds for quite a few of the PSI & Emanem single discs

[A Lark Ascending]

Just booked a ticket for this:

Evan Parker: 70th Special Birthday Celebration

Music / Saturday, 5 April 2014 - 8:00pm / Hall One: King's Place London

• Evan Parker saxophones
• Phillipp Wachsmann, Alison Blunt, Sylvia Hallett, Dylan Bates violin
• Aleksander Kolkowski viola, stroh viola, wax cylinder recorder
• Benedict Taylor viola
• Hannah Marshall, Alice Eldrich, Marcio Mattos cello
• John Russell guitar
• John Edwards, David Leahy bass
• Adam Linson double bass
• Django Bates piano, peck horn
• Percy Pursglove trumpet
• John Rangecroft clarinet
• Neil Metcalfe flute

With the help of some very special big-band guests, Evan Parker celebrates his 70th birthday – on the day – here at Kings Place.

Evan Parker has been playing sax since he was 14. Over his long, innovative and sometimes controversial career, he has collaborated and formed long-term associations with many jazz greats, explored the use of 'noise', experimented with home-made instruments, co-founded the ground-breaking and hugely influential Incus label, and embraced sound processing and electronica.

He is perhaps most recognized as the creator of a new solo saxophone language, extending the techniques and experiments started by John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, taking them into the realm of abstraction. His use of circular breathing techniques to create extended, complex, overlapping, repetitive and beautiful soundscapes is generally seen as the apex of saxophone virtuosity.

This is sure to be a unique and very special occasion. Don't miss out – book early.

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/evan-parker-70th-special-birthday-celebration#.UyibNah_ua8

I'm already booked into a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in Oxford the following day so this linked in nicely.

Not seen Evan Parker since the last Appleby wash-out (weather, not music, wise). And I've never been to King's Place so that will be interesting.

Edited March 18, 2014 by A Lark Ascending

[Head Man]

Just booked a ticket for this:

Evan Parker: 70th Special Birthday Celebration

Music / Saturday, 5 April 2014 - 8:00pm / Hall One: King's Place London

• Evan Parker saxophones
• Phillipp Wachsmann, Alison Blunt, Sylvia Hallett, Dylan Bates violin
• Aleksander Kolkowski viola, stroh viola, wax cylinder recorder
• Benedict Taylor viola
• Hannah Marshall, Alice Eldrich, Marcio Mattos cello
• John Russell guitar
• John Edwards, David Leahy bass
• Adam Linson double bass
• Django Bates piano, peck horn
• Percy Pursglove trumpet
• John Rangecroft clarinet
• Neil Metcalfe flute

With the help of some very special big-band guests, Evan Parker celebrates his 70th birthday – on the day – here at Kings Place.

Evan Parker has been playing sax since he was 14. Over his long, innovative and sometimes controversial career, he has collaborated and formed long-term associations with many jazz greats, explored the use of 'noise', experimented with home-made instruments, co-founded the ground-breaking and hugely influential Incus label, and embraced sound processing and electronica.

He is perhaps most recognized as the creator of a new solo saxophone language, extending the techniques and experiments started by John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, taking them into the realm of abstraction. His use of circular breathing techniques to create extended, complex, overlapping, repetitive and beautiful soundscapes is generally seen as the apex of saxophone virtuosity.

This is sure to be a unique and very special occasion. Don't miss out – book early.

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on-book-tickets/music/evan-parker-70th-special-birthday-celebration#.UyibNah_ua8

I'm already booked into a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in Oxford the following day so this linked in nicely.

Not seen Evan Parker since the last Appleby wash-out (weather, not music, wise). And I've never been to King's Place so that will be interesting.

Thanks for the heads-up, I must try to get down for that.

Update:

Damn, it clashes with a Joe Lovano concert I've already booked for at The Sage.

I'll try and make his 80th!

Edited March 18, 2014 by Head Man

[mjazzg]

I'll be there, hopefully

[A Lark Ascending]

Maybe we could have that pint!

Just thought, I saw EP in a never ending permutation at Cheltenham a few years back with Sanders, Edwards, Peter Evans and others. I think that was my last time.

I'm intrigued to hear:

• John Rangecroft clarinet
• Neil Metcalfe flute

Really taken by their contributions to a couple of his larger ensembles.

Edited March 18, 2014 by A Lark Ascending

[mjazzg]

Maybe we could have that pint!

Just thought, I saw EP in a never ending permutation at Cheltenham a few years back with Sanders, Edwards, Peter Evans and others. I think that was my last time.

I'm intrigued to hear:

• John Rangecroft clarinet
• Neil Metcalfe flute

Really taken by their contributions to a couple of his larger ensembles.

see you at the bar!

[mjazzg]

A great short film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49gTrDCU0U

Evan Parker in his London 'home from home' talking a lot of sense

[romualdo]

A great short film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49gTrDCU0U

Evan Parker in his London 'home from home' talking a lot of sense

many thanks!!! that was thoroughly enjoyable

[Head Man]

A great short film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49gTrDCU0U

Evan Parker in his London 'home from home' talking a lot of sense

Thanks for that...very enjoyable.

[Leeway]

Thanks for the clip MJAZZG. Really enjoyed it.

[Steve Reynolds]

Lordy Lordy to see John Edwards playing with 2 or 3 strings left on the bass is a nice dream I have.....

The end of that film was close to priceless.

I love it, I LOVE it

[A Lark Ascending]

Yes, very enjoyable. I love the opening where he goes all philosophical about jumping into pools and then says I hope you don't use that, it's bollocks.

Now if only BBC 4 could do one of its Friday evening specials on Evan Parker....and Barry Guy...and John Stevens... There are tales to be told, I suspect.

Has there ever been a biography?

Edited March 30, 2014 by A Lark Ascending

[uli]

this seems to be more of the show at which the film was done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34weY9UPuYg

[mjazzg]

Yes, very enjoyable. I love the opening where he goes all philosophical about jumping into pools and then says I hope you don't use that, it's bollocks.

Now if only BBC 4 could do one of its Friday evening specials on Evan Parker....and Barry Guy...and John Stevens... There are tales to be told, I suspect.

Has there ever been a biography?

There was a 'kickstarter'style attempt to get a bio funded a couple of years ago but it didn't come to fruition

[Alexander Hawkins]

Lordy Lordy to see John Edwards playing with 2 or 3 strings left on the bass is a nice dream I have.....

The end of that film was close to priceless.

I love it, I LOVE it

I did a gig once with Evan and John, and can't remember whether it was Tony Marsh or Louis Moholo-Moholo on drums...anyway, what I do remember is John losing a string within 5 minutes of the first set starting. Obviously, the guy's such a master (I don't use the word lightly) that I needed to see it; I *certainly* couldn't hear it!

[A Lark Ascending]

Excellent 70th concert. Very much demonstrated Parker's commitment to the idea of ensemble playing. Five pieces for alternating quartets and trios in the first half with everyone just playing once. Then a very dense toute ensemble second half with waves of great intensity broken through by passages allowing smaller combinations to create distinctive texture. But never any sense of a solo as such.

Evan did come back for a short soprano piece showing his mesmerising circular breathing.

Need to hear some of his music with strings on record now. Very taken by some of the Webernesque passages in the first half. A project for Spotify next week.

Nice to chat to mjazzg and friend. Don't often get to enthuse about this sort of music (or jazz in general) in real life.

Edited April 6, 2014 by A Lark Ascending

[mjazzg]

Excellent 70th concert. Very much demonstrated Parker's commitment to the idea of ensemble playing. Five pieces for alternating quartets and trios in the first half with everyone just playing once. Then a very dense toute ensemble second half with waves of great intensity broken through by passages allowing smaller combinations to create distinctive texture. But never any sense of a solo as such.

Evan did come back for a short soprano piece showing his mesmerising circular breathing.

Need to hear some of his music with strings on record now. Very taken by some of the Webernesque passages in the first half. A project for Spotify next week.

Nice to chat to mjazzg and friend. Don't often get to enthuse about this sort of music (or jazz in general) in real life.

Beautifully put, agree wholeheartedly. thanks for saving me (and the board) from writing my review, Bev.

Maybe the surprise of the evening for me was witnessing Django Bates in such company (perhaps the only one who couldn't be described as a 'usual suspect'?) - his piano contributions seemed to me uncharacteristically minimal (and free) but absolutely on the money

the whole evening came across as a very warm tribute to EP - I felt it was evident that every musician was pleased to be there and contributing. A word also for the sumptuous acoustic which made every contribution beautifully clear.

Enjoyed our chat too - Henry Cow and Family!

[A Lark Ascending]

John Stevens and Juhani Aaltonen too! We had our hip moments.

The acoustic was remarkable. As you say, everything crystal clear.

Yes, and Django was intriguing - none of his usual fingerprints (no zany moments). Seemed to deliberately submit himself to the whole.

[Steve Reynolds]

Sounds like a great event - very happy that it happened. Very grateful that at least a couple of listeners here attended.

Listened to disc 2 of Most Materiall this AM - the free jazz session that starts with track 2 with Prevost at his jazziest best. Some of Evan's most powerful tenor on record.

[mjazzg]

Sounds like a great event - very happy that it happened. Very grateful that at least a couple of listeners here attended.

Listened to disc 2 of Most Materiall this AM - the free jazz session that starts with track 2 with Prevost at his jazziest best. Some of Evan's most powerful tenor on record.

I listened to that this morning too