Chuck Nessa Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-4U3623nbQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Yeah without a doubt the most technically amazing trumpeter I've ever heard. Only saw him live a couple of times but I'm gonna go see his Zebulon Trio next month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 I've heard him only on record. Evan Parker is touting his virtues to anyone who wil listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 can't keep up with all these cats recordings but have heard some on youtube in various formations and on internet radio, This particular clip I had not heard before it's probably the one that i enjoy him the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 I heard his quartet live at the intimate Firehouse 12 a couple of years ago. I have also heard many recordings he appears on - in particular with Mostly Other People Do The Killing. I respect his obvious mastery of the trumpet, including a wide range of extended techniques. Some of the actual music he has created outside of his original quartet or with MOPDTK has not really connected for me, but he is certainly a "star" within the realm he operates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 If he's performing I will buy it, or go see him if within road trip distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Saw him playing in one of those Evan Parker evenings where the musicians mixed and matched. Very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Peter's an incredible musician. I really love this record on Clean Feed - fantastically imaginative reworkings of some standards, in effect. Often what really gets me about his playing is the exuberance - sort of the same buzz as with some Freddie Hubbard/Johnn Griffin etc...you just hear the joy of *really* playing hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Wednesday, Jul 31 - 8:30PM PETER EVANS' Peter Evans, trumpet; John Hébert, bass; Kassa Overall, drums "Peter Evans' new Zebulon trio is an exploration of the extremely rare trumpet/bass/drums format. Named after the now-closed Brooklyn club, Evans works with the virtuosic and versatile rhythm team of John Hebert (Andrew Hill, Mary Halvorson, Fred Hersch) and Kassa Overall (Vijay Iyer, Geri Allen, Steve Coleman). The music seamlessly blends groove, loose improvisation and intricate compositions. "With this disc, Mr Evans and his trio have raised the bar even higher than usual. This is will be nearly impossible to top as far as trumpet trios are concerned. Mr. Evans is not the only player here in top form, both bassist John Hebert who takes a couple of astonishing solos, and drummer Kassa Overall are consistently flabberghasting throughout. All three musicians play with superhuman creativity."--Bruce Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Highlights of Peter Evans week @ The Stone 9/14 Saturday 8 pmPeter Evans OctetPE (trumpets, compositions) Ron Stabinsky (piano, trumpet) Brandon Seabrook (guitar, banjo, electronics) Tom Blancarte (bass, euphonium) Dan Peck (tuba, amplified tuba, bass) Sam Pluta (live electronics, trombone) Jim Black (drums, electronics) Ian Antonio (percussion)One 2 hour set at 8pm.9/15 Sunday8 and 10 pmRocket ScienceEvan Parker (saxes) Peter Evans (trumpets) Sam Pluta (live electronics) Craig Taborn (piano) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I couldn't make it to :30. Your mileage may and obviously does vary. But Jesus Christ if that's music get me the hell out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Heard him at The Hideout in Chicago a year or two ago. Very impressive (as in the clip) in terms of technique and imagination, but over the course of an entire set (which IIRC consisted of one unbroken stint) he began to wear me out some -- too unvaried, perhaps too "athletic." In the same general area of stunning trumpet chops/extended techniques, I've been more taken with Jacob Wick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Sounds a bit like a rebel without a cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Sounds a bit like a rebel without a cause. His group work in Mostly Other People Do The Killing tells another story FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I see Jacob Wick wants $40 for his new CD !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Sounds a bit like a rebel without a cause. His group work in Mostly Other People Do The Killing tells another story FWIW. Words can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 At times it's difficult to believe it's a trumpet making the noises. Multiple times in the performance the sound reached a wail of unearthly creepiness. His circular breathing is remarkable. It's not my bag, but it's pretty intense. My tastes fall more in line with Dan Gould's. It raises questions for me as to how much of this might just be considered showing off chops, like a metal guitarist just shredding for the sake of shredding. As if it were more practicing than composing. Although there is a somewhat emotional feel to it all, I feel as if it's a bit mush-mouthed or not as pronounced in the emotion it provokes as a solo arriving at such technical fireworks within the context of more recognizable jazz elements. Don't get me wrong, I think there's room to appreciate any sort of music performed however anyone wants to perform it. And if this is exactly someone's bag, more power to it. It feels to me like the height of a solo, at its most abstract and completely detached moment, extended for 20 minutes, and not bookended by the journey there and back. How did we get there? I don't know, but we're there, it's eerie, and we don't get to go home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) For me, I would rather hear him in a trio or quartet just as I prefer Evan Parker in a trio or quartet playing something nearer to jazz/free improvisation For improvisational music that is more abstract, I prefer to listen to Axel Doerner or Greg Kelley with some of the other musicians that specialize in smaller sounds in what is known by some as EAI or electro acoustic improvisation which for me is a much more subtle and less expressive form of improvisation. Once I became interested in that sort of thing over tem years ago it helped my ears and my mind into being more open to other aspects of listening and music. Of course it IS music, it just isn't for all listeners. My starting suggestion for the abstract in improvisation is always two discs first being AMM's Live in Allentown as it combines discernible instruments (drums and piano) with what Keith Rowe does. And it IS music. For what it is, it's actually some if the greatest music I've ever heard and this recording has Eddie Prevost in a mode during part of the 59 minute piece that comes from his jazz drumming background. And John Tilbury for what he does is one of the great pianists of his or really any other generation The other is called Schnee which really is one of the original old school EAI recordings from around 1998 which had me within a couple of spins after I stopped expecting to hear something that just wasn't there. Edited June 23, 2013 by Steve Reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) Just fast forward to 18.00 minutes or so for the lovely lilting lines towards the end or try this trio performance instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-mRLLIM-Q Edited June 23, 2013 by freelancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Shouldn't that be "BULL Shit Factor" behind the (alleged) trumpeter? Is it music? Sure, if music is supposed to be ugly and headache-inducing. But not in the world I prefer to live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Shouldn't that be "BULL Shit Factor" behind the (alleged) trumpeter? Is it music? Sure, if music is supposed to be ugly and headache-inducing. But not in the world I prefer to live in. So find another world. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Can he or his band play along to changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Can they play strict counterpoint in sonata form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigP Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Like Alexander, I recommend "Live in Lisbon"; he can definitely play the changes if the music warrants that. Two with Evan Parker that I recommend are Scenes InThe House Of Music, and The Moments Energy with the electro-acoustic ensemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Reynolds Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Like Alexander, I recommend "Live in Lisbon"; he can definitely play the changes if the music warrants that. Two with Evan Parker that I recommend are Scenes InThe House Of Music, and The Moments Energy with the electro-acoustic ensemble. They would HATE "Scenes in the House of Music" No playing changes there as Evan Parker, Barry Guy and Paul Lytton just couldn't cut it playing straight ahead jazz so they formed a trio 30 something years ago that allowed them with their low technique or lack of being able to play changes skill to make headache causing or vomit inducing music under the legendary moniker of Parker-Guy-Lytton Of course Barry Guy is among the greatest bassists alive schooled in all forms music, having written many of the greatest large form Orchestra pieces in all of jazz over the past 40 years while Evan Parker is Evan Parker But many have no use for it, I understand - but the bullshit line is just that. Can I say much of what some like to constantly listen to is the always same old theme, solos, theme sleep and coma inducing tripe with musicians who haven't or won't incorporate anything outside of get ready for more of the same But the tired old adage about whether they can play changes, please That argument was over 10 to 15 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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