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Evan Parker
saxophonist
Since 1944
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Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Recording and performing with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation. He has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of extended techniques. Critic Ron Wynn describes Parker as "among Europe's most innovative and intriguing saxophonists...his solo sax work isn't for the weak."
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Evan Parker est un saxophoniste de jazz et de musiques improvisées anglais né le 5 avril 1944 à Bristol. Il est célèbre pour sa participation au développement du free jazz et de la musique improvisée en Europe, ainsi que pour le développement de techniques très personnelles au saxophone.
Evan Parker commence à étudier le saxophone à 14 ans. Il ne se dirige pas tout de suite vers la musique, mais entame des études de botanique à l'Université de Birmingham, puis déménage à Londres. En 1966, Parker commence à jouer dans le Spontaneous Music Ensemble, avec John Stevens.
En 1968, Evan Parker quitte le SME et commence à jouer régulièrement avec Derek Bailey, avec lequel il fonde le label Incus en 1971. En 2001, il fonde son propre label, PSI Records, avec l'aide du label Emanem et de son fondateur Martin Davidson.
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Discography
Albums
- 1970 The Topography of the Lungs
- 1972 Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)
- 1976 Saxophone Solos
- 1977 The Longest Night, Vol. 1
- 1978 Groupcomposing
- 1978 Monoceros
- 1978 The Longest Night, Vol. 2
- 1980 4,4,4,
- 1980 From Saxophone & Trombone
- 1981 Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 1: The Social Set
- 1981 Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set
- 1981 Hypa-Stretch
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- 1981 Incision
- 1982 Six of One
- 1986 The Snake Decides
- 1990 Hall of Mirrors
- 1991 Process and Reality
- 1993 Conic Sections
- 1994 The Fire Tale
- 1995 Cuts
- 1995 Improvvisazioni
- 1995 Obliquities
- 1995 Time Will Tell
- 1995 Corner to Corner
- 1996 Bits & Pieces, Solo and Duets
- 1996 Evan Parker with Ghost-in-the-Machine
- 1996 Tempranillo
- 1996 Two Octobers (1972-1975)
- 1997 Chicago Solo
- 1997 Most Materiall
- 1997 Somewhere Bi-Lingual
- 1997 Monkey Puzzle
- 1997 London Air Lift
- 1997 Solar Wind
- 1999 Arch Duo
- 1999 Foxes Fox
- 1999 The Promise
- 2000 High Tide
- 2000 Two Chapters and an Epilogue
- 2001 Dividuality
- 2001 The Ayes Have It
- 2001 Passage to Hades
- 2001 Rangirua
- 2001 Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder
- 2002 Chicago Tenor Duets
- 2002 The Grass Is Greener
- 2002 The Needles
- 2003 Birds and Blades
- 2004 Evan Parker With Birds
- 2004 Imponderable Evidence
- 2004 Suspensions and Anticipations
- 2005 Glossolalia
- 2005 Short Stories
- 2006 Time Lapse
- 2007 Abbey Road Duos
- 2007 Parallelisms
- 2008 A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves
- 2009 C-Section
- 2009 House Full of Floors
- 2010 Psalms
- 2011 Near Nadir
- 2011 Trance Map
- 2011 The Bleeding Edge
- 2013 Rex, Wrecks & XXX
- 2013 The Trees
- 2014 Either or And
- 2015 Clapham Duos
- 2016 Duets 71977
- 2016 Miller’s Tale
- 2016 As the Wind
- 2017 Sounding Tears
- 2017 Walthamstow Moon (’61 Revisited)
- 2019 Work in Progress
- 2020 Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee)
- 2021 Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians)
- 2021 2001
- 2021 Winns Win
- 2022 Raise Four
- 2022 THEN THROUGH NOW
- 2023 Dialog
