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Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton + Schlippenbach Trio - 2x3=5 (2001) {Leo Records}
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© 2001 Leo Records | CD LR 305
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Free Jazz

2x3=5 connotes the merging of two trios: pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, saxophonist Evan Parker, drummer Paul Lovens and Parker's longtime associates, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. However the thrust behind this fascinating seventy-seven minute presentation, resides within the artists' abilities to regenerate a hodgepodge of sub-themes into a series of propulsive statements marked by their tireless inventions and boundless energy.

Evan Parker - Conic Sections (For Kunio Nakamura) (1993) {Ah Um}
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© 1993 Ah Um | ah um 015
Jazz / Free Improvisation / Saxophone

Of the many solo soprano recordings by British improviser Evan Parker, few offer as intimate a portrait as this one in terms of his development as an artist. In 1993, Parker had hit a new stride in his playing. He worked – as he does now – long hours to find a way through the improvisation barrier imposed by the restrictions of circular and conventional breathing, toward a series of microtonal possibilities that were adaptable in virtually any situation, solo or group. His practice had led him to a place of opening the breathing techniques toward new microphonics and multiple sonances. His wish to document them, however, led to his nearly abandoning his findings. He discovered that in the music rooms of Holywell in England, that the harmonic atmospherics of the room, of the architecture itself, provided an entirely new set of tonal and spatial possibilities he hadn't counted upon and proceeded to make a record to document those instead.

Evan Rogers is one half of the songwriting/producing team with Carl Sturken that are behind a string of hits for many artists. Love Games contains the track Private Joy, which was written by Prince. It also contains the duet with Evelyn King, Full Time Lover. Evan is now known as a talented vocalist and songwriter, penning hits with Carl Sturken for Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Dave Koz, and 'N-Sync, to name a few.

Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton - Live At Maya Recordings Festival (2013) {NoBusiness Records}
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© 2013 NoBusiness Records | NBCD 55
Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde Jazz

After twenty one recordings there may not be too much more to say about the superlative English threesome of saxophonist Evan Parker, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. Some 30 years on since their debut Tracks (Incus, 1983), they converse in a language entirely of their own making, which relies on a staggering density of ideas, chops to burn and a preternatural responsiveness. Live At Maya Recordings Festival, captured at Winterthur, Switzerland in 2011 forms another top notch entry into an already distinguished discography.

This limited edition special Record Store Day 2LP ‘bookback’ reissue includes a disc of unreleased tracks, singles, b-sides and rarities. Emerging after The Lemonheads disbanded Evan Dando returned to music first with a solo tour and ‘Live At The Brattle Theatre’ then his debut solo album ‘Baby I’m Bored’.

Agustí Fernández, Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton - Topos (2007) {Maya Recordings MCD0701}
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© 2007 Maya Recordings | MCD0701
Jazz / Free Jazz

Nine pieces of impulsive, on-the-fly sounds from a core trio of British legends: the saxophonist Evan Parker, improv/contemporary classical bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton - joined by Agusti Fernandez, the most accomplished Catalan jazz pianist since the postbopper Tete Montoliu. Fernandez joined the long-suspended British trio in Barcelona last year to add a seamless Cecil Taylor-like sound-stream to fast tailchasers such as Coalescence, darkly sinister or nimbly banjo-like plucked-strings noises here and there, and scary, door-slam chords.