The Evan Parker

Evan Parker - Whitstable Solo (2010) {psi records}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 349 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 147 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 19 Mb
© 2010 psi records | psi 10.01
Jazz / Free Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

Eight soprano saxophone solos. The 2008 solo concert in Whitstable began as an invitation from artist Polly Read and film-maker Neil Henderson to collaborate on a joint work that included a concert in St.Peter's. These recordings are taken mostly from the concert but, as with LINES BURNT IN LIGHT, one piece was recorded before the audience arrived. These are the first recordings in what has become a series of visits to the church, which has perfect acoustics and is just around the corner from where recording wizard Adam Skeaping now lives. Watch this space.

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble - The Eleventh Hour (2005) {ECM 1924}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 337 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 175 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 26 Mb
© 2005 ECM Records | ECM 1924
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Electro-Acoustic / Conceptual Art

Eleventh Hour is the fourth offering by Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble on ECM. The ensemble here numbers 11 members, six of whom are electronic sound sculptors and sound processors, with the remainder – including Philipp Wachsmann and Paul Lytton – are free jazz and new music improvisers. The title piece, in five parts, was commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Center in Glasgow, where the album was recorded.

Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford, Barry Guy, John Stevens - 4,4,4, (1993) {Konnex}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 385 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 159 Mb
Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 13 Mb
© 1993 Konex | KCD 5049
Jazz / Free Jazz / Modern Creative / Avant-Garde Jazz

This was one of the stranger recordings issued by Konnex at the time, in that the band listed as playing 4,4,4 (in five parts) isn't the only band on the record. After the quartet's five selections are played through, a new band consisting of Stevens with violinist Nigel Coombes and guitarist Roger Smith improvises "Surfaces" for over 23 minutes! There is no information on the front cover to denote such a thing. Oh well, those Brits. As for the seasoned quartet on "4,4,4," strange, haunting, and beautiful are the words that describe the result of their latest collaboration.

Various configurations of four jazz titans recorded live one evening during Cafe Oto’s early years.

Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio - Gold Is Where You Find It (2008) (ft. Evan Parker) {Intakt}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 347 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 152 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 17 Mb
© 2008 Intakt Records | Intakt CD 143
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Free Jazz

35 years after the first album of the Schlippenbach trio and after numerous releases of live recordings, Schlippenbach-Parker-Lovens now present a studio recording of particular quality and atmosphere. GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT shows that after years of co-operation and intensive common musical experience the Schlippenbach trio has reached its climax.

Schlippenbach Trio - Swinging The Bim (2000) [2CD] {FMP} (ft. Evan Parker)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 569 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 238 Mb
Full Artwork @ 400 dpi (png) -> 60 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2000 FMP-Publishing | CD114/15
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Modern Creative / Free Jazz

This is everything it ought to be. This high-test modern jazz trio taped a 1998 gig at Amsterdam's Bimhuis, and the members were happy enough with the results to release a double CD containing both sets in their entirety. Only a good jazz group could get away with something like this; so fear not, the Schlippenbach Trio is not just good, it is great.

The Famous Abbey Road Studio 2 was the location for this meeting and the vivid sound does great justice to the first duo recording of these two giants of improvised music.