''Chicago Solo'' is an album by the British jazz saxophonist
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
, recorded in 1995 and released on
Okka Disk
Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994.
Okka began as a rock music label, but Johnson soon changed direction to record free jazz. . After eight records of solo soprano saxophone, it was his first unaccompanied tenor sax record.
[''Chicago Solo''](_blank)
at Okka Disk
Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994.
Okka began as a rock music label, but Johnson soon changed direction to record free jazz.
Reception
In his review for
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
, Thom Jurek states: "This is a fascinating and very listening disc of solo improvisations, one that is likely never to find a wide enough audience for its brilliant accomplishment on tenor saxophone."
''
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which were (at the time of publication) currently available in Europe or the United States. The first nine editions were compiled b ...
'' describes the results of his first full programme of tenor playing as "extraordinary, music of intense focus and a fearsome weight and intensity of tone."
Track listing
:''All compositions by Evan Parker''
# "Chicago Solo
2 – 1:44
# "Chicago Solo
– 4:40
# "Chicago Solo
for Chris McGregor" – 3:18
# "Chicago Solo
– 6:56
# "Chicago Solo
– 3:20
# "Chicago Solo
– 5:13
# "Chicago Solo
for Lee Konitz" – 2:57
# "Chicago Solo
– 2:15
# "Chicago Solo
0 – 4:46
# "Chicago Solo
1for Mr. Braxton" – 1:44
# "Chicago Solo
3 – 4:04
# "Chicago Solo
4 – 5:26
# "Chicago Solo
5 – 4:23
# "Chicago Solo
6for George Lewis" – 8:34
Personnel
*
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free ja ...
–
tenor sax
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the Alto saxophone, alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key ...
References
{{Authority control
1997 albums
Evan Parker albums
Okka Disk albums