Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays

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. Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European

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and

. He has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of

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. Critic

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describes Parker as "among Europe's most innovative and intriguing saxophonists...his solo sax work isn't for the squeamish."

Early influences

Parker's original inspiration was

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, and in recent years the influence of

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saxophone players has again become apparent in his music — there are tributes to

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and Lee Konitz on ''

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'' (ECM, 1993) and ''Chicago Solo'' (

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, 1997). He soon discovered the music of

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, who would be the primary influence throughout his career. Other important early influences were Cecil Taylor,

Albert Ayler Albert Ayler (; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. After early experience playing R&B and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s. Howev ...

and

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Early career

Parker moved to

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in 1966 and quickly became a part of the city’s improvised music scene based around the Little Theatre Club, joining John Stevens’

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. Along with guitarist Derek Bailey, he quickly became a leading figure in the improvised music movement in London and throughout Europe. One of his most lasting connections was with German pianist

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, whose trio he joined in 1970.

Solo soprano saxophone music

Parker is perhaps best known for his solo performances. Originally dismissive of solo performance as being too close in nature to traditional composition, he was inspired to experiment with solo performance by the possibilities for musician-instrument interaction demonstrated by Derek Bailey’s solo guitar improvisations. Primarily using the

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for these solo performances, the music makes use of a principle known as auditory streaming, where the use of wide registers creates the illusion of

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, which Parker terms “pseudo-polyphony”. This effect is achieved primarily by using

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in combination with

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polyrhythmic Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. The rhythmic layers may be the basis of an entire piece of music (cross-rhyth ...

fingering, and split

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Electronic music

Working with electronic music since the early days of the

or with his duo with

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, Parker has become increasingly interested in

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, usually through inviting collaborators such as

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, Walter Prati,

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, Sam Pluta or Matthew Wright to process his playing electronically, creating a

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loop and shifting

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. His various Electro-Acoustic Ensembles in particular are a showcase for this area of his work.

Later career and recordings

Parker has recorded a large number of albums both solo or as a group leader, and has recorded or performed with

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, John Stevens, Derek Bailey,

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Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Chica ...

, Cecil Taylor, John Zorn,

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, ...

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She ...

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Cyro Baptista Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays. Career Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to C ...

Milford Graves Milford Graves (August 20, 1941 – February 12, 2021) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, Professor Emeritus of Music, researcher/inventor, visual artist/sculptor, gardener/herbalist, and martial artist. Graves was noteworthy for his e ...

, George E. Lewis,

Tim Berne Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...

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, and many others. Two key associations have been pianist

's trio with Parker and drummer

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(documented on recordings such as ''Pakistani Pomade'' and ''Elf Bagatellen'') and a trio with bassist

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and drummer

. On Parker's 50th birthday, these two bands played a set apiece at a London concert; the results were issued by

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as the ''50th Birthday Concert''. Parker, Bailey, and

Tony Oxley Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is an English free improvising drummer and one of the founders of Incus Records. Biography Oxley was born in Sheffield, England. A self-taught pianist by the age of eight, he first began playing the drums at s ...

founded

Incus Records Incus Records is a British record company and label founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters that specializes in free jazz and improvised music. The first release on the label was Incus Number 0 (zero), a 7 “ r ...

in 1970. The label continued under Bailey's sole control after a falling-out between the two men in the early 1980s. Parker curates Psi Records, which is issued by Martin Davidson's

Emanem Records Emanem Records is a record company and independent record label founded in London, England in 1974 by Martin Davidson and Madelaine Davidson to record free improvisation. Its headquarters moved to New York City (1975–76), New Jersey (1979 ...

. From 1999 to 2007 Parker co-ordinated, recorded and played in the Free Zone at the

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, held in Cumbria, England. The recordings were issued through his Psi record label. Although Parker's focus is free improvisation, he has appeared in conventional jazz contexts, such as Charlie Watts's big band and

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's ensembles and participated in

Gavin Bryars Richard Gavin Bryars (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music. Early life and career Born on 16 January 1943 in ...

's recording ''After the Requiem'', performing the composition "Alaric I or II" as part of a saxophone quartet. Parker contributed to

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's albums ''

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'' and ''

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.''

Pop music

He also has appeared in pop-music contexts: on Scott Walker's ''Climate of Hunter'', and on dubesque albums with

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, the adventurous

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duo

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and

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group

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. He appeared on the b-side to

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and

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's UK 1991 number-one hit "Dizzy", performing saxophone on "Oh, Mr Songwriter" (based on ''

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'' TV show end theme song). At one point during a sax solo, Vic can be heard shouting: "Pack it in, Parker!" Parker has also made notable appearances on record with Robert Wyatt.

Gallery

Evan Parker playing in

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Discography

As leader/co-leader

* '' The Topography of the Lungs'' (

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, 1970) with Derek Bailey and

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*''

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'' (Incus, 1968–70

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with Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies and

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* ''

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'' (ECM, 1970) with Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir and Christine Jeffrey * '' Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)'' (Incus, 1972) with

* '' At the Unity Theatre'' (Incus, 1975) with Paul Lytton * ''

Saxophone Solos ''Saxophone Solos'' is a solo soprano saxophone album by Evan Parker. Three of the tracks were recorded live on June 17, 1975, at the Unity Theatre in London, and the remaining music was recorded on September 9, 1975 at the FMP Studio in Berlin. ...

'' (Incus, 1976) * ''

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'' (Incus, 1978) * ''Six of One'' (Incus, 1980) * ''Incision'' with

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* ''Hook, Drift & Shuffle'' (Incus, 1985) * '' The Snake Decides'' (Incus, 1986) * ''

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'' (Impetus, 1990) * ''Process and Reality'' (FMP, 1991) * '' Three Blokes'' (FMP, 1992

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with

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and Steve Lacy * ''Conic Sections'' (AhUm, 1993) * ''Synergenics - Phonomanie III'' ( Leo, 1993) * ''Birmingham Concert'' (Rare Music, 1993

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* ''Imaginary Values'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton (Maya, 1994) * '' 50th Birthday Concert'' (Leo, 1994) * ''Obliquities'' with Barry Guy (Maya, 1995) * '' The Redwood Session'' (

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, 1995) with

* ''Breaths and Heartbeats'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton (Rastacan, 1995) * '' McPhee/Parker/Lazro'' (Vand'Oeuvre, 1996) with Joe McPhee and Daunik Lazro * ''

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'' (Nova Era, 1996) with Agustí Fernández * ''

Chicago Solo ''Chicago Solo'' is an album by the British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker, recorded in 1995 and released on Okka Disk. After eight records of solo soprano saxophone, it was his first unaccompanied tenor sax record.

'' (

, 1995) * ''London Air Lift'' (FMP, 1996) * ''At the Vortex'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton ( Emanem, 1996) * ''

Toward the Margins ''Toward the Margins'' is an album by the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM New Series the following year.

'' ( ECM, 1996) * ''Monkey Puzzle'' (Leo, 1997) with Ned Rothenberg * '' Natives and Aliens'' (Leo, 1997) with Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and

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* '' Unity Variations'' (Okka Disk, 1999) with Georg Gräwe * ''

Drawn Inward ''Drawn Inward'' is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 1999) * '' After Appleby'' (Leo, 2000) with Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and Marilyn Crispell * ''Lines Burnt in Light'' (Psi, 2001) * ''Passage to Hades'' (30Hz, 2001) with Jah Wobble * '' The Ayes Have It'' (Emanem, 2001) * '' Chicago Tenor Duets'' (Okka Disk, 2002) with Joe McPhee * ''

Memory/Vision ''Memory/Vision'' is a live album by the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo in October 2002 and released on ECM the following year.

'' (ECM, 2002) * ''Set'' (Psi, 2003) * '' The Eleventh Hour'' (ECM, 2004) * ''

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'' (ECM, 2004) * ''Crossing the River'' (Psi, 2005) * ''Time Lapse'' (

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, 2006) * ''Zafiro'' (Maya, 2006) * ''

The Moment's Energy ''The Moment's Energy'' is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in 2007 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 2007) * ''A Glancing Blow'' (

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, 2007) with

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Chris Corsano Chris Corsano is an American drummer, improviser, and composer. Career Alongside his solo work, Corsano has performed on over one hundred records with artists including Evan Parker, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Dredd ...

* ''Whitstable Solo'' (Psi, 2008) * ''House Full of Floors'' (Tzadik, 2009) * ''Psalms'' (Psi, 2010) with Sten Sandell * ''Scenes in the House of Music'' (Clean Feed, 2010) * ''Nightwork'' ( Marge, 2010) * ''Round About One O'Clock'' (Not Two, 2011) with Zlatko Kaucic * ''The Bleeding Edge'' (Psi, 2011) with Okkyung Lee, Peter Evans * ''The Voice is One'' (Not Two, 2012) with Agustí Fernández * ''Hasselt'' (Psi, 2012) * '' Dortmund Variations'' (Nuscope, 2012) with Georg Gräwe * '' Rex, Wrecks & XXX'' (

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, 2013) with Matthew Shipp * ''Live at Maya Recording Festival'' (NoBusiness, 2013) * '' Rocket Science'' (More is More, 2013) * '' What/If/They Both Could Fly'' (

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, 2013) with Joe McPhee * '' Either Or And'' (

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, 2014) with Sylvie Courvoisier * ''Seven'' (Victo, 2014) * ''Extremes'' (Red Toucan, 2014) with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco * ''Ninth Square'' (Clean Feed, 2015) with Joe Morris,

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As sideman

With Derek Bailey *''The London Concert'' (Incus, 1976) *''Compatibles'' (Incus, 1986) With

*''The Grass is Greener'' (Psi, 2000) With Borah Bergman *''The Fire Tale'' (

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, 1994) With

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*''

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Oort–Entropy ''Oort–Entropy'' is an album by bassist Barry Guy. It was recorded in May and July, 2004, at SWR Studio in Baden-Baden, Germany, and was released in 2005 by Intakt Records. On the album, which features a three-part composition by Guy, he plays ba ...

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References

External links

Official site

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