Person · Male
Evan Parker
saxophonist
- From
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Since
- 1944–present
- Releases
- 246
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
- free improvisation
- free jazz
About
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
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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."
Member of
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Elsie Jo soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Tutti Orchestra soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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The Peter Brötzmann Octet tenor saxophone
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Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble eponymous, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, khene
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Schlippenbach Trio soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Evan Parker Trio eponymous, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Strings With Evan Parker eponymous, soprano saxophone
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Trance Map+ soprano saxophone
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Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Pule Pheto/Gibo Pheto/Barry Guy Quintet eponymous, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Tony Oxley Quintet tenor saxophone
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Parker / Guy / Lytton eponymous, saxophone
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Evan Parker Quartet eponymous, saxophone
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Cecil Taylor European Orchestra soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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2 X 3 = 5 soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Evan Parker Electroacoustic Septet eponymous, soprano saxophone
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September Winds soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Evan Parker Octet eponymous, tenor saxophone
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Townhouse Orchestra soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Evan Parker Quintet eponymous, tenor saxophone
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Sant’Anna Arresi Quintet by Evan Parker eponymous, tenor saxophone
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School of Velocity soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Barry Guy New Orchestra saxophone
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Schlippenbach Quartet soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Cecil Taylor Workshop Ensemble soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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The Peter Brötzmann Sextet tenor saxophone
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London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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Iskra 1903 tenor saxophone
Discography
Albums
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The Topography of the Lungs
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Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)
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Saxophone Solos
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The Longest Night, Vol. 1
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The Longest Night, Vol. 2
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Monoceros
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Groupcomposing
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4,4,4,
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From Saxophone & Trombone
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Incision
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Hypa-Stretch
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Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set
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Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 1: The Social Set
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Six of One
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The Snake Decides
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Hall of Mirrors
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Process and Reality
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Conic Sections
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The Fire Tale
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Improvvisazioni
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Cuts
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Obliquities
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Time Will Tell
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Corner to Corner
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Evan Parker with Ghost-in-the-Machine
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Tempranillo
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Bits & Pieces, Solo and Duets
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Two Octobers (1972-1975)
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Most Materiall
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London Air Lift
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Somewhere Bi-Lingual
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Monkey Puzzle
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Solar Wind
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Chicago Solo
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Arch Duo
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Foxes Fox
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The Promise
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Two Chapters and an Epilogue
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High Tide
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Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder
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Dividuality
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Passage to Hades
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The Ayes Have It
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Rangirua
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The Grass Is Greener
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The Needles
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Chicago Tenor Duets
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Birds and Blades
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Imponderable Evidence
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Suspensions and Anticipations
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Evan Parker With Birds
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Glossolalia
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Short Stories
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Time Lapse Apple Music
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Parallelisms
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Abbey Road Duos
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A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves
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C-Section
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House Full of Floors Apple Music
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Psalms
Singles
Live
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Tebugo
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Branches
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Insolence
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So It Goes…
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NYC 1978 Apple Music
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Gift
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Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves)
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A Schist Story
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Medway Blues
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descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
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descension (Out of Our Constrictions) I
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Leonine Aspects
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Pent
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Foxes Fox
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Parker, Edwards and Day
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Arkosberg
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Café Oto, London, the 22th of January 2020
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Locations
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Tree Dancing
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The Balderin Sali Variations
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Live at Angelica 2018
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Chiasm
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Inferences
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Kanazawa Duos
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Topographie Parisienne (Dunois, April 2ⁿᵈ, 3ᵈ & 4ᵗʰ, 1981)
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The Dogs of Nile
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Calenture and Light Leaks
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The Village
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Crepuscule in Nickelsdorf
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Tools of Imagination
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THE FLOW OF SPIRIT
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Parallel Moments Unbroken
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Linger Like Joy in Memory
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Paris (1997)
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Free Jazz Meeting Baden Baden '67
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28.5.17
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Live@Alchemia
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PEN
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Gianni Gebbia + Evan Parker Duos
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14.11.16
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Reunion Live From Cafe Oto
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Mopomoso Tour 2013: Making Rooms
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On Growth and Form
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City Fall: Live at Cafe Oto
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Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995
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Tie the Stone to the Wheel
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Live @ Loft Köln
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23.2.16 / 1.3.16
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Live at Spielraum: Trio / Quartet / Sextet
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Leaps in Leicester
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Hello, I Must Be Going
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The Hurrah
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#Two
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Title Goes Here
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Two Chaps
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Ninth Square
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Marsyas Suite
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28 Rue Dunois Juillet 1982
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Extremes
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World of Objects
Links
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Also known as
エヴァン・パーカー
Tags
- jazz and blues
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 8dba3cd5-5ed9-4472-8b38-c77ffc52b965
- ISNI
- 0000000083980024
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