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Evan Parker
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The saxophonist Evan Parker, from Bristol, fell under the spell of John Coltrane as a teenager. In London he played in John Stevens's Spontaneous Music Ensemble and with the guitarist Derek Bailey. In 1970, with Bailey and the drummer Tony Oxley, he founded the label Incus. Parker developed a technique of his own on the soprano saxophone using circular breathing: he breathes in through his nose while continuing to blow, so that he can play for minutes without interruption. This produces layers of rapidly repeated patterns and overtones. He also played for a long time in the trio of Alexander von Schlippenbach, and in 2017 with the young London duo Binker and Moses.
Listening
Environ 1 · Evan Parker, 1978
Feature 1 · Schlippenbach Trio (met Evan Parker & Paul Lovens), 2015
The Valley of the Ultra Blacks · Binker and Moses (met Evan Parker), 2017
Discography
Studio albums
- 1970The Topography of the Lungs
- 1972Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)
- 1976Saxophone Solos
- 1977The Longest Night, Vol. 1
- 1978Groupcomposing
- 1978Monoceros
- 1978The Longest Night, Vol. 2
- 19804,4,4,
- 1980From Saxophone & Trombone
- 1981Hypa-Stretch
- 1981Incision
- 1981Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 1: The Social Set
- 1981Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set
- 1982Six of One
- 1986The Snake Decides
- 1990Hall of Mirrors
- 1991Process and Reality
- 1993Conic Sections
- 1994The Fire Tale
- 1995Corner to Corner
- 1995Cuts
- 1995Improvvisazioni
- 1995Obliquities
- 1995Time Will Tell
- 1996Bits & Pieces, Solo and Duets
- 1996Evan Parker with Ghost-in-the-Machine
- 1996Tempranillo
- 1996Two Octobers (1972-1975)
- 1997Chicago Solo
- 1997London Air Lift
- 1997Monkey Puzzle
- 1997Most Materiall
- 1997Solar Wind
- 1997Somewhere Bi-Lingual
- 1999Arch Duo
- 1999Foxes Fox
- 1999The Promise
- 2000Two Chapters and an Epilogue
- 2001Dividuality
- 2001Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder
- 2001Passage to Hades
- 2001Rangirua
- 2001The Ayes Have It
- 2002Chicago Tenor Duets
- 2002The Grass Is Greener
- 2002The Needles
- 2003Birds and Blades
- 2004Evan Parker With Birds
- 2004Imponderable Evidence
- 2004Suspensions and Anticipations
- 2005Glossolalia
- 2005Short Stories
- 2006Time Lapse
- 2007Abbey Road Duos
- 2007Parallelisms
- 2008A Life Saved by a Spider and Two Doves
- 2009C-Section
- 2009House Full of Floors
- 2010Psalms
- 2011Near Nadir
- 2011The Bleeding Edge
- 2011Trance Map
- 2013Rex, Wrecks & XXX
- 2013The Trees
- 2014Either or And
- 2015Clapham Duos
- 2016As the Wind
- 2016Duets 71977
- 2016Miller’s Tale
- 2017Sounding Tears
- 2017Walthamstow Moon (’61 Revisited)
- 2019Work in Progress
- 2020Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee)
- 20212001
- 2021Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians)
- 2021Winns Win
- 2022Raise Four
- 2022THEN THROUGH NOW
- 2023Dialog
- 2024The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc.
- 2026May Spring Last a Lifetime
- 2026Those Landings
Other work
- 1968Karyobin · Spontaneous Music Ensemble
- 2017Journey to the Mountain of Forever · Binker and Moses
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader