Comments on Eclectic Grooves: Christmas Comes Early

Connor, Thanks for bringing it to my attention tha...

2008-10-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

Connor,

Thanks for bringing it to my attention that people are still following these old links for the Evan Parker show. Last year I reuploaded this show under the blog entry "Eclectic Grooves Turns the Page". It was in honor of the celebration of my first year in blogging. I have posted an addendum and removed the original link on this post to alleviate any confusion. Please let me know what you think of the show.

Best, Kevin

Wow, this really sounds incredible. Could you re-u...

2008-10-18T17:34:00.000-07:00

Wow, this really sounds incredible. Could you re-up it? I love both the Parker-Guy-Lytton Trio and the Schlippenbach-Parker-Lovens Trio, so a cross between the two would be great to hear.

Dear Kevin, Thank you very much for this very nice...

2006-12-24T03:36:00.000-08:00

Dear Kevin,
Thank you very much for this very nice and valuable recording. You are one of the contributors to the free improvisation history so far. I would like to just add a few information: Schlippenbach was highly interested in playing Monk tunes then and just after this very concert, made some recordings with Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder and Uli Jennessen in Berlin only consisting of Monk compositions. The outcome is the triple cd from Intakt : Monk's Casino. So I suppose that's why he began the performance with a medley of Monk. Please refer to : http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/intakt/int100.html. Another thing is that this trio visited USA on May 2003 and did some live performances out of which only one double cd came out, which was published on Evan Parker's own label psi. The first concert of these cds were made in New Orleans on the Mayday, whereas the second one is from your neighborhood, Seattle Asian Art Museum, just one day after you saw them. So as for entitling the pieces, you can refer to this cd: http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/psi/psi0406.html . And I did not know that's because of Evan Parker's 60th birthday, thank you to all.
best,
volkan
www.lumpito.blogspot.com

Just now getting a chance to comment. This is wond...

2006-12-20T13:23:00.000-08:00

Just now getting a chance to comment. This is wonderful music - thanks for sharing this uber-rare Evan Parker music and for the insightful commentary.

BTW, if you check the Dewey Redman post at www.destination-out.com you'll find another list of 73/90 albums mostly unmentioned by others. It was an amazingly rich period and nice to see it being championed more prominently.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the comments everyone! I appreciate ce...

2006-12-19T14:16:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the comments everyone! I appreciate centrifuge's information about the particular songs that were played. I really just wanted to share this with as many people as possible. Please spread the word to anyone you know that would appreciate this. It is great to have a dialogue with people who share similar tastes in music.

I love all types of music so this site will reflect that. It will have its fair share of jazz, because I love jazz. But, it will also focus on avant garde noise, psychedelic rock, blues, ethiopiques, rare-funk, etc. I try to update a couple times a week, but because of the rush of the Christmas season I've only been able to update once a week for the past couple weeks. Please stop by again and sign up for the RSS feed if you want to know when the site has been updated. Also, if any of you would like to maintain an ongoing dilaogue, please leave me your e-mail address. Have a great Christmas holiday!

Kevin

Nice one. Recording sounds good, and it's an amaz...

2006-12-19T10:44:00.000-08:00

Nice one. Recording sounds good, and it's an amazing performance.

Many thanks for recording and posting this.

Ah yes I must add my thanks also my friend, yess y...

2006-12-19T08:50:00.000-08:00

Ah yes I must add my thanks also my friend, yess yes.

Indeed I cannot add anything to Centrifuge's informative tour-de-force.

Big up yerselves, fellas.

Lovely recording, Kevin man, thanks again.

Thanks for sharing this great recording! With one...

2006-12-16T05:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks for sharing this great recording!

With one obvious exception, none of these pieces will have titles - Parker's trios* usually play fully improvised music (as advertised on your flyer). Sometimes the performances are officially released and pieces are assigned titles retrospectively (eg the 50th Birthday Concert 2xCD on Leo has titles taken from the poems of Robert Graves), but generally when these concerts are broadcast (such as on BBC radio 3) nothing is listed except "improvisation 1", etc.

The obvious exception is Schlippenbach's piano solo, which is of course a medley in the course of which he briefly examines at least ten different themes. I don't recognise everything he plays, but here's what I can identify (all tunes by Monk except where stated): "Work" (first clearly stated beginning 03.22); "Locomotive" (04.29); "Off Minor" (07.46); the Eric Dolphy composition known variously as "Out There" or "Far Cry" (10.20); "Green Chimneys" (11.56); "Trinkle, Tinkle" (14.22); "Light Blue" (17.00). Like most avant-garde pianists, Schlippenbach is hugely influenced by Monk and requently revisits his material. There's a CD of his Monk covers on Enja.

Parker is known for his amazing circular breathing technique (which he taught to Anthony Braxton, according to the latter). Roscoe Mitchell does something very similar on occasion, but every live Parker concert I've heard includes at least one of these "circular solos".

* This is actually a hybrid of two long-standing trios: the "British" one with bassist Barry Guy and Paul Lytton, and the "German" one with Alex von S (who is nominally the leader of this second group) and percussionist Paul Lovens. As I understand it, this concert was part of a tour which Parker gave to celebrate his upcoming 60th birthday; he had intended to take the British trio, but when Guy had to pull out, Schlippenbach stepped in to take his place.

Hope this was helpful... thanks again for posting the music! I "followed you home" from Church Number Nine, and will be back later for a proper look around :)