Evan Parker - Strings with Evan Parker (2001)

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Artist: Evan Parker
Title: Strings with Evan Parker
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Emanem [4302]
Genre: Jazz, Free Improvisation
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 3:13:52
Total Size: 1021 MB(+3%) | 456 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

CD1:

1 The Sitting On The Roof Series 1 6:07
2 The Sitting On The Roof Series 2 5:54
3 The Sitting On The Roof Series 3 3:37
4 Laughing In The House 11:35
5 Another Fire Dril 16:31
6 Double Headed Serpent 28:04

CD2:

1 The Ghost Series 1: (Pizzicato) 5:15
2 The Ghost Series 2: (Pizzicato) 4:12
3 The Ghost Series 3: (Arco) 6:44
4 Sub-Group MM 1 2:52
5 Sub-Group MM 2 3:03
6 Sub-Group RD 3:47
7 Sub-Group MW 5:02
8 Sub-Group PC 6:28
9 Sub-Group PD 2:50
10 Sub-Group HD 2:47
11 Sub-Group JR 5:54
12 Sub-Group JE 3:05
13 Sub-Group KM 3:47

CD3:

1 The Spider's Web 29:51
2 Single Headed Serpent 28:04
3 Flying Spark 5:38

Evan Parker - Strings with Evan Parker (2001)

personnel :

Bouzouki, Guitar, Electronics – Peter Cusack
Cello – Marcio Mattos, Mark Wastell
Double Bass – John Edwards
Guitar – John Russell
Harp – Rhodri Davies
Soprano Saxophone – Evan Parker
Violin – Phil Durrant
Violin, Electronics – Kaffe Matthews

This project is credited to Evan Parker's name for convenience, but also because he instigated it. In January 1997, the saxophonist invited a couple dozen improvisers to the studio to perform some large-scale pieces (the last track comes from this session). A year later, he reiterated the invitation, but this time only to a handful of string instruments and electronics players. Nine turned up, all from the British free improv scene. Strings With Evan Parker, a three-disc set, contains the whole session. Parker gave very basic instructions and joined in on soprano saxophone only on about one-third of the music performed that day. The set starts with short pieces ("The Sitting on the Roof Series," a warm opener), then moves to middle-length improvs. The 28-minute "Double Headed Serpent" is a dronelike piece on which Parker later overdubbed a solo -- a conclusive experiment. Disc two features mostly subgroup pieces. Each participant was given the chance to choose a number of players to lead a short improvisation. Results vary but are all interesting. Disc three contains another half-hour long improv with Parker performing with the group in real time. "Single Headed Serpent" is the same take as "Doubled Headed Serpent," minus the overdubbed solo. This experiment with a string ensemble is much more conclusive than the one Parker led with the TonArt Ensemble (released as Brot & Honig on True Muze, 2000). The music follows the vein of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble or the London Improvisers Orchestra (for a more contemporaneous reference). But it seems the album would have had more punch if limited to a two-CD set by omitting "Single Headed Serpent" (it feels redundant), "Flying Spark," and the weaker "The Ghost Series." The price tag accompanying this set makes it an item for fans only.~François Couture

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