27th January 2011

Audio with 1 note

Parker / Guy / Lytton + Peter Evans, “Scene 1 (Excerpt)”
Scenes in the House of Music (Clean Feed)

Evan Parker on tenor and soprano saxophones, Peter Evans on trumpet, Barry Guy on the upright bass, and Paul Lytton on percussion. Picked this record up after seeing Evans for the second time back in early December at the Stone (impressions from the first time, over a year ago at Amherst College, can be found here), mainly because I’ve seen Evan Parker a few times, and always leave the performance elated, so I was interested to hear how Evans and Parker would interact. I was not disappointed.

Everyone on this record holds it down and beats it senseless. Their expression is broken up into five “scenes,” each twelve to fourteen minutes in length, and each powerful in its own manner. This is definitely one of those “close your eyes and let it work on you” live performances, atmospheric and dense. I spent many an afternoon at work doing nothing but listening to this, and I plan to do so once again in the near future.

Tagged: Evan ParkerPeter EvansBarry GuyPaul Lyttonhonkers and squeakersgetting into a serious thing