DESCRIPTION OTOROKU reissue Evan Parker's frst solo LP Saxophone Solos. Recorded by Martin Davidson in 1975 at the Unity Theatre in London, at that time the preferred concert venue of the Musicians' Co-operative, Parker's densely woven and often cyclical style has yet to form; instead throaty murmurs appear under rough-hewn whistles and calls -- the wildly energetic beginnings of an extraordinary career. Reissued with liner notes from Seymour Wright in an edition of 500.

"The four pieces across the two sides of Saxophone Solos -- 'Aerobatics 1' to '4' -- are testing, pressured, bronchial spectaculars of innovation and invention and determination. Evan tells four stories of exploration and imagination without much obvious precedent. Abstract Beckettian cliff-hanging detection/logic/magic/ mystery. The conic vessel of the soprano saxophone here recorded contains the ur- protagonists: seeds, characters, settings, forces, conficts, motions, for new ideas, to delve, to tap and to draw from it story after story as he has on solo record after record for 45 years. 'Aerobatics 1-3' were recorded on June 17th 1975, by Martin Davidson at Parker's frst solo performance. This took place at London's Unity Theatre in Camden. 'Aerobatics 4' was recorded on September 9th the EVAN PARKER same year, by Jost Gebers in the then FMP studio in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Saxophone Solos Music of balance and gravity, fulcra, effort, poise, and enquiry. Sounds thrown and shaken into and out of air, metal and wood. It is -- as the titles suggest -- Label spectacular." --Seymour Wright, 2020 OTOROKU TRACKLISTING Format A1. Aerobatics 1 (16:20) LP A2. Aerobatics 4 (3:48) B1. Aerobatics 2 (6:30) Catalog Number B2. Aerobatics 3 (14:25) ROKURE 010LP EAN HIGHLIGHTS 5055869582988 • OTOROKU reissue Evan Parker's frst solo LP Saxophone Solos. • Recorded by Martin Davidson in 1975 at the Unity Theatre in London, at that time the preferred concert venue of the Musicians' Co-operative. 5 055869 582988 • Parker's densely woven and often cyclical style has yet to form; instead throaty murmurs appear under rough-hewn whistles and calls -- the wildly energetic Store Price beginnings of an extraordinary career. $18.39 • Reissued with liner notes from Seymour Wright in an edition of 500. Offcial web site: Release Date http://evanparker.com/ 02/26/21 Territory Also available: NORTH AMERICAN EXCLUSIVE (CVSD 056CD) MENGELBERG/PETER BROTZMANN/EVAN PARKER/PETER Genre BENNINK/PAUL RUTHERFORD/DEREK BAILEY/HAN BENNINK, MISHA: Groupcomposing CD [608887586671] FILE UNDER - P - JAZZ (HH 3107CD) CHERRY, MARION BROWN, EVAN PARKER, JOHN STEVENS, DON: Free Jazz Meeting Baden Baden '67 CD [5297961310711] (RCD 2149CD) PARKER & JOE MCPHEE, EVAN: What/If/They Both Could Fly CD [7033662021499] (RLP 3149LP) PARKER & JOE MCPHEE, EVAN: What/If/They Both Could Fly LP+CD [7033660031490] (ROKU 012LP) PARKER/JOHN EDWARDS/CHRIS CORSANO, EVAN: The Hurrah LP [769791958579] (ROKURE 001LP) PARKER/DEREK BAILEY/HAN BENNINK, EVAN: The Topography of the Lungs LP [5060394810055] (ROKURE 002LP) BAILEY/EVAN PARKER, DEREK: The London Concert LP [769791969483] (ROKURE 003LP) PARKER, EVAN: The Snake Decides LP [769791971400] (ROKURE 009LP) PARKER, EVAN: Six of One LP [5055869582971] (ROKURE 011LP) PARKER, EVAN: Collected Solos LP Exclusively Distributed by Press Contact: [email protected]

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