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Complicated Sublimity: Evan Parker Interviewed

Following the recent release of two archive live sessions, Stewart Smith talks to the virtuoso saxophonist about his vast back catalogue of recordings and collaborations. Photograph courtesy of Caroline Forbes

"Can you think of a better saxophone player? I can’t… the point with Evan is, he really starts beyond somewhere even where you could get to and takes it from there, that’s the great thing about him. He is a giant." – Robert Wyatt

Evan Parker is one of the great saxophone players, pushing the instrument into uncharted waters since his emergence in the late 1960s. As a lynchpin of the European free improvisation scene, Parker played on such landmark recordings as the Spontaneous Music Ensemble’s Karyobin and Peter Brötzmann’s Machine Gun (both 1968), and founded the Incus label with Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley in 1970. In addition to his collaborations with numerous figures in the worlds of jazz and improv, Parker has worked with the likes of Robert Wyatt, Scott Walker, Spiritualized and drum & bass duo Spring Heel Jack.

Recent months have seen the release of two stunning live albums, recorded some 33 years apart, which showcase Parker’s versatility and brilliance. Vaincu Va! Live At Western Front 1978 documents a solo set at a Vancouver festival, where an uncompromising Parker unleashes wave upon wave of raw multiphonics and fluttering tones. Powered by Parker’s superhuman feats of circular breathing, these intense flurries of sound bring to mind the minimalist compositions of Terry Riley and Steve Reich as much as they do the wilder flights of John Coltrane or Roscoe Mitchell. Live At Maya Festival , on the fantastic Lithuanian label No Business, captures a 2011 date by Parker’s long-standing trio with bassist Barry Guy and drummer Paul Lytton. Classic free-jazz, performed by three masters of the form, the set is testament to the remarkable interplay between Parker’s rich tenor horn, Guy’s tectonic bass and Lytton’s cymbal-dappled explorations.

The Quietus spoke to Parker via e-mail about these new releases, some recent collaborations and his approach to improvisation.

To begin with, I’d like to talk about the newly unearthed Vaincu Va! recording. It’s a stunning performance, fiercely inventive and beautiful. Listening back to it over 30 years on, how do you feel about it?

Evan Parker: This Vancouver concert was the last of the US and Canada solo tour I did in 1978. I think there were 29 concerts in thirty-odd days beginning in Montreal and ending in Vancouver with the East Coast, the South and the West Coast in between. So this concert came at the end of the longest sequence of solo concerts I have ever done. I try to thank all the people who helped me put that tour together on the sleeve. At that time, as a tourist, you could buy an air pass good for a month for a very cheap price. It would be much more difficult to organise such a tour these days, although in some ways the trio road-trip with Alex Schlippenbach and Paul Lytton in 2003 was as ambitious. One day I will try to reconstruct as much detail as I can about the solo trip. It was, as they say, a trip! The stamina involved in playing that way for that long only comes after a lot of playing – solo concerts are the only real way to prepare for solo concerts.

To me, Vaincu Va! evokes images of swarming birds and roiling streams. Do you think of your music in an imagistic/impressionistic way or are there other thought processes going on?

EP: The listener is in a different place than the player. My concerns are to a large extent concerned with control, firstly of the instrument then of my imagination. If there is any processing power left over I can concern myself with what might be called the narrative.

The set is a real tour de force of circular breathing, a technique you’re renowned for. Recently that technique has been taken into post-rock/indie territory by Colin Stetson. Are you familiar with his work and how do you feel about those sounds being used in such a context?

EP: The technique is there for all to use. I played opposite Colin Stetson in the Bimhuis in Amsterdam a while back. It seemed the thinking was to get the younger audience to come for him and the older ones to come for me. It worked, there was a good crowd but there was no contact between us. I am not even sure if he knows my work.

You have of course made a number of high profile contributions to albums by cult rock artists like Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt and David Sylvian. In each case, were you given a specific brief or was the collaboration more organic? None of them are exactly conventional songwriters, but do you enjoy working within the tighter structures of a song?

EP: There was a different approach in each case. I think perhaps what these three great individuals have in common is their love and consequent understanding of the studio. After that they each approached things in their individual ways. I think it is well known that Scott Walker only sings his parts after the other tracks are in place. No pilot vocals. [For Climate Of Hunter ] he had already told me that he knew what I did, that it was not "a funk session" and that he was hearing clouds of Ligeti piling up in my playing. He pre-dated my own attempts at such a use of the studio that only came to me with Process And Reality and later Time Lapse . I am pleased to have been part of that record which announced the direction he has subsequently followed, digging deeper and deeper into himself. What a life story!

The first recording I did with Robert was for [Canadian jazz-poet] Paul Haine’s Darn It [a 1994 album recorded with a host of avant-garde luminaries] where I was just in the studio waiting for my turn to record and Robert suggested I play a solo as a coda to the setting he had done of one of Paul’s poems. Later he invited me to play on Schleep . Robert loves the studio so much that he slept there while he was making that. I think he had 48 tracks to work with and there must have been many changes of mind as each layer was added. Robert was a friend from the days when we both lived in Twickenham. My two older sons used to call in on their way home from school to see him because he could play them the music they didn’t hear at home. Last time I saw him was backstage at Ornette’s Meltdown.

The work with David Sylvian [2009’s Manafon ] was in a sense to create raw material that he could take away and edit and resequence, using all the possibilities of digital editing and totally blurring the distinction between recording, mixing, production editing. He made certain suggestions about material and combinations until he felt he had what he needed then took it back to his home studio I guess and added his parts.

During the late 90s/early 00s, you had an ongoing partnership with J. Spaceman and Spring Heel Jack, playing on their own records as well as in an improv group. Did you find this to be a rewarding experience? I’m particularly interested in how you approached improvising with Spring Heel Jack’s electronics? Are you interested in exploring electronic dance music further?

EP: I am not sure that what we did had much to do with dance music. I remember being at Ronnie Scott’s to hear Weather Report, the first version with Omar Hakim on drums, and I overheard a conversation which finished with, "Yes, but you can’t dance to it…", then a woman just got up and danced to it… It was great to work with Spring Heel Jack and we are still in touch. John Coxon became involved with Freedom of the City [annual London improv festival founded by Parker and AMM’s Eddie Prevost in 2001] and has since collaborated with many improvisers. Ashley [Wales, Spring Heel Jack] and Jason [Pierce, Spiritualized] are both very thoughtful characters too. The way of working for me is always about the specifics of time and place. To make the studio recordings with bird song recordings was very different from playing the same idea live at The Whitechapel Gallery or at The Big Chill as first act up in the afternoon. There may be more to come from these collaborations.

That project, and others, involved electronic processing of your playing. I guess it depends on the person doing the processing, but I imagine it must be quite a strange experience not to have total control over the sound of your playing?

EP: The feeling is not so strange. I have been working with live electronics from the earliest days and with great people, Hugh Davies, Paul Lytton, Michel Waisvisz, Hans-Peter Haller, Lawrence Casserley, George Lewis – all in the analogue era and later with Walter Prati, Joel Ryan, FURT and most recently with Matt Wright. It is usually clear to me who is doing what.

You also explored noise and drone with Yellow Swans, John Wiese, C Spencer Yeh and others on the Free Noise tour in 2007. I thought it was an exciting project, but some felt that there was too much going on. How did you find it?

EP: That was such a complex event that even the musicians who made every gig of the tour didn’t necessarily hear it all. It was a high risk concept and there were certainly combinations that were hard to make sense of but there were also some sublime moments.

I can’t resist asking about your contribution to Vic Reeves’ 1991 album, I Will Cure You …

EP: Of course it was through Steve Beresford [UK improv legend, Flying Lizards member and co-producer, with the Human League’s Philip Oakey and former Soft Boy Andy Metcalfe, of the album] that it came about. My main reason for doing that session was the chance to meet Vic (I know his name is Jim but we haven’t been introduced). I was a great fan of his/their work in the period leading up to that recording. Unfortunately he added his voice at later sessions. Han Bennink [wildman Dutch percussionist] and I still think fondly of ‘Lost Island’.

Being Glasgow-based, I’ve followed with interest your relationship with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, who celebrated their tenth anniversary last year. From your perspective, how has GIO developed over the years?

EP: The GIO story has been great to watch from a foreign country like England. When you compare the opportunities made available to the GIO and contrast them with the fortunes of the London Improvisers’ Orchestra it is a clear tale of two cities, "It was the best of times… It was the worst of times…"

GIO has had a determination to exist and develop that have really impressed all of us. The recent experience of being there with George Lewis and Maggie Nicols and the Schlippenbach Trio showed just how far they have come in terms of individual commitment from the players and their solidarity as an organisation. I am very happy that the project with Lol Coxhill at the Sage got recorded just before life started to become difficult for Lol.

To bring things up to date, you currently have two main trios – the trio with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton, and the long-running Schlippenbach trio. Would it be fair to say that the former is entirely improvised, whereas the latter involves elements of composition? When I saw you with Schlippenbach last year, I noticed a note on top of the piano with what appeared to be directions and some notation. Is there a plan to it, or, after 40 years together, have you developed a more telepathic way of working?

EP: The whole distinction between improvisation and composition is not about pieces of paper. Both groups ‘improvise’ (I may as well add ‘freely’), both groups have material that they have played many similar versions of over the years of their existence, both groups are made up of individuals who have specific instrumental abilities and preferences – ‘styles’ if you like. I don’t forget Jim O’Rourke’s famous statement that "the Parker/Guy/Lytton trio doesn’t improvise, they play Parker/Guy/Lytton music". The more useful distinction is about how the music evolves and how ideas move between the individuals, how new ideas arise and are taken up, even how ideas move between the two groups because the two groups have one member in common and the relation between the individuals involves other collaborations – the above mentioned US tour in which Schlippenbach replaced Barry Guy at short notice, the 2 x 3 = 5 projects involving both groups playing together, even the collaboration (one time only) of LJCO and Globe Unity Orchestra. It’s complicated, as we say these days.

These trios are entirely acoustic, but you also have the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. This must involve a very different dynamic between the musicians?

EP: In fact the original idea for the very first EAE was to have the Parker/Guy/Lytton trio shadowed by three processing musicians. It has evolved from there and the best way to follow the story is by listening to the records in sequence. The relationship with Steve Lake at ECM has been a crucial part of the group’s development and with his support each important change in the group has been documented. Listening to these recordings will reveal the dynamics between the players. The essential ideas of free interplay have been at the core of the music making but certain elements of "pre-structuring" have been part of the story – in this case there have been "pieces of paper".

Your label psi has been putting out releases by exciting young artists like Peter Evans and Bark!, as well as more established names. What is the aim of the label and how involved are you in the A&R aspect?

EP: The psi story has just come to a close. The work that Martin Davidson did both technically and administratively was essential. He is soon going to live in Spain; without the close collaboration that living in the same town made possible, I cannot make sense of continuing.

I am thinking about my next move, but the artists who entrusted psi with their work will have the rights in their works returned to them as we gradually dismantle to label.

The A&R decisions were all mine. I am more interested in specific works of individuals than in genre. The label was just about things that I liked and people whose work I respected.

Finally, could you tell me about any other projects you’re working on currently or in the near future?

EP: Books, records, collaborations, reeds, mouthpieces… The trio with John Russell and John Edwards is ready to record. There are piles of good un-issued recordings that I would like to release.

To give this question a decent answer would take up time that I need to use in making it happen!

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• Sun 18 Feb Gravesend, St Andrew's Art Centre Evan Parker

January 2023

• Fri 20 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Rogers, Parker, Sanders & Yeoh Nikki Yeoh, Paul Rogers, Evan Parker, Mark Sanders
• Sat 16 Jul London, Barbican Centre Time For One More? Celebrating John Cumming Gary Crosby’s Tomorrow’s Warriors, Ayanna Witter Johnson, Andy Sheppard, Nik Bartsch, Guy Barker…
• Sun 3 May London, The Vortex Jazz Club London Django Collective Dave Holland (1), Evan Parker
• Thu 16 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker Invites
• Tue 31 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Elliot Galvin, Binker Golding, Evan Parker
• Thu 19 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker Invites

February 2020

• Thu 20 Feb London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker Invites...

January 2020

• Thu 23 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

December 2019

• Thu 19 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker Invites

November 2019

• Thu 28 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

October 2019

• Thu 24 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker & Friends

September 2019

• Thu 19 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker & Friends

August 2019

• Thu 22 Aug London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker & Friends
• Thu 25 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker & Friends
• Thu 20 Jun London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 23 May London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 11 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Russell (1)
• Thu 7 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

February 2019

• Tue 19 Feb Birmingham, MAC The Riot Ensemble, Evan Parker, Alex Hawkins, The Enemy (1)
• Sat 16 Feb London, Walthamstow Assembly Hall Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion, Tony Allen (2), Django Django (DJ Set), Vels Trio, Evan Parker, John Edwards, John Russell (1), Thurston Moore, Binker Golding, Elliot Galvin, Emma-Jean Thackray, Leifur James, Project Karnak, Laetitia Sadier, PYJÆN, Cykada, Run Logan Run, Dulahli, Tetes De Pois, Snazzback, Waldo’s Gift, Dear Earth (DJ Set) …

January 2019

• Tue 22 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

December 2018

• Thu 20 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

November 2018

• Thu 15 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Avreeayl Ra

October 2018

• Thu 4 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

September 2018

• Thu 20 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

August 2018

• Thu 16 Aug London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 12 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Barry Guy
• Thu 21 Jun London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Nikki Yeoh, John Edwards, Mark Sanders
• Thu 24 May London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Fri 27 Apr London, Cafe Oto Alexander Hawkins – Three Day Residency Evan Parker Duo, Evan Parker, Matthew Wright
• Thu 19 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Matt Wright (1)
• Sat 10 Mar Liverpool, Victoria Gallery & Museum Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Sam Pluta
• Fri 9 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Sam Pluta
• Fri 2 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Dave Holland (1), Evan Parker

February 2018

• Sun 25 Feb London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Jacob Anderskov's Kinetics
• Sat 17 Feb London, Mirth, Marvel & Maud Denys Baptiste, Gary Crosby Quartet, Evan Parker, Tomorrow’s Warriors, Alina Bzhezhinska, Charlie Dark, Jez Nelson …

January 2018

• Mon 22 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Alex Hawkins, John Edwards

December 2017

• Thu 21 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

November 2017

• Thu 23 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Neil Metcalfe, Alexander Hawkins

October 2017

• Sat 21 Oct Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Mat Maneri, Evan Parker, Lucian Ban
• Thu 19 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Mat Maneri, Lucian Ban

September 2017

• Thu 21 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Iain Ballamy, Tony Hymas
• Sat 16 Sep London, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub Discovery 2017 Paul G Smyth, John Russell (1), Barrel, Dave Tucker, Claude Deppa…
• Thu 20 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 22 Jun London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Sat 27 May Brighton, Friends Meeting House Limpe Fuchs, Evan Parker, John Butcher, Stale Liavik Solbery
• Thu 27 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Pierre Favre, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Evan Parker
• Wed 26 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Evan Parker
• Sun 16 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Jurg Wickihalder, Maya Homburger, Howard Riley Trio, Lucas Niggli …
• Thu 16 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Jacob Anderskov's Kinetics

February 2017

• Wed 22 Feb London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Mark Sanders
• Sat 18 Feb Hull City Hall Hidden Orchestra, Evan Parker, Spring Heel Jack
• Thu 16 Feb London, The Crypt Rowland Sutherland, Jackie Walduck, Evan Parker, Mark Sanders, DJ Gordon Wedderburn

January 2017

• Thu 5 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

December 2016

• Fri 23 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Shabaka Hutchings, John Edwards, Mark Sanders

November 2016

• Tue 22 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Mark Sanders
• Sun 13 Nov London, All Hallows Church Evan Parker, Clive Bell, Zac Gvi
• Fri 11 Nov London, Royal Academy Of Arts Evan Parker, David Ryan

October 2016

• Fri 28 Oct → Sat 29 Oct Match & Fuse Festival London 2016 Evan Parker, Susana Santos Silva, Klavikon, Soil Collectors, Galaxians…
• Tue 4 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

September 2016

• Mon 19 Sep London, PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho) Maniscalco / Bigoni / Solborg, Evan Parker
• Wed 7 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Trance Map, Sam Bailey, Matt Wright (1), Adam Linson
• Sun 31 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club John Escreet, Evan Parker
• Thu 28 Jul London, Wild Card Brewery Evan Parker, John Russell (1), John Edwards
• Tue 19 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Orphy Robinson, Pat Thomas
• Thu 14 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton
• Sat 2 Jul Cambridge, Wysing Arts Centre Wysing Polyphonic Adam Bohman, Adam Christensen, Andy Holden, Barnaby Brown, Crispin Best…
• Thu 26 May London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Fri 13 May London, Kings Place Evan Parker, Yukihiro Isso
• Fri 15 Apr → Sun 17 Apr Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park All Tomorrow's Parties 2.0 Roky Erickson, John Cale, Sun Ra Arkestra, Richard Dawson, Stewart Lee…
• Fri 15 Apr Gateshead, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music Evan Parker
• Thu 17 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Roger Turner

February 2016

• Mon 29 Feb London, The Cockpit Empirical (2), Django Bates, Orphy Robinson, Evan Parker
• Fri 5 Feb London, EPIC Dalston Evan Parker, John Russell (1), John Edwards, Alison Blunt, Benedict Taylor, David Leahy, Kay Grant, Alex Ward …
• Thu 4 Feb London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

January 2016

• Thu 21 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

December 2015

• Thu 17 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

October 2015

• Thu 22 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Steve Noble

September 2015

• Thu 17 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 10 Sep London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

August 2015

• Thu 13 Aug London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 30 Jul London, The Vortex Jazz Club John Russell (1), John Edwards, Evan Parker
• Sun 28 Jun Glasgow, City Halls Evan Parker, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO)
• Thu 18 Jun London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker
• Thu 21 May London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco, John Edwards
• Thu 16 Apr London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Percy Pursglove
• Sat 4 Apr University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel Evan Parker, Sten Sandell
• Thu 2 Apr → Sun 5 Apr Various Venues Glasgow Counterflows Richard Youngs, Daniel Carter, Hisato Higuchi, Neil Michael Hagerty, Rabih Beaini…
• Thu 19 Mar London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

February 2015

• Fri 27 Feb Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre Evan Parker, Alexander Hawkins
• Thu 26 Feb London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

January 2015

• Fri 23 Jan London, Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub Evan Parker, John Russell (1), John Edwards
• Thu 22 Jan London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

December 2014

• Thu 18 Dec London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker

November 2014

• Sun 23 Nov The Hepworth Wakefield Neil Metcalfe, John Rangecroft, Evan Parker, Percy Pursglove, Matt Wright (1), Sten Sandell, Toma Gouband, Paul Lytton, Mark Nauseef, Damien Harron, Richard Barrett, Paul Obermayer …
• Thu 20 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Sten Sandell, John Edwards, Paul Lytton
• Tue 11 Nov London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, John Edwards, Eddie Prévost

October 2014

• Sun 26 Oct London, Cafe Oto Evan Parker, Phil Wachsmann, Barry Guy, Adam Linson, Paul Obermayer, Lawrence Casserley …
• Sat 25 Oct London, The Vortex Jazz Club Evan Parker, Trance Map

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1 - 5tet with Mark Shim, Esteban Castro, Gervis Myles & Adriel Vincent - Brown - Close Up, NYC 

5- Pulverize the Sound, Rockaway Beach Brooklyn

7 - Being & Becoming @ Scholes St. Studio (limited seating, come early)

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14 - Schwerin, Germany

15 - East Side Gallery (presented by Zig Zag - Berlin, Germany)

16 - Peitz Festival, Germany

24 - Animations, with the Yarn/Wire ensemble @ Time Spans, NYC

2 - EXTRA (with Petter Eldh and Jim Black) -  Cologne Jazz Week, Germany

3 - solo trumpet - Cologne Jazz Week

5 - quartet with Elias Stemeseder, Joe Sanders, Christian Lillinger - Cologne Jazz Week

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9 - Jack London, Portland OR

10 - Live recording, Altimara Studios, Los Angeles

11 - Zebulon, Los Angeles

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14 - San Jose Jazz

21 - Solo - Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

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8 - Moods, Zurich, Switzerland

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10 - Jasmin - Warsaw, Poland

12 - Jazz Goes to Town Festival - Hradec, Czech Republic

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16 - Mixtur Festival - Barcelona, Spain

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19 - Bilbao, Spain

13 - with Mazz Swift- National Sawdust, Brooklyn

15 - Being & Becoming @ Public Records, Brooklyn

20 - Solo trumpet opening for Extra Life (Scarcity also opening) - TV Eye, Brooklyn NY

24-26 - Lucerne University, Switzerland

27 - w/ Elias Stemeseder, Christian Lillinger @ Unehort Festival - Zurich, Switzerland

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19 - with Doyeon Kim - Roulette,Brooklyn

13 - Being & Becoming @ Winter Jazz Festival

      Nub lu Classic, 61 Loisaida Ave

      MIDNIGHT

20 - John Zorn Improv Night @ Roulette, NYC

1 - Being & Becoming w/ Craig Taborn- Ars Nova, Philadelphia

2 - Being & Becoming w/ Craig Taborn - Public Records, NYC

11 - Duo with Ron Stabinsky @ Covenant Church, Scranton PA

24 - w/ Darius Jones, Nick Jozwiak and Fransisco Mela @ Small, NYC

March  

2- w/ Anthony Coleman. Simon Hanes and Calvin Weston @ the Stone, NYC

7 - w/ Brian Marsella & Nasheet Waits @ the Stone NYC

8 & 9 - w/ Dave Liebman @ Smalls

Pulverize the Sound (with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride

19- Mama Tried, NYC

20 - Avalon, Catskill, NY

21- Green Kill, Kingston NY

22 - Best Video - Hamden NY

23 - Resident Assistant Gallery - Great Barrington, MA

24 - Firehouse, Worcester MA

26 - Tubby's, Kingston NY

27- Dan Weiss Quartet @ Nublu, NYC

28-29 Being & Becoming Recording

6 - solo ,  Miami  FL - check Instagram for details

Being & Becoming Europe Tour

23&24 - KM28, Berlin 

25 - Espoo Jazz Festival, Finland

26- Bergen, Norway

27 - Oslo, Norway

28 - Fasching, Stockholm

29 - Trondheim, Norway

30 - workshop, Trondheim, Norway

9 - solo +  Jeremiah Cymerman solo album release concert, Nublu, NYC

BRAZIL TOUR

24- solo, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo

25 - solo + Giallos, Apostrophe - Santo Andre

26 - Entreposto

29 - solo, Audio Rebel - Rio de Janeiro 30 - workshop, Audio Rebel - RJ

2 - with Mazz Swift, JACK Brooklyn

5 - Performance of Sam Pluta's "binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state" for solo trumpet 

with two trombones, piano & percussion. Presented by the Wet Ink Ensemble. Venue tba, NYC

7 - with Joakim Rainer Trio, Scholes St. Studio, Brooklyn

14 - Quintet with Mark Shim + Esteban Castro, Gervis Myles, Adriel Vincent-Brown @ Bar Bayeux, Brooklyn

18 - with Sam Ospovat, John Hebert, Brandon Seabrook

4-6 Monheim Triennale, Germany

                                                                          SPRING 2023   MAY 6    Trance Map (with Matt Wright and Toma Gouband) - Luxembourg 13  solo trumpet at Magnet Festival , Wiesbaden Germany  15-19  Workshops/masterclass at the  Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany 23   Music of the Peter Evans Quintet with Sam Pluta (electronics) and Simon Hanes (arrangements) + the Subway Big Band, Subway Jazz Club, Cologne Germany 24 Music of PE 5tet + Pluta/Hanes w/ Subway Big Band, Wuppertal Germany JUNE 5 masterclass at Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna 6 & 7 recording Lucia Dlugoszewski's "Abyss & Caress" with Ilan Volkov and Klangforum Wien, Vienna Austria 9   works for vocal ensemble with Sofia Jernberg, Cory Smythe and the vocal ensemble August 38th. Bimhuis, Amsterdam Netherlands 22   open rehearsal and performance with Yarn/Wire at Stony Brook University, Long Island NY 28 & 29  Being & Becoming at Sisters, Brooklyn JULY 7  Rocket Science (with Craig Taborn, Ikue Mori, Sam Pluta) at Brooklyn Music School Playhouse 14 with Jessica Pavone, the Stone NYC 16 Nick Jozwiak Trio with PE and Tiago Michelin, Ornithology Brooklyn  28   Evan Parker's Trance Map - Jazz em Agosto Festival Lisbon, Portugal SEPTEMBER 7 - with Yarn/Wire, SHIFT, Brooklyn  8-10 Being & Becoming, NYC venue tba 14 - premiere of Circe by John Zorn, for 2 trumpets (with Sam Jones) Roulette, Brooklyn 20 Forever 21 (with Andy Berman & Michael Ode) @ SHIFT, Greenpoint BK   21 - Circe @ Miller Theater - John Zorn Composer Portrait - Columbia University NYC 25-27 Residency at Ithaca College, Ithaca NY 28 with Dan Weiss, Miles Okazaki and Patricia Brennan, the Stone NY   OCTOBER 13 - with Yarn/Wire, Brooklyn NY.   21  premiere of new work with Yarn/Wire ensemble at the Donaueschingen Festival, Germany NOVEMBER  Being & Becoming Europe Tour 4 Monheim, Germany 5 Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands 6 Nijmegen, Netherlands 7 Aachen, Germany 8 Cologne, Germany 9 Bayreuth, Germany 25 with Leo Genovese (piano), Buster Williams (bass) and Billy Hart (drums) @ the Jazz Gallery NYC 30 Pulverize the Sound (Super Always opening) @ Nublu, NYC DECEMBER 1 Duo with Dave Taylor (bass trombone) @ Bowerbird, Philadelphia 6 Brandenberg Concerto 2, Bedford Chamber Concerts @ St. Matthew's Episcopal Church,  Bedford NY                                                                 Spring/Summer 2022 April 19 - duo with Sam Pluta (live electronics), Baltimore  24 - trio with Joe Morris & Mat Maneri @ Real Art Ways, Hartford CT 28 - duo with Elias Stemeseder (piano, synthesizers, live electronics, compositions) @ Jazz Gallery NYC May 2 - Forever 21: with Andy Berman (guitar) and Michael Ode (drums) opening for Child Abuse @ St. Vitus, Brooklyn 6 - duo with Elias Stemeseder (piano, synthesizers) @ Firehouse 12, New Haven 14- Pulverize the Sound (with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride), venue TBD Brooklyn 19 - duo with Elias Stemeseder @ Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC   26 - Ars Sublitor: Compositions for Quartet - Mazz Swift (violin, voice), Alice Tessyier (flutes, voice), Ryan Muncy (saxophones), PE (trumpets, compositions) @ Roulette. also on bill Kate Gentile and Fay Victor.  June  11 - solo at Novara Jazz Festival, Novara Italy Tour with Jure Pukl (tenor sax), Joe Sanders (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums) 12 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam  13 - Porgy & Bess, Vienna 14 - Unterfahrt, Munich 15 -  Ljubljana Jazz Fest 16 - Opus, Budapest 17 - Villa for Forest, Klagenfurt Austria 24th - Monhem Triennale: "Hymns & Laments" New arrangements of Ellington & Strayhorn for Ensemble Resonanz and Sofia Jernberg (voice). Also performing/composing: Cory Smythe (piano) and Okkyung Lee (cello) July 6 - The Art of Wellbeing w/Mazz Swift and Levy Lorenzo @ Lincoln Center Atrium, NYC 16 - solo at Jazz ao Largo, Barcelos Portugal 20 - solo at John Zorn's "Bagatelles" marathon, Molde Jazz Festival, Molde Norway Stone Residency, NYC 27-30 - Glass Box theater at The New School, NYC 27 - Ensemble         PE (trumpets, compositions), Alice Tessyier (flutes, voice), Immanuel Wilkins (saxophones),          Nick Jozwiak (bass), Levy Lorenzo (percussion), Sam Pluta (live electronics) 28 - Trio with Mat Maneri and Nick Jozwiak 29 - Duo with Elias Stemeseder (piano, synthesizers) 30- Solo           August 6 - solo, Brooklyn. Contact for details   20- Nick Jozwiak's "Seek & Destroy" w/ Andy Berman, NJ, Michael Ode - Bushwick, NY 22-25 Being & Becoming @ Sisters - 900 Fulton St, Brooklyn NY A reprise of our residency back in December '21 PE- trumpets Joel Ross - vibraphone Nick Jozwiak - bass Michael Ode - drums

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Evan Parker past concerts

This page lists past concerts by Evan Parker dating back to October 2008, when I began to keep a list of his tour dates.

Forthcoming concerts are listed here .

10 Oct – EP, Marilyn Crispell – ICA, Boston, USA

13 Oct – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Issue Project Room, New York City, USA

30 Oct – EP, Steve Beresford, John Edwards, Mark Sanders – Vortex, London, UK

16 Nov – EP, John Edwards, John Russell – Vortex, London, UK

21–23 Nov – EP, Barry Guy, XASAX – L’Auditorium, Brest, France

28 Nov – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland

30 Nov (3.00pm) – EP, Christy Doran, John Voirol and the Big Band der Hochschule Luzern – Moods Jazzclub, Zürich, Switzerland

30 Nov (7.00pm) – EP solo – Moods Jazzclub, Zürich, Switzerland

3 Dec – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria

7 Dec – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Wels, Austria

16 Dec – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Dom, Moscow, Russia

18 Dec – EP, Alex Hawkins, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

22 Jan – EP, Alex Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

25 Jan – EP, Chris Corsano, John Coxon, John Edwards – The Cube, Bristol, UK

29 Jan – EP, Joel Ryan – Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany

5 Feb – EP, Richard Barrett, Michael Vatcher – Bimhuis , Amsterdam, Netherlands

13–15 Feb – EP + many others ( 3-day festival ) – Somewhere There, Toronto, Canada

26 Feb – EP, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony Levin – Vortex, London, UK

26 March – EP, John Edwards, Mark Sanders – Vortex, London, UK

28 March – EP, John Edwards, Mark Sanders – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK

30 April – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

4 May – EP, John Russell, John Edwards, Peter Evans – Conway Hall, London, UK (part of the Freedom of the City festival )

9 May – EP, Stephen Grew, Phillip Marks – Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, UK

14 May – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Cerkno Jazz Festival, Slovenia

22 May – EP, Peter Evans, Weasel Walter – Dome, Tufnell Park, London, UK

28 May – EP, Steve Beresford, Javier Carmona, Dominic Lash – Vortex, London, UK

12 June – EP, Hans Koller – Kings Place, London, UK

14 June – EP, Marc Ribot, Han Bennink – Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

20 June – EP, Mark Sanders, Filomena Campus, Pat Thomas etc. – Riverside Studios, London, UK

25 June – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

27 June – EP, Gerd Dudek, Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer, John Edwards, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton – Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK

4 July – EP, Zlatko Kaučič – Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia

12 July – EP, Keir Neuringer – Cafe Oto, London, UK

16 July – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

31 July – EP, Axel Dörner, Sten Sandell – Hagenfesten, Sweden

27 August – EP, Neil Metcalfe, Olie Brice, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

29 August – EP, John Edwards, Chris Corsano – Météo Festival, Mulhouse, France

12 September – EP, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Peter Evans – Lisbon, Portugal

17 September – EP, Sten Sandell – Vortex, London, UK

19 September – EP, Joel Ryan, Alex Nowitz – Fabryka Trzciny Arts Centre, Warsaw, Poland

24 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Bezanson Recital Hall, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

25 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, Washington DC, USA

26 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Oberlin College, Cleveland, USA

27 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago, USA

29 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, USA

30 September – EP, Ned Rothenberg – La Salla Rossa, Montreal, Canada

1–16 October – Evan Parker Residency – The Stone, New York City, USA

22 October – EP, Ray Warleigh, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

1 November – EP, Agustí Fernández – Sala Oriol Martorell, Barcelona, Spain

6 November – Barry Guy New Orchestra (incl. EP) – Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany

12 November – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – tour of Europe, November/December 2009

13 – Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

18 – Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany

20 – Musischen Zentrum der Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany

22 – Loft, Cologne, Germany

23 – Jazzclub, Karlsruhe, Germany

26 – Nasjonal Jazzscenen, Oslo, Norway

27 – Exploratorium, Berlin, Germany

28 – Teatr Polski, Bydgoszsz, Poland

30 – Obenkino, Cottbus, Germany

1 Dec – Theater Rüsselsheim, Rüsselsheim, Germany

2 Dec – EP, Fernanda Farah (performing Hymn by Alvin Lucier) – Sophiensäle, Berlin, Germany

3 Dec – EP as part of the Globe Unity Orchestra – A4 Nultý priestor, Bratislava, Slovakia

4 Dec – EP + Grutronic – A4 Nultý priestor, Bratislava, Slovakia

6 Dec – EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens (aka Schlippenbach Trio) – Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria

13 Dec – EP + Marteau Rouge – Les Instants Chavires, Paris, France (note start time, 5.00pm)

14 Dec – EP + Marteau Rouge – Magasin 4, Brussels, Belgium

17 Dec – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

18 Dec – EP + Grutronic – Gregson Community & Arts Centre, Lancaster, UK

19 Dec – EP, Stephen Grew, Phillip Marks – Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK

17 January – EP, John Edwards, John Russell – Vortex, London, UK

21 January – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

29 and 30 January – EP, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton – Sunside/Sunset, Paris, France

25 February – EP, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony Levin – Vortex, London, UK

4 March – EP, Mark Wastell – London Review Bookshop, London, UK

10 March – EP, Joe McPhee, Chris Corsano, Lol Coxhill – Café Oto, London, UK

20 March – EP, Richard Scott, Stephen Grew, Phillip Marks – Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, UK

25 March – EP, Gail Brand, Georg Graewe, Mark Sanders – Vortex, London, UK

16 April – EP, Louis Andriessen, Greetje Bijma – Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA

18 April – EP, Susan Alcorn, Michael Formanek – Wind Up Space, Baltimore, USA

22 April – EP, Peter Evans, Chris Corsano – Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA

29 April – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Hymas – Vortex, London, UK

1 May – EP, Mark Sanders, John Edwards, Percy Pursglove, Andrew Bain, Okkyung Lee, Peter Evans – Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham, UK

2 May – EP, Peter Evans, Okkyung Lee – Conway Hall, London, UK

13 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Break-Ups – Stadtgarden, Cologne, Germany

14 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Klaus-von-Bismarck Saal, Cologne, Germany

15 May – EP, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton – De Singer, Rijkevorsel, Belgium

17 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Break-Ups – Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

18 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

21 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble Break-Ups – Kunstencentrum, Hasselt, Belgium

22 May – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Kunstencentrum, Hasselt, Belgium

27 May – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

6 June – Schlippenbach Trio (EP, Alex von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens) – Kassel, Germany

19 June – EP, Gerd Dudek, Axel Dörner, Christof Thewes – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada

20 June – Globe Unity Orchestra (EP + many others) – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada

26 June – Schlippenbach Trio – Roundhouse, Vancouver, Canada

27 June (3.00pm) – EP, Torsten Müller, Paul Lovens – Performance Works, Vancouver, Canada

27 June (8.00pm) – Globe Unity Orchestra (EP + many others) – Roundhouse, Vancouver, Canada

10 July – EP, Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano – Det Lille Extra, Kongsberg, Norway

18 July – EP, Sten Sandell – Church, Nickelsdorf, Austria (3.00pm)

18 July – EP, Roscoe Mitchell, Joëlle Léandre, Tony Hymas, Hugh Ragin – Jazzgalerie, Nickelsdorf, Austria

29 July – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

5 August – EP, John Russell, Dave Solomon – Vortex, London, UK

8 August – EP Electro-Acoustic Ensemble – Anfiteatro ao Ar Livre, Lisbon, Portugal

11 Aug – EP, Ikue Mori, Mark Nauseef – Cube, Bristol, UK

12 Aug – EP, Ikue Mori, John Russell, John Edwards – Cafe Oto, London, UK

24 Aug – EP as part of Bells of Sant’Anna (directed by Alan Silva) – Sant Anna Arresi Festival, Sardinia

27 Aug – EP, Peter Brötzmann (!), Hamid Drake, Harrison Bankhead – Sant Anna Arresi Festival, Sardinia

29 Aug – EP as part of Possible Universe (directed by Butch Morris) – Sant Anna Arresi Festival, Sardinia

2 Sept – EP, John Edwards, Tony Hymas – Vortex, London, UK

9 Sept – Schlippenbach Trio – School of Dramatic Art, Moscow, Russia

26 Sept – EP, Barry Guy, Paul Lovens – Biennale Musica, Venice, Italy

29 Sept – EP, John Wiese – Les Instants Chavirés, Paris, France

2 Oct – EP, Konstrukt – Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey

8 Oct – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Invention Studios, Bath, UK

EP as part of Kenny Wheeler’s 80th Birthday Big Band Tour, October 2010

21 Oct – Anvil Arts Centre, Basingstoke, UK

22 Oct – Turner Sims, Southampton, UK

23 Oct – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK

24 Oct – College of Music, Leeds, UK

27 Oct – Sage, Gateshead, UK

28 Oct – Elmwood Hall, Belfast, UK

29 October – EP, Georg Graewe – Domicil, Dortmund, Germany

6-7 November – Queens University, Belfast, UK

9 November – EP, John Edwards, Mark Sanders – Café Oto, London, UK

16, 18, 19, 20 November – EP as part of Barry Guy New Orchestra – Alchemia, Krakow, Poland

24–25 November – Schlippenbach Trio – Vortex, London, UK

3 December – EP, Paul Rogers, Paul Lytton – Sunset/Sunside, Paris, France

5 December – EP, Adam Linson, Paul Lytton – L’Archiduc, Brussels, Belgium

Schlippenbach Trio (EP, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens) – tour of Germany, December 2010

8 December –  B Flat, Berlin

9 December –  Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien, Hannover

10 December – Gewölbekeller Jazzinstitut, Darmstadt

11 December  – Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld

12 December – Kulturzentrum Dieselstraße, Esslingen

13 December – Jazzclub, Karlsruhe

14 December – Nato, Leipzig

15 December – Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich

16 December – Kult, Niederstetten

17 December – Jazztonne, Lörrach

18 December – Ort, Wuppertal

19 December – Loft, Cologne

23 December – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Hymas – Vortex, London, UK

26 January – EP, Alexander Hawkins Ensemble – Vortex, London, UK

27 January – EP, Django Bates, Petter Eldh, Peter Bruun – Vortex, London, UK

28 January – EP, Hans Koller Big Band – Vortex, London, UK

30 January – EP, Stan Tracey – Vortex, London, UK

4 February – EP, John Russell – Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Scotland

5 February – EP, Dominic Lash – Café Oto, London, UK

23 February – EP, Urs Leimgruber – Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, Germany

24 February –  EP, Urs Leimgruber – MUG, Munich, Germany

26 February – EP, Urs Leimgruber – Les Instants Chavirés, Paris, France

27 February – EP, Urs Leimgruber – Cave 12, Geneva, Switzerland

5 March – EP, Michiyo Yagi – Kings Place, London, UK

10 March – EP & Kammerflimmer Kollektief play Albert Ayler’s  Ghosts – Berghain, Berlin, Germany

16 March – EP, Chris Corsano, Mark Dresser, John Edwards, John Russell – Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City, Mexico

27 March – EP, Lol Coxhill and the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra – Sage, Gateshead, UK (pre-concert talk with EP at 7.00pm)

31 March – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

2 April – EP, Uwe Oberg – Jazzatelier, Ulrichsberg, Austria

9 April – EP, Wes Neal, Joe Sorbara – 918 Bathurst, Toronto, Canada

10 April – EP, John Geggie, Jean Martin – Galerie Saw, Ottawa, Canada

11 April – EP, Wes Neal, Joe Sorbara – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada

12 April – EP solo + with Jean Derome, Danielle Roger, Martin Tétreault, Joane Hétu – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada

13 April – EP, Érick d’Orion, Luke Dawson, Isaiah Ceccarelli – Café-Bar L’Agitée, Quebec City, Canada

15 April – EP, Grand groupe régional d’improvisation libre, Éric Normand, Scott Thomson – Paradis, Rimouski, Canada

17 April – EP solo – Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, Canada

18 April – EP solo – Temple Libre, Moncton, Canada

19 April – EP solo – Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, Canada

21 April – EP, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

28 April – EP, Fred Frith, John Butcher, Annie Lewandowski, Hannah Marshall – Café Oto, London, UK

1 May – EP, Heledd Francis Wright, Matt Wright – Cecil Sharp House, London, UK (3.00pm)

6 May – EP, Peter Evans, John Russell, John Edwards – Café Oto, London, UK

18 May – EP, John Russell, Nate Wooley, Paul Lytton – Café Oto, London, UK

26 May – EP, Stan Sulzmann, Tony Hymas, John Edwards, Tony Marsh – Vortex, London, UK

28 May – EP, Chris Abrahams – Assembly Rooms, Bath, UK (2.00pm)

30 May – EP, John Edwards, Eddie Prévost – Network Theatre, London, UK

9 June – EP, Matthew Shipp – Abrons Arts Center, New York, USA

11 June – EP, Roscoe Mitchell – German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

12 June – EP, Matthew Shipp – Wind-Up Space, Baltimore, USA

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EVAN PARKER

Fourth Portal is proud to present saxophonist Evan Parker, a substantial figure in European free jazz and free improvisation, who pioneered or significantly expanded an array of extended techniques. Doors 3.30pm Tickets: Adv. £9 | Conc. £6 | Otd. £12 Licensed Bar | Under 16 accompanied by adult

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18 Feb 2024, 15:30 – 18:00

Fourth Portal Lab, Royal Pier Rd, Gravesend DA12 2BD, UK

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Innovation is not exclusive to engineering or changing social or work spheres; it comes in many forms, including innovation in how to play an instrument.

The Fourth Portal is proud to welcome another British music legend, saxophonist Evan Parker. 

"Few musicians have influenced solo improvisation as Evan Parker has, from the adaptation of circular breathing to the vast exploration of his instruments’ potential for harmonics, quarter tones and apparent polyphony."   (Stu Broomer, The Free Jazz Collective)

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British tenor and soprano saxophone player Evan Parker has been a consistently innovative presence in British free music since the 1960s.

Though he has worked extensively in both large and small ensembles, Parker is perhaps best known for his solo soprano saxophone music, a singular body of work that in recent years has centred around his continuing exploration of techniques such as circular breathing, double tonguing, multiphonics and cross-fingering. These are technical devices, yet Parker's use of them is, he says, less analytical than intuitive; he has likened performing his solo work to entering a kind of trance state. The resulting music is certainly hypnotic, an uninterrupted flow of snaky, densely textured sound that Parker has described as "the illusion of polyphony". Many listeners have indeed found it hard to credit that one man can create such intricate, complex music in real-time. (Cafe OTO).

Parker has recorded a large number of albums both solo or as a group leader and has recorded or performed with  Peter Brötzmann ,  Michael Nyman ,  John Stevens ,  Derek Bailey ,  Keith Rowe ,  Joe McPhee ,  Anthony Braxton ,  Cecil Taylor ,  John Zorn ,  Fred Frith ,   Ikue Mori ,  Thurston Moore ,   Milford Graves ,  George E. Lewis ,  Tim Berne ,  Mark Dresser ,  Dave Holland ,  Sylvie Courvoisier , and many others.

Full Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Parker

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Full Cast Set For New North American Tour of DEAR EVAN HANSEN

The tour will kick off in Houston, TX this September. 

Complete casting has been announced for the new, licensed North American tour of Dear Evan Hansen, which will kick off in Houston, TX this September. 

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The cast includes Michael Fabisch as the title role ‘Evan Hansen,’ Hatty Ryan King as ‘Zoe Murphy,’ Bre Cade as ‘Heidi Hansen,’ Caitlin Sams as ‘Cynthia Murphy,’ Alex Pharo as ‘Connor Murphy,’ Jeff Brooks as ‘Larry Murphy,’ Gabriel Vernon Nunag as ‘Jared Kleinman,’ and Makena Jackson as ‘Alana Beck.’ The cast also includes understudies Michael Perez (Evan alternate), Monica Blume, Julianna Braga, Blake Ehrlichman, Jenna Kantor, and Jared Svoboda. 

About Dear Evan Hansen

Evan Hansen is a high school student who always feels like he’s on the outside looking in. Evan finally gets what so many of us are searching for—the chance to finally fit in. What follows is a poignant, funny, and powerful musical about how even though it can be hard, we can find each other—and ourselves—along the way. 

Including some of the most iconic musical theatre songs from the last decade, including “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through A Window,” and “For Forever,” DEAR EVAN HANSENfeatures an uplifting score by the Tony ®, Grammy®, and Oscar® winning team behind The Greatest Showman, La La Land, and “Only Murders in the Building” Benj Pasek and Justin Paul , and a book by Tony Award-winner Steven Levenson . 

DEAR EVAN HANSEN features scenic design by David Korins , projection design by Peter Nigrini , costume design by Emily Rebholz , lighting design by Japhy Weideman , and sound design by Nevin Steinberg .  Music supervision, orchestrations and additional arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire .  Ben Cohn is the Associate Music Supervisor. Vocal arrangements and additional arrangements are by Justin Paul . Direction restaging by Danny Sharron and Mark Myars . (Myars also restages choreography.) Casting is by Murnane Casting.  

DEAR EVAN HANSEN was originally produced on Broadway, North American Tour, Toronto and London by Stacey Mindich .  The Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre to rave reviews on December 4, 2016, won six 2017 Tony Awards and ran through September 18, 2022. A record-breaking North American Tour launched in October 2018 and played over 100 cities before ending on July 2, 2023.  

SAN ANTONIO, TX Tobin Center Sep 6, 2024 – Sep 7, 2024

HOUSTON, TX Hobby Center Sep 10, 2024 – Sep 22, 2024

LINCOLN, NE Lied Center for the Performing Arts Sep 27, 2024 – Sep 29, 2024

LAWRENCE, KS Lied Center Oct 1, 2024

MANHATTAN, KS McCain Auditorium Oct 2, 2024

EAU CLAIRE, WI Pablo Center Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 6, 2024

SPRINGFIELD, MO Juanita K. Hammons Hall Oct 8, 2024 – Oct 10, 2024

LITTLE ROCK, AR Robinson Center Oct 11, 2024 – Oct 13, 2024

ERIE, PA Warner Theatre Oct 15, 2024 – Oct 16, 2024

TYSONS, VA Capital One Hall Oct 18, 2024 – Oct 20, 2024

BLACKSBURG, VA Moss Arts Center Oct 21, 2024

PADUCAH, KY The Carson Center for the Performing Arts Oct 23, 2024

OXFORD, MS Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oct 24, 2024

AUBURN, AL Gogue Performing Arts Center Oct 25, 2024 – Oct 26, 2024

NICEVILLE, FL Mattie Kelly Arts Center Oct 27, 2024

MELBOURNE, FL King Center For The Performing Arts Oct 29, 2024 – Oct 30, 2024

SARASOTA, FL Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Nov 1, 2024 – Nov 2, 2024

GAINSVILLE, FL Phillips Center Nov 4, 2024

THE VILLAGES, FL Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center Nov 6, 2024 – Nov 7, 2024

LULING, LA Lafon Performing Arts Center Nov 9, 2024

TOLEDO, OH Valentine Theatre Nov 11, 2024

AKRON, OH E.J. Thomas Hall Nov 12, 2024 – Nov 13, 2024

KALAMAZOO, MI Miller Auditorium Nov 14, 2024 – Nov 15, 2024

FLINT, MI Whiting Auditorium Nov 16, 2024 – Nov 17, 2024

BANGOR, ME Cross Insurance Center Nov 19, 2024

PORTLAND, ME Merrill Auditorium Nov 20, 2024 – Nov 21, 2024

NEW HAVEN, CT Shubert Theatre Nov 22, 2024 – Nov 24, 2024

SPRINGFIELD, IL University of Illinois Performing Arts Center Dec 2, 2024

SIOUX CITY, IA Orpheum Theatre Dec 4, 2024

AMES, IA Stephens Auditorium Dec 5, 2024

IOWA CITY, IA Hancher Auditorium Dec 6, 2024 – Dec 8, 2024

WAUSAU, WI The Grand Theater Dec 9, 2024 – Dec 10, 2024

BOWLING GREEN, KY Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center Dec 12, 2024

MUNICE, IN Emens Auditorium Dec 13, 2024

OWENSBORO, KY RiverPark Center Dec 15, 2024

ORANGE, TX Lutcher Theater Dec 18, 2024

DALLAS, TX AT&T Performing Arts Center Dec 19, 2024 – Dec 21, 2024

READING, PA Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center Jan 6, 2025

EASTON, PA State Theatre Jan 7, 2025 – Jan 8, 2025

BROOKVILLE, NY Tilles Center For The Performing Arts Jan 9, 2025

WORCESTER, MA The Hanover Theatre Jan 10, 2025 – Jan 12, 2025

WILMINGTON, NC Wilson Center Jan 17, 2025 – Jan 18, 2025

NEWPORT NEWS, VA Ferguson Center for the Arts Jan 19, 2025

PUEBLO, CO Pueblo Memorial Hall Jan 22, 2025

GREELEY, CO Union Colony Civic Center Jan 23, 2025

FT. COLLINS, CO The Lincoln Center Jan 24, 2025 – Jan 26, 2025

FOLSOM, CA Harris Center for the Arts Jan 28, 2025 – Feb 2, 2025

BELLINGHAM, WA Mount Baker Theatre Feb 4, 2025

OLYMPIA, WA The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Feb 5, 2025 – Feb 6, 2025

EUGENE, OR Hult Center Feb 7, 2025 – Feb 9, 2025

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo Feb 12, 2025 – Feb 13, 2025

CERRITOS, CA Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts Feb 14, 2025 – Feb 19, 2025

MODESTO, CA Gallo Center for the Arts Feb 18, 2025 – Feb 19, 2025

PALM DESERT, CA McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts Feb 21, 2025 – Feb 23, 2025

MESA, AZ Mesa Arts Center Feb 28, 2025 – Mar 2, 2025

BARTLESVILLE, OK Bartlesville Community Center Mar 6, 2025

CEDAR FALLS, IA Gallagher Bluedorn Mar 8, 2025 – Mar 9, 2024

ST. PAUL, MN Ordway Center Mar 11, 2025 – Mar 16, 2025

MIDLAND, MI Midland Center For The Arts Mar 18, 2025 – Mar 20, 2025

ATHENS, GA The Classic Center Mar 19, 2025

FORT WAYNE, IN Embassy Theatre Mar 21, 2025 – Mar 22, 2025

LIMA, OH Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center Mar 23, 2025

YORK, PA Appell Center For The Performing Arts - Strands Theatre Mar 26, 2025

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ State Theatre New Jersey Mar 28, 2025 – Mar 30, 2025

BLOOMINGTON, IN Indiana University Auditorium Apr 1, 2025 – Apr 2, 2025

UTICA, NY Stanley Theatre Apr 8, 2025 – Apr 9, 2025

WILMINGTON, DE The Playhouse On Rodney Square Apr 11, 2025 – Apr 13, 2025

COLUMBUS, GA River Center for the Performing Arts Apr 18, 2025

ELMIRA, NY Clemens Center Apr 21, 2025 – Apr 22, 2025

BURLINGTON, VT Flynn Center Apr 23, 2025 – Apr 25, 2025

WATERBURY, CT Palace Theater Apr 25, 2025 – Apr 27, 2025

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Complete casting is set for the new North American tour of  Dear Evan Hansen,  launching in Houston, Texas this September. The tour is scheduled to run for over 30 weeks during the 2024-25 theatrical season. 

The production stars Michael Fabisch in the title role of Evan Hansen, with Hatty Ryan King as Zoe Murphy, Bre Cade as Heidi Hansen, Caitlin Sams as Cynthia Murphy, Alex Pharo as Connor Murphy, Jeff Brooks as Larry Murphy, Gabriel Vernon Nunag as Jared Kleinman, and Makena Jackson as Alana Beck. The company also includes understudies Michael Perez (Evan alternate), Monica Blume, Julianna Braga, Blake Ehrlichman, Jenna Kantor and Jared Svoboda.

Dear Evan Hansen  tells the story of its title character, a high school senior with social anxiety, whose quest for acceptance spirals out of control. It features music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Steven Levenson, and boasts such beloved tunes as “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through A Window” and “For Forever.”

The musical opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on December 4, 2016, winning six 2017 Tony Awards including Best Musical. The show ran through September 18, 2022 and launched a North American Tour in October 2018 that ran through July 2023.

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With Olympic gold on the line, Steph Curry, LeBron James deliver for U.S.

Before a frenzied crowd supporting host France, the Americans make the plays they need late to win fifth straight gold medal, 98-87.

PARIS — Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, cloaked in American flags, shared hugs with LeBron James as the final buzzer sounded and their tumultuous road to Olympic gold was finally complete.

The United States defeated France, 98-87, at Bercy Arena on Saturday, besting the host country in Paris to win its fifth straight gold medal at the Summer Games .

While the Americans never trailed after taking a 29-27 lead midway through the second quarter, the final was a spirited affair that saw the French get within three points in the final three minutes. But Curry hit four late three-pointers to seal the victory, celebrating by shaking his USA jersey toward the crowd and putting his hands together next to his head in his signature “night, night” motion. Curry finished with a team-high 24 points on eight three-pointers.

“It’s everything I imagined and more,” Curry said. “For a first experience, this is all you could ask for. You just stay confident, stay present and don’t get rattled by the moment. The last two minutes were special.”

James, who was named tournament MVP, had 14 points, six rebounds and 10 assists. Curry and Durant said the Los Angeles Lakers forward first reached out to them via text message nearly a year ago to begin conversations about teaming up in Paris.

“We got our moment,” said James, a three-time gold medalist. “This is what we wanted. We didn’t like the way we played last summer [finishing fourth at the FIBA World Cup], so we put together this team very fast.”

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The United States captured its 17th gold medal in 20 Olympic appearances. The Americans, who now boast a 149-6 record in the Olympics, remained undefeated in the knockout round since 2004. And the U.S. team, which went undefeated in Paris and won its six games by an average of 19 points, improved to 4-0 against France in gold medal games.

Durant set a men’s basketball record by earning his fourth gold medal; he had 15 points against France. The Phoenix Suns forward became the United States’ leading men’s or women’s Olympic scorer during the knockout round, prompting questions about whether he would add to his career tally by returning for a fifth appearance in 2028 in Los Angeles when he would be 39, the same age James is now.

“My goal every time I put this jersey on is to represent my country, my state, my street and my family name and to push the game forward,” Durant said. “We built off what the Dream Team did in 1992 and carried that torch. As far as 2028, who knows?”

The basketball world — and a glitzy courtside row that included Carmelo Anthony, Scottie Pippen, Draymond Green, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker and Thierry Henry — was treated to a riveting and well-played final. Victor Wembanyama, France’s 20-year-old sensation , immediately made it clear he was ready for the big stage, converting a three-pointer to open his team’s scoring and following it up with a brilliant spinning dunk.

The United States and France met in the gold medal game three years ago in Tokyo, and the heated rematch had the feeling of a budding rivalry. After entering the game as 16½-point favorites, the Americans led 49-41 at halftime despite cold shooting from beyond the arc. The United States finally opened a double-digit lead shortly before halftime, but Guerschon Yabusele, France’s bruising forward, pounded away inside to counter the Americans’ momentum. Yabusele delivered his team’s highlight of the night with a dunk over James that drew “M-V-P!” chants from the French partisans.

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Of course, the Americans countered with razzle-dazzle of their own. James, dressed in golden sneakers, tossed a pretty behind-the-back pass to a cutting Devin Booker for a layup, and Durant lobbed an alley-oop to Anthony Edwards. James, tasting victory, beelined to the rim for a thunderous slam midway through the fourth quarter, punishing France’s trapping defense. Curry finished the job with his backbreaking, spectacular three-pointers.

France’s upset bid came up short because its guards and wings couldn’t support the productive duo of Wembanyama, who had a game-high 26 points and seven rebounds, and Yabusele, who added 20 points. Breakout star Isaïa Cordinier was held scoreless, and Evan Fournier didn’t get on the board until late in the third quarter. France Coach Vincent Collet also lamented his team’s 10-for-17 shooting from the free throw line and botched scoring opportunities in transition.

“I would have liked to see how [the United States] would have reacted if we could have gotten the lead again,” Collet said. “But maybe [Curry] would have made the shots the same way he made them tonight. I was expecting more, but you have to do the perfect game. We had a chance. We didn’t take it.”

This will not be remembered as a flawless run to gold for the United States. The challenges began even before Coach Steve Kerr gathered the team for a Las Vegas training camp in early July: Durant suffered a calf injury that sidelined him for weeks. When the four-day camp ended, the United States parted ways with forward Kawhi Leonard, who was rehabbing a knee injury.

While the United States defeated the talent-rich Canadians to open its 5-0 exhibition schedule, it hardly looked unbeatable as the rest of the tour — including stops in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and London — unfolded. The Americans appeared lackluster down the stretch against Australia, and they narrowly avoided a catastrophic exhibition loss against Olympic newcomer South Sudan. They also had to work hard for a narrow win over Germany in their final tuneup.

Once they arrived in France, they navigated the back-and-forth logistics of traveling to Lille, near the Belgium border, with relative ease, scoring three blowout wins in pool play. Despite the one-sided victories, questions swirled over Kerr’s lineup decisions: starting Joel Embiid over Anthony Davis, bringing Durant off the bench and jettisoning Jayson Tatum from his rotation. Embiid also faced regular booing from French fans chafed by his decision to play for the United States rather than France or Cameroon, where he also holds citizenship.

Kerr stressed the importance of sacrifice while swatting away questions about his rotations, and Embiid repeatedly responded to the jeers by uncorking a crotch chopping gesture. In the final, Kerr finally moved Durant into the starting lineup and brought Tatum back into the rotation. Curry said Kerr tried to keep the team focused during its month-long journey by displaying a picture of a gold medal on a projector during every team meeting.

“There’s a lot of noise around our team,” Curry said. “I don’t envy [Kerr’s] position to find minutes for everybody. Rotations are hard. At the end of the day, it’s about winning.”

The United States began the knockout round by routing Brazil. But Nikola Jokic and Serbia pushed the Americans to the brink in the semifinals, building a 17-point lead in the first half and carrying a 13-point edge into the fourth quarter. Curry, who led the way with 36 points and nine three-pointers, joined forces with James, Durant and Embiid to power an unforgettable comeback in a 95-91 victory that was the closest the United States has come to losing in the knockout round since 2004. (Serbia beat Germany, 93-83, to claim the bronze medal Saturday.)

In the final, the Americans had to contend with an opponent who enjoyed the ultimate home-court advantage. Parker, the French basketball legend, welcomed the Paris crowd to Bercy Arena. Rows of tricolor flags blanketed three sections of baseline seats, and hundreds of ­Wembanyama No. 32 jerseys were peppered throughout the crowd. L’Équipe, the French sports journal, hyped the final with the headline: “Once upon a time with the Americans.” Inside the arena, a banner read “Rendezvous with history.”

The host’s swelled hopes went unfulfilled. The French went down as they had in Tokyo, just like the Serbians (2016) and the Spanish (2008 and 2012) before them. After Wenbamyama and his teammates clapped their appreciation to the crowd, James, Durant and Curry — the 30-somethings who starred in their first and probably last Olympics together — posed with their medals between their teeth and stood side by side as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played and the American flag was raised to the rafters.

“There’s a sense of relief at the end, but it’s more a sense of accomplishment,” Curry said. “I was smiling, cheesing and having the best time of my life because this might not come around again.”

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Medals: We’re tracking all the Olympic medals country by country , including firsts and comparisons to the 2020 Olympics. See the U.S. medals broken down by athletes , too.

U.S. athletes: Top Team USA athletes like Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are some of the athletes to watch , but there are some familiar faces that are missing this year .

New this year: Breaking or break dancing is coming to the Olympic stage , while Paris also has a bold plan to host swimming events in the Seine .