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Evan Parker
ss, ts, *1944 GB, Bristol
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Evan Shaw Parker
Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944, Bristol, England) is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation. He has pioneered or substantially expanded an array of extended techniques. Critic Ron Wynn describes Parker as "mong Europe's most innovative and intriguing saxophonists ... his solo sax work isn't for the squeamish."
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calenture And Light Leaks | Evan Parker, Paul G. Smyth | 2019 | Album |
| The Dogs Of Nile | Evan Parker, Paul G. Smyth | 2019 | Single |
| Tools Of Imagination | Evan Parker / Eddie Prévost | 2018 | Album |
| Free Jazz Meeting Baden Baden '67 | Don Cherry, Marion Brown, Evan Parker, John Stevens | 2018 | Album |
| Uncharted Territories | Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Craig Taborn And Ches Smith | 2018 | Album |
| The Flow Of Spirit (Live Concert Tokyo) | Evan Parker, Toshi Tsuchitori, William Parker | 2018 | Album |
| Parallel Moments Unbroken | The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra Featuring Marilyn Crispell & Evan Parker | 2018 | Album |
| Sounding Tears | Mat Maneri, Evan Parker, Lucian Ban | 2017 | Album |
| Walthamstow Moon ('61 Revisited) | Evan Parker, John Edwards, John Russell | 2017 | Album |
| PEN | Evan Parker, John Edwards, Steve Noble | 2017 | Album |
| Live@Alchemia | Evan Parker & RGG Trio | 2017 | Album |
| 14.11.16 | Otomo Yoshihide / Hiroshi Yamazaki / Evan Parker | 2017 | Album |
| 28.5.17 | Limpe Fuchs & Evan Parker | 2017 | Album |
| Reunion Live From Cafe Oto | Evan Parker, John Russell, Ian Brighton, Philipp Wachsmann, Marcio Mattos, Trevor Taylor | 2017 | Album |
| Duos | Gianni Gebbia + Evan Parker | 2017 | Album |
| Seven Pieces (Live At Willisau 1995) | Evan Parker - Daunik Lazro - Joe McPhee | 2016 | Album |
| Tie The Stone To The Wheel | Evan Parker / Seymour Wright | 2016 | Album |
| As The Wind | Evan Parker / Mark Nauseef / Toma Gouband | 2016 | Album |
| 23.2.16 | Seymour Wright, Evan Parker | 2016 | Album |
| Miller's Tale | Sylvie Courvoisier - Mark Feldman - Ikue Mori - Evan Parker | 2016 | Album |
| Duets 71977 | Evan Parker, Andrea Centazzo | 2016 | Album |
| On Growth And Form | Evan Parker, Richard Barrett, Michael Vatcher | 2016 | Album |
| Leaps In Leicester | Alexander Hawkins ° Evan Parker | 2016 | Album |
| City Fall | Evan Parker / Mikołaj Trzaska / John Edwards / Mark Sanders | 2016 | Album |
| Live At Spielraum (Trio / Quartet / Sextet) | Christof Thewes, Martin Schmidt, Hartmut Osswald, Paul Lovens, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker | 2016 | Album |
| Mopomoso Tour 2013 Making Rooms | Evan Parker, John Russell, John Edwards, Pat Thomas, Alison Blunt, Benedict Taylor, David Leahy, Kay Grant, Alex Ward | 2016 | Album |
| Two Chaps | Evan Parker & Motoharu Yoshizawa | 2015 | Album |
| The Hurrah | Evan Parker - John Edwards - Chris Corsano | 2015 | Album |
| #Two | Black Top | 2015 | Album |
| Title Goes Here | Evan Parker & AMM | 2015 | Single |
| Ninth Square | Evan Parker ^ Joe Morris ^ Nate Wooley | 2015 | Album |
| Hello, I Must Be Going | Fred Frith, Evan Parker | 2015 | Album |
| Clapham Duos | John Tchicai And Evan Parker | 2015 | Album |
| Marsyas Suite | Evan Parker, Peter Jacquemyn | 2015 | Album |
| Extremes | Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco | 2014 | Album |
| Seven ElectroAcoustic Septet | Evan Parker | 2014 | Album |
| World Of Objects | Jeremiah Cymerman / Evan Parker / Nate Wooley | 2014 | Album |
| Either Or And | Evan Parker & Sylvie Courvoisier | 2014 | Album |
| 28 Rue Dunois Juillet 1982 | Derek Bailey - Joëlle Léandre - George Lewis - Evan Parker | 2014 | Album |
| Tri-Borough Triptych | Sebastian Lexer, Evan Parker, Eddie Prévost | 2013 | Album |
| Colors Of: | Konvoj Ensemble Feat. Evan Parker & Sten Sandell | 2013 | Album |
| Quintet/Sextet | Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Evan Parker, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, John Butcher | 2013 | Album |
| The Trees | Mark Solborg Trio Feat. Herb Robertson & Evan Parker | 2013 | Album |
| Vaincu.Va! Live At Western Front 1978 | Evan Parker | 2013 | Album |
| What / If / They Both Could Fly | Evan Parker & Joe McPhee | 2013 | Album |
| Rocket Science | Evan Parker, Craig Taborn, Sam Pluta, Peter Evans : Rocket Science | 2013 | Album |
| Rex, Wrecks & XXX | Evan Parker - Matthew Shipp | 2013 | Album |
| 13 Miniatures For Albert Ayler | Jean-Jacques Avenel - Jacqueline Caux - Jean-Luc Cappozzo - Steve Dalachinsky - Simon Goubert - Raphaël Imbert - Sylvain Kassap - Joëlle Léandre - Urs Leimgruber - Didier Levallet - Ramón López - Joe McPhee - Evan Parker - Barre Phillips - Michel Portal - Lucia Recio - Christian Rollet - John Tchicai | 2012 | Album |
| Vivaces | Le GGRIL avec Evan Parker | 2012 | Album |
| Cinema | John Coxon, Evan Parker, Eddie Prévost | 2012 | Album |
| Dortmund Variations | Evan Parker, Georg Gräwe | 2012 | Album |
| The Voice Is One | Evan Parker / Agustí Fernandez | 2012 | Album |
| Improcherto (For HB) By George Burt | The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra With Lol Coxhill & Evan Parker | 2012 | Album |
| Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists - Volume 1 | Evan Parker • John Edwards • Eddie Prévost | 2012 | Album |
| Round About One O'Clock | Evan Parker / Zlatko Kaučič | 2011 | Album |
| Together In Zero Space | Grutronic and Evan Parker | 2011 | Album |
| Near Nadir | Mark Nauseef - Ikue Mori - Evan Parker - Bill Laswell | 2011 | Album |
| It Won't Be Called Broken Chair | Misha Mengelberg & Evan Parker | 2011 | Album |
| Trance Map | Evan Parker / Matthew Wright | 2011 | Album |
| Live At Akbank Jazz Festival | Evan Parker & Konstrukt | 2011 | Album |
| Live At The Vortex, London | Evan Parker / Kenny Wheeler / Paul Dunmall / Tony Levin / John Edwards | 2011 | Album |
| The Bleeding Edge | Evan Parker / Okkyung Lee / Peter Evans | 2011 | Album |
| Life Of Dreams | Tony Levin / Paul Dunmall / Ray Warleigh / Evan Parker | 2011 | Album |
| At Somewhere There | Evan Parker, Wes Neal, Joe Sorbara | 2011 | Album |
| PhonoMetak Series # 9 | Evan Parker & Walter Prati / Lukas Ligeti & João Orecchia | 2011 | Album |
| Live In Mestre (Teatro Toniolo) | Marc Charig, Radu Malfatti, Evan Parker, Tony Rusconi | 2011 | Album |
| Psalms | Evan Parker & Sten Sandell | 2010 | Album |
| Twine | Urs Leimgruber & Evan Parker | 2010 | Album |
| Whitstable Solo | Evan Parker | 2010 | Album |
| Striking A Blow | Urs Leimgruber, Evan Parker, Nils Gerold, Reinhart Hammerschmidt, Uli Sobotta, Hainer Wörmann | 2010 | Album |
| Relevance | David Liebman - Evan Parker - Tony Bianco | 2010 | Album |
| SET | Evan Parker | 2009 | Album |
| House Full Of Floors | Evan Parker | 2009 | Album |
| Live | Marteau Rouge & Evan Parker | 2009 | Album |
| Full Bloom | Uwe Oberg & Evan Parker | 2009 | Album |
| C-Section | Evan Parker / John Wiese | 2009 | Album |
| Free Zone Appleby 2007 | Paolo Angeli, Evan Parker, Ned Rothenberg | 2009 | Album |
| Boustrophedon | Evan Parker, Transatlantic Art Ensemble | 2008 | Album |
| A Life Saved By A Spider And Two Doves | Max Eastley / Graham Halliwell / Evan Parker / Mark Wastell | 2008 | Album |
| The Brewery Tap | Evan Parker, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | 2008 | Album |
| Live At Roulette | Evan Parker / Ned Rothenberg | 2007 | Album |
| Topos | Agustí Fernandez • Evan Parker • Barry Guy • Paul Lytton | 2007 | Album |
| Abbey Road Duos | Evan Parker / Matthew Shipp | 2007 | Album |
| Parallelisms | Herb Robertson With Evan Parker & Agustí Fernandez | 2007 | Album |
| A Glancing Blow | Evan Parker / John Edwards / Chris Corsano | 2007 | Album |
| Free Zone Appleby 2006 | Philipp Wachsmann, Rudi Mahall, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford, Paul Lovens | 2007 | Album |
| La Lumière De Pierres | François Houle / Evan Parker / Benoît Delbecq | 2007 | Album |
| Time Lapse | Evan Parker | 2006 | Album |
| Free Zone Appleby 2005 | Kenny Wheeler, Philipp Wachsmann, Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, Tony Levin | 2006 | Album |
| In Real Time | Andrea Centazzo / Alvin Curran / Evan Parker | 2006 | Album |
| Free Zone Appleby 2004 | Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Philipp Wachsmann, Joel Ryan | 2005 | Album |
| Short Stories | Evan Parker And September Winds | 2005 | Album |
| Crevulations | Stan Tracey, Evan Parker | 2005 | Album |
| Glossolalia | Charles Farrell, Evan Parker | 2005 | Album |
| Free Zone Appleby 2003 | Tony Coe, John Edwards, Alan Hacker, Sylvia Hallett, Marcio Mattos, Evan Parker, Philipp Wachsmann, Kenny Wheeler | 2004 | Album |
| Imponderable Evidence | Evan Parker / Eddie Prévost | 2004 | Album |
| Suspensions And Anticipations | Stan Tracey, Evan Parker | 2004 | Album |
| Munich And Glasgow | The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra With Evan Parker | 2004 | Album |
| Evan Parker With Birds | Evan Parker | 2004 | Album |
| America 2003 | Evan Parker / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Paul Lytton | 2004 | Album |
| 888 | Evan Parker, Philipp Wachsmann, Hugh Davies, Eddie Prévost | 2003 | Album |
| Live | Spring Heel Jack with Matthew Shipp, Evan Parker, J. Spaceman, William Parker, Han Bennink | 2003 | Album |
| Alder Brook | Evan Parker And September Winds | 2003 | Album |
| The Grass Is Greener | Han Bennink, Evan Parker | 2002 | Album |
| For The Love Of... | Evan Parker & Frank Perry | 2002 | Album |
| The Needles | Evan Parker / Philipp Wachsmann / Teppo Hauta-aho | 2002 | Album |
| The Social/Science Set | Bruce Ackley, Derek Bailey, Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo, Larry Ochs, Evan Parker, Jon Raskin and Andrew Voigt | 2002 | Album |
| Chicago Tenor Duets | Evan Parker & Joe McPhee | 2002 | Album |
| September Duos | Evan Parker • Peter A. Schmid | 2001 | Album |
| Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder | Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder | 2001 | Album |
| The Ayes Have It | Evan Parker | 2001 | Album |
| Dividuality | Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Lawrence Casserley | 2001 | Album |
| Passage To Hades | Jah Wobble & Evan Parker | 2001 | Album |
| Rangirua | Evan Parker, Richard Nunns | 2001 | Album |
| Lines Burnt In Light | Evan Parker | 2001 | Album |
| Parker/Haslam/Edwards | Evan Parker / George Haslam / John Edwards | 2001 | Album |
| Two Chapters And An Epilogue | John Tilbury / Evan Parker | 2000 | Album |
| High Tide | Evan Parker | 2000 | Album |
| Brot & Honig | Evan Parker / TonArt Ensemble | 2000 | Album |
| The Two Seasons | Evan Parker / John Edwards / Mark Sanders | 2000 | Album |
| Nailed | Evan Parker / Cecil Taylor / Barry Guy / Tony Oxley | 2000 | Album |
| Dark Rags | Evan Parker / Keith Rowe | 2000 | Album |
| Sankt Gerold Variations | Paul Bley / Evan Parker / Barre Phillips | 2000 | Album |
| Unity Variations | Evan Parker & Georg Gräwe | 1999 | Album |
| Foxes Fox | Evan Parker / Steve Beresford / John Edwards / Louis Moholo : Foxes Fox | 1999 | Album |
| Waterloo 1985 | Evan Parker With Paul Lytton, Paul Rutherford & Hans Schneider | 1999 | Album |
| The Promise | Thurston Moore, Evan Parker, Walter Prati | 1999 | Album |
| Arch Duo | Derek Bailey & Evan Parker | 1999 | Album |
| Live At "Les Instants Chavirés" | Evan Parker With Noël Akchoté, Lawrence Casserley And Joel Ryan | 1998 | Album |
| New Excursions | Evan Parker + Ghost-In-The-Machine | 1998 | Album |
| True Live Walnuts | Mauro Orselli - Evan Parker - Antonello Salis | 1998 | Album |
| Cuts | Peter Kowald / Ort Ensemble Wuppertal With Evan Parker, Lê Quan Ninh, Carlos Zíngaro | 1998 | Album |
| Here Now: Solos / Duos | Evan Parker / Günter Christmann | 1998 | Album |
| Real Time Two | Andrea Centazzo, Alvin Curran, Evan Parker | 1998 | Album |
| Chicago Solo | Evan Parker | 1997 | Album |
| Most Materiall | Evan Parker & Eddie Prévost | 1997 | Album |
| Monkey Puzzle | Evan Parker / Ned Rothenberg | 1997 | Album |
| London Air Lift | Evan Parker With John Russell / John Edwards / Mark Sanders | 1997 | Album |
| Solar Wind | Evan Parker & Lawrence Casserley | 1997 | Album |
| Somewhere Bi-Lingual | Noël Akchoté / Mark Sanders / Evan Parker / Paul Rogers | 1997 | Album |
| Tempranillo | Evan Parker & Agustí Fernandez | 1996 | Album |
| Synergetics – Phonomanie III | Evan Parker | 1996 | Album |
| Mars Song | Evan Parker, Sainkho | 1996 | Album |
| Evan Parker With Ghost-In-The-Machine | Evan Parker With Ghost-In-The-Machine | 1996 | Album |
| Bits And Pieces | Wolfgang Fuchs Solo and Duets with Evan Parker & Jean-Marc Montera | 1996 | Album |
| Joe McPhee • Evan Parker • Daunik Lazro | Joe McPhee • Evan Parker • Daunik Lazro | 1996 | Album |
| Birmingham Concert | Evan Parker • Paul Dunmall • Barry Guy • Tony Levin | 1996 | Album |
| Improvvisazioni | Evan Parker, Antonello Salis, Mauro Orselli | 1995 | Album |
| Time Will Tell | Paul Bley / Evan Parker / Barre Phillips | 1995 | Album |
| 50th Birthday Concert | Evan Parker | 1994 | Album |
| To Whom It May Concern: Dedicated To Kunio Nakamura (1944-1992) | Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Kenichi Takeda, Onnyk | 1994 | Album |
| Three Blokes | Lol Coxhill / Steve Lacy / Evan Parker | 1994 | Album |
| The Fire Tale | Borah Bergman With Evan Parker | 1994 | Album |
| Trio (London) 1993 | Anthony Braxton / Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford | 1993 | Album |
| Duo (London) 1993 | Anthony Braxton / Evan Parker | 1993 | Album |
| Conic Sections - For Kunio Nakamura | Evan Parker | 1993 | Album |
| Process And Reality | Evan Parker | 1991 | Album |
| Hall Of Mirrors | Evan Parker / Walter Prati | 1990 | Album |
| Duets, Dithyrambisch | Wolfgang Fuchs • Hans Koch • Evan Parker • Louis Sclavis | 1990 | Album |
| The Hearth | Cecil Taylor With Tristan Honsinger & Evan Parker | 1989 | Album |
| The Ericle Of Dolphi | Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford / Dave Holland / Paul Lovens | 1989 | Album |
| Supersession | Evan Parker, Keith Rowe, Barry Guy, Eddie Prévost | 1988 | Album |
| Chirps | Steve Lacy & Evan Parker | 1986 | Album |
| The Snake Decides | Evan Parker | 1986 | Album |
| Compatibles | Derek Bailey, Evan Parker | 1986 | Album |
| Hook, Drift & Shuffle | Evan Parker With George Lewis, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton | 1985 | Album |
| 残像 = Zanzou | Evan Parker | 1983 | Album |
| Detto Fra Di Noi | Alexander von Schlippenbach / Evan Parker / Paul Lovens | 1982 | Album |
| Six Of One | Evan Parker | 1982 | Album |
| PISA 1980: Improvisors' Symposium | Maarten Altena / Derek Bailey / Barry Guy / George Lewis / Paul Lovens / Paul Lytton / Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford / Giancarlo Schiaffini / Philipp Wachsmann | 1981 | Album |
| Metalanguage Festival Of Improvised Music 1980 - Volume 2: The Science Set | Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Greg Goodman, Toshinori Kondo, Andrew Voigt | 1981 | Album |
| Metalanguage Festival Of Improvised Music 1980 - Volume 1: The Social Set | Bruce Ackley, Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo, Larry Ochs, Evan Parker, Jon Raskin, Andrew Voigt | 1981 | Album |
| 4,4,4, | Evan Parker / Paul Rutherford / Barry Guy / John Stevens | 1980 | Album |
| At The Finger Palace | Evan Parker | 1980 | Album |
| Circadian Rhythm | Paul Burwell / Hugh Davies / Max Eastley / Paul Lovens / Paul Lytton / Annabel Nicolson / Evan Parker / David Toop | 1980 | Album |
| From Saxophone & Trombone | Evan Parker / George Lewis | 1980 | Album |
| Abracadabra | Evan Parker / Greg Goodman | 1978 | Album |
| Groupcomposing | Misha Mengelberg, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Peter Bennink, Paul Rutherford, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink | 1978 | Album |
| Monoceros | Evan Parker | 1978 | Album |
| Real Time | Alvin Curran, Andrea Centazzo, Evan Parker | 1978 | Album |
| Saxophone Solos | Evan Parker | 1976 | Album |
| The London Concert | Derek Bailey / Evan Parker | 1975 | Album |
| The Topography Of The Lungs | Evan Parker / Derek Bailey / Han Bennink | 1970 | Album |
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