Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records! Evan Parker earlyevolutionimportant Change image and share on social
I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments. Evan Parker adequatelyimitateinstrument Change image and share on social
A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts. Evan Parker advanceelementexpect Change image and share on social
I think it's a great document of John Stevens' originality. At that time he was already much more fully formed in his conception than I was. I was sort of struggling to keep up, and sometimes it's pretty obvious. Evan Parker conceptiondocumentform share on social
So I'm looking to the saxophone as a resource which has its own unique set of possibilities. I'm looking to exploit them and develop them and have the fullest range of possibilities of the saxophone be known. Evan Parker developexploitfull share on social
It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its called and can buy it the same week. But our stuff is not in that mass market. Evan Parker bangkokbirminghambuy Change image and share on social
Improvisation is a compositional method. Evan Parker compositionalimprovisationmethod Change image and share on social
In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations. Evan Parker aspectcalldevelop Change image and share on social
To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect. Evan Parker guaranteenotationspeak Change image and share on social
The argument we always used to use was that keeping records in the catalog was good for people that were coming new to the music, but I think that was talking over a ten year or fifteen year time span. Evan Parker argumentcatalogcome share on social
