When You Get There.....

The commuting continues but the posts have slowed down. Long weekend procrastination was not particularly obliging with blog updates but a ...

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Summer 1967 (Emanem) I’ve been meaning to write about this album for a while now. Some months ago I wrote ...

Paul Keegan's feature article on Evan Parker for the April 1987 issue of Down Beat magazine. Click on the image to view PDF of the full...

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Challenge (Emanem) Having heard a smattering of their recordings, I’m finally getting around to listenin...

In addition to his solo saxophone recordings, I'm a fan of Evan Parker 's quieter outings such as his duo  with Richard Nuns,  Rangi...

The last couple of days have been spent recovering from a cold/bug/whatever. While it's not the best timing (I have a busy week planned)...

Solomon Ilori and his Afro-Drum Ensemble : African High Life (Blue Note). I was on the lookout for Art Blakey's The African Beat  whe...

Evan Parker Time Lapse (Tzadik) Recorded in various sessions between 1996 and 2001 this solo album mixes up solo pieces ...

I came across a list of workshops and masterclass I have attended over the years. Most of these took place at NZSM. It is not a complete lis...

I was browsing the Roulette website and I came across a video of Evan Parker and his Electro-Acoustic Septet . Though I'm not always ...