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October 2006
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Herb Robertson's NY Downtown Allstars
Brian Abrahams
Nois4
Chris Laurence Quartet
Finn Peters
Centre Line
Barb Jungr
Prevost, Wilkinson, Williamson
Eddie Parker's Mr Vertigo
Aisling Stephenson
Kevin Davy
Evan Parker
Basil Hodge
Turner, Grenadier, Ballard

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October 2006 gig reviews by Chris Parker

Evan Parker, John Edwards, Tony Marsh

Thursday 26

'Some of you I've never seen before; and some of you are young!' Thus Evan Parker, apparently puzzled on being presented with evidence that his extraordinary art goes on attracting new listeners.

In solo appearances, he generally sticks to soprano, producing a variety of overtones woven into a seamless improvisation that (rather in the way that a single familiar word takes on an odd appearance if looked at long enough) at times sounds like an intuitively interactive group performance; in a trio setting (with bassist John Edwards and drummer Tony Marsh), Parker operates on tenor, buzzing, surging, scribbling and occasionally whispering.

Edwards scrabbles and booms and at odd moments produces percussive slaps from his bass, but it is Marsh who binds the whole together; there are few more reassuring sights in the improvised-music world than Marsh sitting rapt and utterly absorbed at a drum set, his eyes tight shut, his sticks fluttering and skittering over his drums, providing the perfect oil in the machine of the group sound.

 

 

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