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Saxophonists · b. 1944

Evan Parker

English saxophonist

Born: 5 April 1944
Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 159 albums

Biography

Evan Parker is a jazz musician who plays saxophone. Evan Parker was born on 5 April 1944 in Bristol. The music is usually filed under jazz, free jazz and free improvisation. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 159 albums, from “The Topography of the Lungs” (1970) to “Those Landings” (2026).

Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944) is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation. Recording and performing 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 "among Europe's most innovative and intriguing saxophonists...his solo sax work isn't for the weak."

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Topography of the Lungs 1970

Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) 1972

At the Unity Theatre 1975 · Live

Ra 1+2 1976 · Live

Saxophone Solos 1976

The Longest Night, Vol. 1 1977

Abracadabra 1978 · Live

Monoceros 1978

The Longest Night, Vol. 2 1978

4,4,4, 1980

At the Finger Palace 1980 · Live

From Saxophone & Trombone 1980

Incision 1981

Six of One 1982

Zanzou 1983 · Live

Hook, Drift & Shuffle 1985 · Live

Tai Kyoku 1985 · Live

The Snake Decides 1986

Supersession 1988 · Live

The Ericle of Dolphi 1989 · Live

Hall of Mirrors 1990

Process and Reality 1991

Conic Sections 1993

50th Birthday Concert 1994 · Live

To Whom It May Concern: Dedicated to Kunio Nakamura (1944-1992) 1994 · Live

Corner to Corner 1995

Improvvisazioni 1995

Obliquities 1995

Birmingham Concert 1996 · Live

Evan Parker with Ghost-in-the-Machine 1996

Mars Song 1996 · Live

Synergetics – Phonomanie III 1996 · Live

Tempranillo 1996

Two Octobers (1972-1975) 1996

Chicago Solo 1997

London Air Lift 1997

Monkey Puzzle 1997

Most Materiall 1997

Solar Wind 1997

Here Now: Solos / Duos 1998 · Live

Live at “Les Instants Chavirés” 1998 · Live

New Excursions 1998 · Live

Foxes Fox 1999

Unity Variations 1999 · Live

Waterloo 1985 1999 · Live

Brot & Honig 2000 · Live

Dark Rags 2000 · Live

High Tide 2000

The Two Seasons 2000 · Live

Two Chapters and an Epilogue 2000

Dividuality 2001

Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder 2001

Lines Burnt in Light 2001 · Live

Parker/Haslam/Edwards 2001 · Live

Passage to Hades 2001

Rangirua 2001

September Duos 2001 · Live

The Ayes Have It 2001

Chicago Tenor Duets 2002

For the Love Of... 2002 · Live

The Needles 2002

888 2003 · Live

Alder Brook 2003 · Live

America 2003 2004 · Live

Evan Parker With Birds 2004

Imponderable Evidence 2004

Munich and Glasgow 2004 · Live

Free Zone Appleby 2004 2005 · Live

Glossolalia 2005

Short Stories 2005

Time Lapse 2006

A Glancing Blow 2007 · Live

Abbey Road Duos 2007

Live at Roulette 2007 · Live

Boustrophedon 2008 · Live

C-Section 2009

Full Bloom 2009 · Live

House Full of Floors 2009

Live 2009 · Live

SET 2009 · Live

The Brewery Tap 2009 · Live

Psalms 2010

Whitstable Solo 2010 · Live

At Somewhere There 2011 · Live

Live at Akbank Jazz Festival 2011 · Live

Live at the Vortex, London 2011 · Live

Round About One O’Clock 2011 · Live

The Bleeding Edge 2011

Together in Zero Space 2011 · Live

Trance Map 2011

Dortmund Variations 2012 · Live

Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists, Volume 1 2012 · Live

The Voice Is One 2012 · Live

Vivaces 2012 · Live

Rex, Wrecks & XXX 2013

Rocket Science 2013 · Live

Vaincu.Va!: Live at Western Front 1978 2013 · Live

What / If / They Both Could Fly 2013 · Live

Either or And 2014

Extremes 2014 · Live

Flash Art 2014 · Live

#Two 2015 · Live

Marsyas Suite 2015 · Live

Ninth Square 2015 · Live

The Hurrah 2015 · Live

Title Goes Here 2015 · Live

Two Chaps 2015 · Live

As the Wind 2016

City Fall: Live at Cafe Oto 2016 · Live

Duets 71977 2016

Mopomoso Tour 2013: Making Rooms 2016 · Live

On Growth and Form 2016 · Live

Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995 2016 · Live

Tie the Stone to the Wheel 2016 · Live

28.5.17 2017 · Live

Gianni Gebbia + Evan Parker Duos 2017 · Live

Live@Alchemia 2017 · Live

PEN 2017 · Live

Reunion Live From Cafe Oto 2017 · Live

Walthamstow Moon (’61 Revisited) 2017

Linger Like Joy in Memory 2018 · Live

Paris (1997) 2018 · Live

THE FLOW OF SPIRIT 2018 · Live

Tools of Imagination 2018 · Live

Calenture and Light Leaks 2019 · Live

Chiasm 2019 · Live

Crepuscule in Nickelsdorf 2019 · Live

Inferences 2019 · Live

Live at Angelica 2018 2019 · Live

Locations 2019 · Live

The Balderin Sali Variations 2019 · Live

The Dogs of Nile 2019 · Live

The Village 2019 · Live

Work in Progress 2019

Arkosberg 2020 · Live

Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee) 2020

Foxes Fox 2020 · Live

Parker, Edwards and Day 2020 · Live

2001 2021

Medway Blues 2021 · Live

Pent 2021 · Live

Winns Win 2021

descension (Out of Our Constrictions) 2021 · Live

A Schist Story 2022 · Live

Raise Four 2022

THEN THROUGH NOW 2022

Dialog 2023

Gift 2023 · Live

NYC 1978 2023 · Live

So It Goes… 2023 · Live

The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc. 2024

Branches 2025 · Live

Insolence 2025 · Live

Tebugo 2025 · Live

May Spring Last a Lifetime 2026

Those Landings 2026 · Tzadik

Free Noise - Bristol Arnolfini, UK, May 3rd 2007 · Live

London 21.11.13 · Live

Rocket Science · Live

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Evan Parker play?

Evan Parker is known for playing saxophone.

When and where was Evan Parker born?

Evan Parker was born 5 April 1944 in Bristol.

What are Evan Parker's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Those Landings (2026), The Topography of the Lungs (1970), Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) (1972), At the Unity Theatre (1975) and Ra 1+2 (1976).

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