Paul Lytton – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Paul Lytton is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Paul Lytton was born on 8 March 1947 in London. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: CIMP. The discography here lists 8 albums, from “The Inclined Stick” (1979) to “Loose Connections” (2024).

Paul Lytton (born 8 March 1947, London) is an English free jazz and free improvising percussionist. Lytton began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late 1960s while taking lessons on the tabla from P.R. Desai. In 1969 he began experimenting with free improvisational music, working in a duo with saxophonist Evan Parker. After adding bassist Barry Guy, the ensemble became the Evan Parker Trio. He and Parker continued to work together into the 2000s; more recent releases include trio releases with Marilyn Crispell in 1996 (Natives and Aliens) and 1999 (After Appleby). A founding member of the London Musicians Collective, Lytton worked extensively on the London free improvisation scene in the 1970s, and aided Paul Lovens in the foundation of the Aachen Musicians' Cooperative in 1976. Lytton has toured North America and Japan both solo and with improvisational ensembles.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Inclined Stick 1979 · Po Torch Records

Ellispontos 1986

Some Other Season 1999

English Suites 2000

The Nows 2012

Do They Do Those in Red? 2020

Known / Unknown 2020

Loose Connections 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Paul Lytton is credited as a sideman

1972	Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) — Evan Parker & Paul Lytton	effects, electronic instruments, percussion, instruments
1989	Erzulie Maketh Scent — Cecil Taylor	liner notes
1989	The Hearth — Cecil Taylor with Tristan Honsinger & Evan Parker	liner notes
1989	Leaf Palm Hand — Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley	liner notes
1989	In East-Berlin — Cecil Taylor · Solo / Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer	liner notes
1989	Spots, Circles, and Fantasy — Cecil Taylor & Han Bennink	liner notes
1989	Regalia — Cecil Taylor & Paul Lovens	liner notes
1989	Riobec — Cecil Taylor & Günter Sommer	liner notes
1989	Harmos — Barry Guy & London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1990	Double Trouble — Barry Guy & London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1992	Theoria — Barry Guy and The London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra, Irène Schweizer	drums (drum set)
1994	Portraits — Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1995	Portrait — Sam Rivers	liner notes
1996	Two Octobers (1972-1975) — Evan Parker & Paul Lytton	percussion, electronic instruments
1997	London Air Lift — Evan Parker with John Russell, Mark Sanders, John Edwards	liner notes
1997	Three Pieces for Orchestra — Barry Guy; London Jazz Composers Orchestra	drums (drum set)
1998	Double Trouble Two — Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, Pierre Favre	drums (drum set)
2001	Odyssey — Barry Guy - Marilyn Crispell - Paul Lytton	percussion
2005	Ithaca — Barry Guy / Marilyn Crispell / Paul Lytton	percussion
2016	Deep Memory — Guy-Crispell-Lytton	percussion
2020	Collective Calls (Revisited) (Jubilee) — Evan Parker - Paul Lytton	liner notes, drums (drum set), producer