| Saxophone Solos | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | June 17, 1975, and September 9, 1975 | |||
| Venue | Unity Theatre, London | |||
| Studio | FMP Studio, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Free improvisation | |||
| Label | Incus 19 | |||
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Saxophone Solos is a solo soprano saxophone album by Evan Parker. Three of the tracks were recorded live on June 17, 1975, at the Unity Theatre in London, and the remaining music was recorded on September 9, 1975 at the FMP Studio in Berlin.[1] The album was initially released on LP in 1976 by Incus Records,[2] and was reissued on CD in 1995 by Chronoscope records with nine additional tracks bearing subtitles from Samuel Beckett,[3][4] again on CD in 2009 by Psi Records (with the extra tracks),[5] and again on LP in 2021 by Otoroku Records (with just the original four tracks).[6] The contents of the album, plus a previously-missing track from the studio session, were also included in a 1989 limited-edition box set compilation titled Collected Solos, issued by Cadillac Distribution.[7]
In a 2020 interview, Parker stated that the live tracks were recorded at his first solo performance.[8] Although he originally objected to the idea of doing a solo recording, he relented when he realized that it could involve a dialogue with his instrument, rather than with another "mind."[8] When asked about the use of the term "aerobatics" for track titles, he responded: "What's in a name? It has a quality which either speaks to the listener or not. It is a poetic conceit."[8]
- ^ "Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Incus19 Saxophone solos". EFI Group. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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- ^ "psi 09.01 Saxophone solos". EFI Group. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos". Cafe Oto. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Collected solos". EFI Group. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Bruyninckx, Joeri (17 December 2020). "Evan Parker". It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.