Evan Parker & Walter Prati

Among Europe's most innovative, intriguing, and truly prolific saxophonists, Britain's Evan Parker's playing style is distinguished by creative use of circular breathing, false fingering, tongue slapping, and other extended improv techniques. He generates furious bursts, screeches, bleats, honks, and spiraling lines and phrases for extremely long periods of time. Later experiments with electronics and ensembles of all sizes helped expand his sonic field. Parker's massive discography contains more than 200 offerings under his own name and nearly 1,000 credits. The 1970 trio out...