Editing Evan Parker

{{Short description|British saxophone player (born 1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Evan Parker
| image               = Evan Parker 05N0695.jpg
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Moers Festival, 2012
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Evan Shaw Parker
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Bristol]], England
| genre               = [[free improvisation]], [[free jazz]]
| occupation          = Musician
| instrument          = Saxophone
| years_active        = 
| label               = Psi, Emanem, Clean Feed, Incus, Leo, Rune Grammofon, Tzadik
| associated_acts     = [[Irene Schweizer]], [[Barry Guy]] and his London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra]], [[Globe Unity Orchestra]]
| website             = {{URL|www.evanparker.com}}
}}
[[File:Evan Parker DSC0024 2.jpg|thumb|397x397px|Evan Parker, Buffalo, New York (2009)]]
'''Evan Shaw Parker''' (born 5 April 1944)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1906}}</ref> is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays [[free improvisation]].

Recording and performing prolifically 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 squeamish."<ref name="wynn">{{cite web | first = Ron| last = Wynn| author-link = Ron Wynn |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7288|pure_url=yes}} |title=Evan Parker: Biography |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref>

== Early influences ==
Parker's original inspiration was [[Paul Desmond]].<ref name=efi/> Parker soon discovered the music of [[John Coltrane]], who would be the primary influence throughout his career. Other important early influences were free jazz artists [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Albert Ayler]] and [[Jimmy Giuffre]]. Since the 1990s the influence of [[cool jazz]] saxophone players has also become apparent in his music, with Parker recording tributes to [[Warne Marsh]] and [[Lee Konitz]] on ''[[Time Will Tell (Paul Bley album)|Time Will Tell]]'' (ECM, 1993) and ''[[Chicago Solo]]'' ([[Okka Disk]], 1997).

== Early career ==
Parker moved to [[London]] in 1966 and quickly became a part of the city’s improvised music scene based around the Little Theatre Club, joining [[John Stevens (drummer)|John Stevens]]’ [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Along with guitarist [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]], he quickly became a leading figure in the improvised music movement in London and throughout Europe.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> One of his most lasting connections was with German pianist [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]], whose trio he joined in 1970.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> 

== Solo soprano ==
[[File:Streaming in Auditory Scene Analysis.gif|thumb|Visualization of Auditory Streaming]]
Parker is perhaps best known for his solo performances. Originally dismissive of solo performance as being too close in nature to traditional composition, he was inspired to experiment with solo performance by the possibilities for musician-instrument interaction demonstrated by [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]]’s solo guitar improvisations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ-7DQc7cWo|title=Evan Parker - Aesthetics of Imperfection|date=24 January 2020 |access-date=7 June 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Primarily using the [[soprano saxophone]] for these solo performances, the music makes use of a principle known as [[Melodic fission|auditory streaming]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Blancarte, Tom|title='Charon as Muse - The Ferrying of Voices in Evan Parker's Solo Saxophone Music to the Double-Bass as Creative Authorship'|journal=Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen |publisher=Rhythmic Music Conservatory Copenhagen|date=2020|url=https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/783272/783273|access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> where the use of wide registers creates the illusion of [[polyphony]], which Parker terms “pseudo-polyphony”. This effect is achieved primarily by using [[multiphonics]] or [[harmonics]] in combination with [[circular breathing]], [[polyrhythmic]] fingering, and split [[tonguing]].<ref>Corbett, John. Extended Play: Sounding Off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein (Duke University Press, 1994)</ref>

== Electronic music ==
Working with electronic music since the early days of the [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]] or with his duo with [[Paul Lytton]], Parker has become increasingly interested in [[electronics]], usually through inviting collaborators such as [[Phil Wachsmann]], [[Walter Prati]], [[Joel Ryan]], [[Lawrence Casserley]], [[Sam Pluta]] or Matthew Wright to process his playing electronically, creating a [[feedback]] loop and shifting [[soundscape]].<ref name=efi/> His various Electro-Acoustic Ensembles are a showcase for this area of his work, as well as the Trance Map project with Matthew Wight, which has included improvised live events across Europe and the US, involving other invited guest performers, with various Trance Map+ recordings released on psi, Intakt and FMR Records.

== Later career and recordings ==
[[File:Evan Parker.jpg|right|thumb|Evan Parker, 2005]]
Parker has recorded a large number of albums both solo or as a group leader, and has recorded or performed with [[Peter Brötzmann]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fordham|first1=John|title=50 great moments in jazz: Peter Brötzmann's Machine Gun|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/nov/22/peter-brotzmann-machine-gun|access-date=18 November 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 November 2010}}</ref> [[Michael Nyman]], [[John Stevens (drummer)|John Stevens]], [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]], [[Keith Rowe]], [[Joe McPhee]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Cecil Taylor]], [[John Zorn]], [[Fred Frith]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Ikue Mori]], [[Thurston Moore]], [[Cyro Baptista]], [[Milford Graves]], [[George E. Lewis]], [[Tim Berne]], [[Mark Dresser]], [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]], [[Sylvie Courvoisier]], and many others. Two key associations have been pianist [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]]'s trio with Parker and drummer [[Paul Lovens]] (documented on recordings such as ''[[Pakistani Pomade]]'' and ''Elf Bagatellen'') and a trio with bassist [[Barry Guy]] and drummer [[Paul Lytton]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fordham|first1=John|title=Evan Parker/Alex von Schlippenbach: 3 Nights at Cafe Oto review – a fine free-improv treat|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/23/evan-parker-alex-von-schlippenbach-3-nights-at-cafe-oto-review |access-date=18 November 2015|newspaper=The Guardian] |date=23 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Evan Parker / Sten Sandell / John Edwards / Paul Lytton|url=http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/evan-parker-sten-sandell-john-edwards-paul-lytton/|access-date=18 November 2015|work=Vortex}}</ref> On Parker's 50th birthday, these two bands played a set apiece at a London concert; the results were issued by [[Leo Records]] as the ''[[50th Birthday Concert]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Evan Parker 50th Birthday Concert|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/50th-birthday-concert-mw0000004656|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

Parker, Bailey, and [[Tony Oxley]] founded [[Incus Records]] in 1970. The label continued under Bailey's sole control after a falling-out between the two men{{which|date=September 2023}} in the early 1980s. Parker curates [[Psi Records]],<ref name=efi>{{cite web|title=Evan Parker|url=http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mparker.html|publisher=European Free Improvisation Pages|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054515/http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mparker.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> which is issued by Martin Davidson's [[Emanem Records]].

From 1999 to 2007 Parker co-ordinated, recorded and played in the Free Zone at the [[Appleby Jazz Festival]], held in Cumbria, England. The recordings were issued through his Psi record label.

Although Parker's focus is free improvisation, he has appeared in conventional jazz contexts, such as [[Charlie Watts]]'s big band and [[Kenny Wheeler]]'s ensembles and participated in [[Gavin Bryars]]'s recording ''After the Requiem'', performing the composition "Alaric I or II" as part of a saxophone quartet.<ref>{{cite web|title=After the Requiem|url=http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/after-the-requiem-evan-parker-gavin-bryars-dave-smith-bill-frisell-tony-hinnigan-julian-arguelles-kate-musker-simon-limbrick-stan-sulzmann-roger-heaton-ray-warleigh-martin-allen-alexander-balanescu/0042284753722 |publisher=Qobuz|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119163942/http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/after-the-requiem-evan-parker-gavin-bryars-dave-smith-bill-frisell-tony-hinnigan-julian-arguelles-kate-musker-simon-limbrick-stan-sulzmann-roger-heaton-ray-warleigh-martin-allen-alexander-balanescu/0042284753722|archive-date=19 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Parker contributed to [[David Sylvian]]'s albums ''[[Manafon (album)|Manafon]]'' and ''[[Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations|Died in the Wool]].''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelman |first1=John |title=David Sylvian: Died in the Wool - Manafon Variations|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/david-sylvian-died-in-the-wool-manafon-variations-by-john-kelman.php |website=[[All About Jazz]]|date=June 2011 |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

Parker marked his 80th birthday with a three-concert series at Café Oto, London (April 2024) and ''[https://www.falsewalls.co.uk/release/the-heraclitean-two-step-etc/ The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc.]'' (4CDs of solo performances with a 120 page book; on False Walls).

== Pop music ==
He also has appeared in pop-music contexts: on [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]]'s ''[[Climate of Hunter]]'', and on [[dub music|dub]]-influenced albums with [[Jah Wobble]], the adventurous [[drum n bass]] duo [[Spring Heel Jack]] and [[rock and roll|rock]] group [[Spiritualized]]. He appeared on the b-side to [[Vic Reeves]] and [[The Wonderstuff]]'s UK 1991 number-one hit "Dizzy", performing saxophone on "Oh, Mr Songwriter" (based on ''[[Vic Reeves Big Night Out]]'' TV show end theme song).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Stewart|title=Complicated Sublimity: Evan Parker Interviewed|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/12819-evan-parker-interview|website=[[The Quietus]]|date=17 July 2013 |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref> At one point during a sax solo, Vic can be heard shouting: "Pack it in, Parker!"

Parker has also made notable appearances on record with [[Robert Wyatt]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Evan Parker sets his jazz free|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13412487.Evan_Parker_sets_his_jazz_free/|access-date=18 November 2015|work=The Herald|date=12 June 2015}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
Evan Parker playing in [[Aarhus, Denmark]], 2010
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== Discography ==
=== As leader/co-leader ===
* ''[[The Topography of the Lungs]]'' ([[Incus Records|Incus]], 1970) with [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]] and [[Han Bennink]]
*''[[The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971]]'' (Incus, 1968–70 [1976]) with Derek Bailey, [[Hugh Davies (composer)|Hugh Davies]] and [[Jamie Muir]]
* ''[[The Music Improvisation Company]]'' (ECM, 1970) with Derek Bailey, Hugh Davies, Jamie Muir and Christine Jeffrey
* ''[[Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)]]'' (Incus, 1972) with [[Paul Lytton]] 
* ''[[At the Unity Theatre]]'' (Incus, 1975) with Paul Lytton
* ''[[Saxophone Solos]]'' (Incus, 1976)
* ''[[Monoceros (album)|Monoceros]]'' (Incus, 1978)
* ''[[Six of One (Evan Parker album)|Six of One]]'' (Incus, 1980 [1982])
* ''Incision'' with [[Barry Guy]] ([[FMP/Free Music Production|FMP]], 1980)
* ''[[From Saxophone & Trombone]]'' (Incus (1980); Psi (2002); Otoroku (2023)) with [[George E. Lewis|George Lewis]]
* ''Tracks'' (Incus, 1983)[[File:Evan Parker DSC0093.jpg|thumb|350x350px|Evan Parker, Buffalo, New York]]
* ''Hook, Drift & Shuffle'' (Incus, 1985)
* ''[[The Snake Decides]]'' (Incus, 1986)
* ''[[Atlanta (Evan Parker album)|Atlanta]]'' (Impetus, 1990)
* ''Process and Reality'' (FMP, 1991)
* ''[[Three Blokes]]'' (FMP, 1992 [1994]) with [[Lol Coxhill]] and [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]]
* ''[[Conic Sections (album)|Conic Sections]]'' (AhUm, 1993)
* ''Synergenics - Phonomanie III'' ([[Leo Records|Leo]], 1993)
* ''Corner to Corner'' (Ogun, 1993 [1995]) with [[John Stevens (drummer)|John Stevens]]
* ''Birmingham Concert'' (Rare Music, 1993 [1996])
* ''Imaginary Values'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton (Maya, 1994)
* ''[[50th Birthday Concert]]'' (Leo, 1994)
* ''Obliquities'' with Barry Guy (Maya, 1995)
* ''[[The Redwood Session]]'' ([[CIMP]], 1995) with [[Joe McPhee]]
* ''Breaths and Heartbeats'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton (Rastacan, 1995)
* ''[[McPhee/Parker/Lazro]]'' (Vand'Oeuvre, 1996) with Joe McPhee and Daunik Lazro
* ''[[Tempranillo (album)|Tempranillo]]'' (Nova Era, 1996) with Agustí Fernández
* ''[[Chicago Solo]]'' ([[Okka Disk]], 1995)
* ''London Air Lift'' (FMP, 1996)
* ''[[At the Vortex]]'' with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton ([[Emanem Records|Emanem]], 1996)
* ''[[Toward the Margins]]'' ([[ECM Records|ECM]], 1996)
* ''Monkey Puzzle'' (Leo, 1997) with Ned Rothenberg
* ''[[Natives and Aliens]]'' (Leo, 1997) with Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and [[Marilyn Crispell]]
* ''Most Materiall'' (Matchless, 1997) with [[Eddie Prévost]]
* ''[[Unity Variations]]'' (Okka Disk, 1999) with Georg Gräwe
* ''[[Drawn Inward]]'' (ECM, 1999)
* ''[[Foxes Fox]]'' (Emanem, 1999) with [[Steve Beresford]], John Edwards, and [[Louis Moholo]]
* ''[[After Appleby]]'' (Leo, 2000) with Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and Marilyn Crispell
* ''[[Lines Burnt in Light]]'' (Psi, 2001)
* ''Passage to Hades'' (30Hz, 2001) with Jah Wobble
* ''[[The Ayes Have It]]'' (Emanem, 2001)
* ''[[Chicago Tenor Duets]]'' (Okka Disk, 2002) with Joe McPhee
* ''[[Memory/Vision]]'' (ECM, 2002)
* ''Set'' (Psi, 2003)
* ''[[Birds and Blades]]'' (Intakt, 2003) with Barry Guy
* ''[[America 2003]]'' (Psi, 2004) with [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]] and Paul Lytton
* ''[[The Eleventh Hour (Evan Parker album)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' (ECM, 2004)
* ''[[Boustrophedon (album)|Boustrophedon]]'' (ECM, 2004)
* ''[[The Bishop's Move (album)|The Bishop's Move]]'' (Les Disques Victo, 2004)
* ''[[Naan Tso]]'' (Psi, 2005) with Foxes Fox (Parker, Steve Beresford, John Edwards, and Louis Moholo-Moholo)
* ''Crossing the River'' (Psi, 2005)
* ''Time Lapse'' ([[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]], 2006)
* ''Zafiro'' (Maya, 2006)
* ''[[The Moment's Energy]]'' (ECM, 2007)
* ''A Glancing Blow'' ([[Clean Feed Records|Clean Feed]], 2007) with [[John Edwards (jazz double-bassist)|John Edwards]], [[Chris Corsano]]
* ''Whitstable Solo'' (Psi, 2008)
* ''House Full of Floors'' (Tzadik, 2009)
* ''Psalms'' (Psi, 2010) with Sten Sandell
* ''Scenes in the House of Music'' (Clean Feed, 2010)
* ''Nightwork'' ([[Marge Records|Marge]], 2010)
* ''Round About One O'Clock'' (Not Two, 2011) with Zlatko Kaucic
* ''[[The Bleeding Edge (album)|The Bleeding Edge]]'' (Psi, 2011) with Okkyung Lee, Peter Evans
* ''The Voice is One'' (Not Two, 2012) with Agustí Fernández
* ''[[Hasselt (album)|Hasselt]]'' (Psi, 2012)
* ''[[Dortmund Variations]]'' (Nuscope, 2012) with Georg Gräwe
* ''[[Rex, Wrecks & XXX]]'' ([[RogueArt]], 2013) with Matthew Shipp
* ''[[Live at Maya Recordings Festival]]'' ([[NoBusiness Records|NoBusiness]], 2013)
* ''[[Rocket Science (Rocket Science album)|Rocket Science]]'' (More is More, 2013)
* ''[[What/If/They Both Could Fly]]'' ([[Rune Grammofon]], 2013) with Joe McPhee
* ''[[Either Or And]]'' ([[Relative Pitch Records|Relative Pitch]], 2014) with Sylvie Courvoisier
* ''Seven'' (Victo, 2014)
* ''Extremes'' (Red Toucan, 2014) with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco
* ''Ninth Square'' (Clean Feed, 2015) with [[Joe Morris (guitarist)|Joe Morris]], [[Nate Wooley]]
* ''[[As the Wind]]'' (Psi, 2016)
* ''[[Music for David Mossman|Music for David Mossman: Live at Vortex London]]'' (Intakt, 2018) with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton
* ''Then Through Now'' (False Walls, 2022) with Henry Dagg
* ''The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc.'' (4 CDs and book; False Walls, 2024)
* ''Branches'' (Otoruko / Open Mouth, 2025) with [[Bill Nace]]


'''With [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]]'''
*''[[The London Concert (Derek Bailey and Evan Parker album)|The London Concert]]'' (Incus, 1976)
*''Compatibles'' (Incus, 1986)
*''Arch Duo'' (Rastascan, 1999)

=== As sideman ===
'''With [[Han Bennink]]'''
*''The Grass is Greener'' (Psi, 2000)
'''With [[Borah Bergman]]'''
*''The Fire Tale'' ([[Soul Note]], 1994)
'''With [[Paul Bley]]'''
*''[[Time Will Tell (Paul Bley album)|Time Will Tell]]'' (ECM, 1994)
*''[[Sankt Gerold (album)|Sankt Gerold]]'' (ECM, 2000)
'''With [[Anthony Braxton]]'''
*''[[Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988]]'' (Victo, 1988 [1992])
*''[[Duo (London) 1993]]'' (Leo, 1993)
*''[[Trio (London) 1993]]'' (Leo, 1993)
'''With [[Peter Brötzmann]]'''
*''[[Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)|Machine Gun]]'' (FMP, 1968)
*''[[Nipples (Peter Brötzmann album)|Nipples]]'' (Calig, 1969)
*''[[Fuck de Boere]]'' (Atavistic, 2001) recorded in 1968 and 1970
'''With [[Gavin Bryars]]'''
*''[[After the Requiem]]'' (ECM, 1991)
'''With [[Lawrence Casserley]]'''
*''Solar Wind'' (Touch, 1997)
*''Dividuality'' (Maya, 1997)
'''With [[Alvin Curran]]'''
*''In Real Time'' (Ictus, 1978)
'''With [[Pierre Favre (musician)|Pierre Favre]]'''
*''Pierre Favre Quartet'' (Wergo, 1970)
'''With [[Joe Gallivan]]'''
*''Innocence'' ([[Cadence Jazz Records|Cadence]], 1992)
'''With the [[Globe Unity Orchestra]]'''
*''Hamburg 1974'' (FMP, 1974)
*''Rumbling'' (FMP, 1976)
*''Pearls'' (FMP, 1977)
*''Jahrmarkt/Local Fair'' (Po Torch, 1977)
*''Improvisations'' ([[JAPO Records|JAPO]], 1978)
*''Compositions'' (JAPO 1979)
* ''Intergalactic Blow'' (JAPO, 1982)
* ''20th Anniversary'' (FMP, 1986)
* ''Globe Unity 2002'' (Intakt, 2002)
'''With [[Barry Guy]]/The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra'''
*''[[Ode (London Jazz Composers' Orchestra album)|Ode]]'' (Incus, 1972)
*''Study II/Stringer'' (Intakt, 1980–91)
*''Stringer'' (1984)
*''[[Zurich Concerts]]'' (Intakt, 1987–88)
*''[[Harmos]]'' (Intakt, 1989)
*''[[Double Trouble (Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra album)|Double Trouble]]'' (Intakt, 1990)
*''[[Theoria (album)|Theoria]]'' (Intakt, 1991)
*''Portraits'' (Intakt, 1993)
*''Three Pieces for Orchestra'' (Intakt, 1995)
*''[[Double Trouble Two]]'' (Intakt, 1998)
*''[[Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert]]'' (Intakt, 2009)
*''That Time'' (Not Two, 2020)
'''With the [[Barry Guy]] New Orchestra'''
* ''[[Inscape–Tableaux]]'' (Intakt, 2001)
* ''[[Oort–Entropy]]'' (Intakt, 2005)
'''With [[Paul Haines (poet)|Paul Haines]]'''
*''Darn It!'' (American Clavé, 1993)
'''With [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]]'''
*''[[Uncharted Territories]]'' (Dare2, 2018)
'''With [[Tony Hymas]] - Barney Bush'''
*''Left for Dead'' (nato, 1995)
'''With [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]]'''
*''Saxophone Special'' (Emanem, 1975)
*''Chirps'' (FMP, 1985)
*''[[Three Blokes]]'' with Lol Coxhill (FMP, 1994)
'''With [[Chris McGregor]]'''
*Chris McGregor Septet. ''[[Up to Earth]]'', 1969 ([[Fledg'ling]], 2008)
*Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath ''[[Travelling Somewhere]]'', 1973 (Cuneiform, 2001)
*Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath ''[[Live at Willisau]]'', 1973 ([[Ogun Records|Ogun]], 1974)
*Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath ''[[Procession (Live at Toulouse)|Procession]]'' (Ogun, 1978)
*Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath ''[[Bremen to Bridgwater]]'', 1971 and 1975 (Cuneiform, 2004)
'''With [[Roscoe Mitchell]]'''
*''[[Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3]]'' (ECM, 2004)
'''With [[Louis Moholo]]'''
*''Spirits Rejoice!'' (Ogun, 1978)
*''[[Bush Fire]]'' (Ogun, 1995)
'''With The Music Improvisation Company'''
*''[[The Music Improvisation Company]]'' (ECM, 1970)
*''[[The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971]]'' (Incus, 1976)
'''With [[Natural Information Society]]'''
* ''[[descension (Out of Our Constrictions)]]'' (Eremite/Aguirre, 2021)
'''With [[Michael Nyman]]'''
*''[[Michael Nyman (1981 album)|Michael Nyman]]'' (Piano, 1981)
'''With [[Tony Oxley]]'''
*''[[The Baptised Traveller]]'' ([[CBS Records International|CBS]], 1969)
*''[[4 Compositions for Sextet]]'' (CBS, 1970)
*''[[Ichnos (album)|Ichnos]]'' ([[RCA Records|RCA]], 1971)
*''Tony Oxley'' (Incus, 1975)
'''With [[Jean-François Pauvros]]'''
*''[[Master Attack]]'' (nato, 1987)
'''With [[Paul Rutherford (trombonist)|Paul Rutherford]] and Iskra 1912'''
* ''[[Sequences 72 & 73]]'' (Emanem, 1997)
'''With [[Alexander von Schlippenbach]]'''
*''[[Pakistani Pomade]]'' (FMP, 1973)
*''Three Nails Left'' (FMP, 1975)
*''The Hidden Peak'' (FMP, 1977)
*''Detto fra de Noi'' (Po Torch, 1982)
*''Anticlockwise'' (FMP, 1983)
*''Das Hohe Lied'' (Po Torch, 1991)
*''Elf Bagatellen'' (FMP, 1991)
* ''[[The Morlocks and Other Pieces]]'' (FMP, 1994) with the [[Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra]]
*''Physics'' (FMP, 1996)
* ''[[Live in Japan '96]]'' (DIW, 1997)  with the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
*''Complete Combustion'' (FMP, 1998)
*''[[Swinging the Bim]]'' (FMP, 1998)
*''Gold is Where You Find It'' (Intakt, 2007)
'''With [[Manfred Schoof]]'''
*''[[European Echoes]]'' (FMP, 1969)
'''With Setoladimaiale Unit'''
*''Live at Angelica 2018'' ([[Setola di Maiale]], 2019)
'''With the [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]]'''
*''Karyobin'' ([[Island Records|Island]], 1968)
*''[[Quintessence (Spontaneous Music Ensemble album)|Quintessence]]'' (Emanem, 1974 [1986])
'''With [[Spring Heel Jack]]'''
*''Masses'' ([[Thirsty Ear Recordings|Thirsty Ear]], 2001)
*''Amassed'' (Thirsty Ear, 2002)
*''Live'' (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
*''The Sweetness of the Water'' (Thirsty Ear, 2004)
'''With [[David Sylvian]]'''
*''[[Manafon (album)|Manafon]]'' (Samadhi Sound, 2009)
*''[[Died in the Wool – Manafon Variations|Died In The Wool]]'' (Samadhi Sound, 2011)
'''with [[Cecil Taylor]]'''
*''[[The Hearth]]'' (FMP, 1988)
*''[[Alms/Tiergarten (Spree)]]'' (FMP, 1988)
*''[[Melancholy (Cecil Taylor album)|Melancholy]] (FMP, 1990)
*''[[Nailed (Cecil Taylor album)|Nailed]]'' (FMP, 1990)
'''With [[Stan Tracey]]'''
*''Suspensions and Anticipations'' (Psi, 2003)
*''Crevulations'' (Psi, 2005)
'''With [[Trance Map]]'''
*''Marconi's Drift by Transatlantic Trance Map'' (False Walls, 2024)
'''With [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]]'''
*''[[Climate of Hunter]]'' (Virgin, 1984)
'''With [[Charlie Watts]]'''
*''[[Vol pour Sidney]]'' (nato, 1991)
'''With [[Kenny Wheeler]]'''
*''[[Song for Someone (album)|Song for Someone]]'' (Incus, 1973)
*''[[Around 6]]'' (ECM, 1979)
*''[[Music for Large & Small Ensembles]]'' (ECM, 1990)
'''With [[Robert Wyatt]]'''
*''[[Shleep]]'' (Hannibal, 1997)

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Evan Parker}}
* [http://www.evanparker.com Official site]
* [http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mparker.html Discography, interviews, mp3 samples] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054515/http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mparker.html |date=21 September 2013 }}
* [http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/parkerevan.html  Projects, releases]
* [http://nyds-discographies.com/parker.htm Discography by Patrice Roussel and William Hsu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060518/http://nyds-discographies.com/parker.htm |date=21 September 2013 }}

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