British - Musician | April 5, 1944 -
But I think the record will actually come from tapes that are not yet recorded.
Evan Parker
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A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts.
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You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.
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To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.
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Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language.
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In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.
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There are many of these apparent philosophical paradoxes or contradictions which don't concern me anymore.
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Improvisation is a compositional method.
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If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.
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