Evan Parker/Django Bates – review

Vortex, London"There's been a bit of a misunderstanding," pianist Django Bates brightly announced. "We thought we were guests of Evan's, and he thought he was a guest of ours." Contemporary-sax trailblazer Evan Parker had been invited to curate a five-night Vortex season for musicians he likes (from Oxford keyboard firebrand Alexander Hawkins to the tireless octogenerarian Stan Tracey) but a liaison with Bates's remarkable Beloved Bird trio was bound to be one of the most tempting prospects of t...

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