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Evan Parker's musical utopia

If you have ever been tempted by free improvisation, says comedian Stewart Lee, Evan Parker is your gateway drugWhen I, a comedian currently fashionable in broadsheets, and an uncomprehending fan of Free Improvisation, was invited to publicise and programme Freehouse, the Cheltenham jazz festival's new experimental strand, Evan Parker was the first musician I wanted to contact. For me, the 66-year-old saxophonist is the greatest living exponent of free improvisation. Nearly half a century ago, h...

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21:35 on April 22 2010

Evan Parker's musical utopia

Guardian Music — If you have ever been tempted by free improvisation, says comedian Stewart Lee, Evan Parker is your gateway drugWhen I, a comedian currently fashionable in broadsheets, a... more info