Parker / Guy / Lytton and Marilyn Crispell: After Appleby; 2 x CD (2000)
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Free Improvisation, Improv, Free Jazz, Jazz, Experimental; 2 x CD (2000)
This is a double CD recorded immediately after the jazz festival in Appleby in July 1999 where the musicians performed both as a quartet and in separate combinations: the first disc recorded at the Gateway Studio; and the second, live at the Vortex – both in London. After Appleby is social engagement by four minds of equal stature sharing an equal commitment in an unequal world. Years of engagement by these musicians have inspired a massive vocabulary with an astonishing library of sound resources. If you are suspicious of music that defies description, then venture no further. These musicians reinvent their instruments, from primal bursts to a thrilling harnessing of sound converted into a viable music so exciting and different that it virtually defies categorisation…. (extracted from the extensive liner notes of Steve Kulak) The Parker/Guy/Lytton combination has been called arguably the greatest active improvising ensemble (Down Beat); and the incomparable Marilyn Crispell adds yet another distinctive voice to the trio.
The total times are: Disc 1 – 64’08 and Disc 2 – 68’02
