Natives and Aliens
1997 studio album by Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and Marilyn Crispell
| Natives and Aliens | |
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| Studio album by Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, and Marilyn Crispell | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Recorded | May 24, 1996 |
| Studio | Gateway Studios, London |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Label | Leo Records CD LR 243 |
| Producer | Evan Parker, Leo Feigin |
Natives and Aliens is an album by the members of the Evan Parker Trio (saxophonist Evan Parker, bassist Barry Guy, and drummer Paul Lytton), with guest pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded on May 24, 1996, at Gateway Studios in London, and was released in 1997 by Leo Records.[1][2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
In a review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason wrote: "these 11 tracks are fluid, small-group improvisations that slot Crispell neatly into the practiced interplay of Parker's trio... The Evan Parker Trio, as always, play with the intuition and improvisatory grace that comes when skilled musicians are in tune with each other's idiosyncracies, giving Natives and Aliens a light -- almost swinging, in the old-school sense -- touch that's often missing in this brand of modern jazz."[3]
The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, and stated: "it's interesting to hear Parker, so long devoted to the microtonal devastation of Western harmony, woking in the context of an instrument with fixed pitches." They wrote that Crispell creates "huge, resonant chords which are difficult to analyse with any precision but into which the entire trio seems to be subsumed."[4]
Track listing
- "Stag's Horn" – 9:52
- "Sumach" – 6:33
- "Rhus" – 8:05
- "Friends from Above" – 6:35
- "Hirta" – 4:23
- "Sippenaeken Visitation" – 8:22
- "And the Tints" – 3:54
- "A Deeper Red" – 1:46
- "In Velvet" – 2:37
- "Day of Small Truths" – 7:18
- "Natives and Aliens" – 10:23
Personnel
- Evan Parker – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Barry Guy – double bass, piccolo bass
- Paul Lytton – percussion
- Marilyn Crispell – piano
References
- ^ "Parker/Guy/Lytton and Crispell: Natives and Aliens". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton / Marilyn Crispell : Natives and Aliens". Leo Records. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Parker/Guy/Lytton/Crispell: Natives and Aliens". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1123.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 623.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) (with Evan Parker, 1972)
- Natives and Aliens (with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, and Marilyn Crispell, 1996)
- The Balance of Trade (1996)
- English Suites (with Ken Vandermark, 1999)
- Odyssey (with Barry Guy and Marilyn Crispell, 1999)
- Ithaca (with Barry Guy and Marilyn Crispell, 2003)
- Phases of the Night (with Barry Guy and Marilyn Crispell, 2007)
- Deep Memory (with Barry Guy and Marilyn Crispell, 2015)
- At the Unity Theatre (with Evan Parker, 1975)
- At the Vortex (with Evan Parker and Barry Guy, 1996)
- After Appleby (with Evan Parker, Barry Guy, and Marilyn Crispell, 1999)
- Live at Maya Recordings Festival (with Evan Parker and Barry Guy, 2011)
- Music for David Mossman (with Evan Parker and Barry Guy, 2016)
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