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]
| Natives and Aliens | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Recorded | May 24, 1996 |
| Studio | Gateway Studios, London |
| Genre | Free jazz |
| Label | Leo Records CD LR 243 |
| Producer | Evan Parker, Leo Feigin |
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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
edit- "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
edit- Evan Parker – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Barry Guy – double bass, piccolo bass
- Paul Lytton – percussion
- Marilyn Crispell – piano
References
edit- ^ "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.