Toward the Margins

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Toward the Margins
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Studio album by
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Released1997
RecordedMay 1996
GenreJazz
Length60:40
LabelECM
ProducerSteve Lake
Evan Parker chronology

(1996) 		Toward the Margins
(1997)
(1996)

Toward the Margins is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM New Series label.[1]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy awarded the album 4 stars stating "Founded in 1992, Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble is a highly sophisticated grouping, which for this recording conceptually pairs three acoustic musicians with electronic tone manipulators... It is all fascinating stuff, and if it does not swing or fit into any easy definitions of "jazz," it takes the concept of improvisation to a new level. There is sometimes an aimlessness to it all that can be off-putting, but concentrated listening can produce wonderful rewards for the patient consumer".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings4/4 stars[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Evan Parker except as indicated
  1. "Toward the Margins" (Barry Guy, Evan Parker, Philipp Wachsmann) - 4:34
  2. "Turbulent Mirror" - 5:54
  3. "Field and Figure" (Guy, Parker) - 7:06
  4. "The Regenerative Landscape (For AMM)" - 3:36
  5. "Chain of Chance" (Marco Vecchi, Paul Lytton, Walter Prati) - 4:19
  6. "Trahütten" (Parker, Wachsmann) - 6:20
  7. "Shadow Without an Object: Engagement/Reversal/Displacement" (Guy, Parker, Vecchi, Lytton, Wachsmann, Prati) - 6:02
  8. "Epanados" (Guy, Parker, Vecchi, Lytton, Wachsmann, Prati) - 4:29
  9. "Born Cross-Eyed (Remembering Fuller)" (Lytton) - 2:52
  10. "Philipp's Pavilion" (Parker, Wachsmann) - 7:33
  11. "The Hundred Books (For Idries Shah)" - 4:09
  12. "Contra-Dance" (Guy, Parker) - 3:38
  • Recorded at Gateway Studios in London, England in May 1996.

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ ECM discography Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 20, 2011
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Loewy, S. Review accessed October 20, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1123. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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