Saturday, September 26th
Fairchild Chapel
50 W. Lorain St.
Oberlin, OH
9pm, free admission
Two of the greatest reed players of our time. Ben Ratliff in The NY Times, called the pairing, âan ideal partnership.â Downbeat described their 2006 Live at Roulette recording as âa hugely exciting encounter that should utterly floor fellow saxophonists.â Evan Parker may be the most formidable saxophonist since John Coltrane. âIf genius is the sustained application of intelligence,â writes Richard Cook, âthen Evan Parker merits the epitaph.â Born in Bristol, England in 1944, Parker has developed the possibilities of unpremeditated music more deeply than almost anyone. âOther kinds of music might entertain you, cheer you up or pump the blood,â writes Manfred Pabst, âbut Rothenbergâs clarifies the mind and throws your soul wide open.â