Name: The Topography Of The Lungs
Brand: Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ROKURE1

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

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Standard:20

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5055869582827

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Evan Parker

Derek Bailey

Han Bennink

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Otoroku

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Derek Bailey was one of the most influential and adventurous experimental guitarists to come from England. He evolved from the trad-jazz scene of the fifties into the avant/jazz scene in '60s London. As a member of various groups, including Joseph Holbrooke Trio, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, and Music Improvisation Company (later known as Company), he played a pivotal role in shaping the British free-jazz scene. In the early seventies, Derek and Evan Parker started their own record label called Incus Records, one of the first artist-run outfits.

Throughout his career, Derek collaborated with renowned musicians from around the world. He formed relationships with European players like Han Bennink and Peter Brötzmann, Japanese free players such as Abe Kaoru and Toshinori Kondo, as well as American improvisers like Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, and John Zorn.

In addition to his musical contributions, Derek organized an annual festival called Company Week in the 80's & 90's. This festival brought together a unique group of international improvisers from diverse backgrounds.

2023 repress of the OTOROKU re-issue of the legendary English free improvisation LP 'The Topography of The Lungs' by Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Han Bennink. This was Evan Parker’s first recording as a "leader" and was the first release on Incus, the label Parker founded with guitarist Derek Bailey and drummer Tony Oxley. This re-issue has been produced from an original vinyl pressing from Evan's archives - carefully transcribed and restored by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Calyx in Berlin and features the original liner notes from Parker along with updated notes penned in 2014. "To talk further of the music we play is difficult. It’s criteria for success exist, but are elusive and indefinable beyond the intuitive level. We operate without rules (pre-composed material) or welldefined code of behaviour (fixed tempi, tonalities, serial structures etc.), and yet are able to distinguish success from failure." - From Evan Parker’s original liner notes (1970).

The Topography Of The Lungs

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Discover The Topography Of The Lungs by Evan Parker. Legendary English free improvisation LP reissued by Otoroku. Vinyl records, music, exclusive.