Evan Parker: Saxophone Botany

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Earmeals and Expubedience 1
5. PART ONE DANCING IN YOUR HEAD Theoretical Jam
6. Brothers from Another Planet: The Space Madness of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sun Ra, and George Clinton 7
7. Spate of Flux: On the Unofficial Return of the Fluxus Impetus 25
8. Free, Single, and Disengaged: Listening Pleasure and the Popular Music Object 32
9. Siren Song to Banshee Wail: On the Status of the Background Vocalist 56
10. Bleep This, Motherf* !#er: The Semiotics of Profanity in Popular Music 68
11. Ex Uno Plura: Milford Graves, Evan Parker, and the Schizoanalysis of Musical Performance 74
12. Postmodernism-Go, Figure: Smell, Sound, and Subliminal Suggestion 88
13. PART TWO AN EAR TO THE GROUND Profiles in Sound
14. Hal Russell: The Fires That Burn in Hal 109
15. Ikue Mori/Catherine Jauniaux: When the Twain Meet 115
16. Ed Wilkerson, Jr.: One Bold Soul 120
17. Lee Perry: Tabula Rasta-The Upsetter Starts from Scratch 126
18. Franz Koglmann: Meister of Melancholy 135
19. Pinetop Perkins: Boogie + Woogie 139
20. Barry Guy/London Jazz Composers Orchestra: LJCO 2 U 141
21. George Clinton: Every Dog Has His Day 144
22. Fred Anderson/Von Freeman: On the Radical Lounge Tip 155
23. Sainkho Namtchylak: Madame Butterfly Knows Only Enough 160
24. Sun Ra: Eulogy and Light 163
25. PART THREE MUSIC LIKE DIRT Interviews and Outerviews
26. John Cage: The Conversation Game 181
27. Steve Beresford: M.O.R. and More 192
28. Evan Parker: Saxophone Botany 201
29. Anthony Braxton: From Planet to Planet 209
30. Alton Abraham: Brother's Keeper 218
31. Derek Bailey: Free Retirement Plan 228
32. Peter Brotzmann: Machine Gun Etiquette 247
33. Han Bennink: Swing Softly and Play with a Big Stick 260
34. The Ex: Live Free ... Or Try 270
35. George Clinton: The Hair of the Dog 277
36. Nicolas Collins: Trombipulation 293
37. Jon Rose: The Violable Tradition 298
38. Sun Ra: Gravity and Levity 308
39. Extending Play: A Guide to Further Listening 319
40. Index 331