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| Released | 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 24 September 2013 | |||
| Studio | Park West Studios, Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 58:54 | |||
| Label | Relative Pitch Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Panico, Kevin Reilly | |||
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Either Or And is an album by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and Swiss pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, which was recorded in studio after their 2013 performance at The Stone and released on Relative Pitch Records.
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| Down Beat |   [1] |
The Down Beat review by Alain Drouot states "Even though the duo can get confrontational, they also know how to turn their dueling into fun and communicate the pleasure they take in playing with each other." [1]
Evan Shaw Parker is a British tenor and soprano saxophone player who plays free improvisation.
Chris Corsano is an American improviser.
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.
Mark Nauseef is an American drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily with Thin Lizzy when Brian Downey left for a short time, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all over the world.
Sylvie Courvoisier is a composer, pianist, improviser and bandleader. She was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been a resident of New York City since 1998. She won Germany’s International Jazz Piano Prize in 2022 and was named Pianist of the Year for 2023 in the international critics poll of Spanish jazz publication El Intruso. NPR’s Kevin Whitehead has encapsulated the distinctive character of Courvoisier’s art this way: “Some pianists approach the instrument like it’s a cathedral. Sylvie Courvoisier treats it like a playground.”
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