The Eleventh Hour is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker

Evan Parker

Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...

's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded in 2004 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "There is a lot going on as violin, soprano saxophone, percussion, and piano all fall together, but as the sounds are treated and added to electronically, they have an air of space and separation that creates an immense space for the listener".

Track listing

All compositions by Evan Parker except as indicated

1. "Shadow Play" (Lawrence Casserley, Evan Parker, Walter Prati, Joel Ryan) - 17:29
2. "The Eleventh Hour Part 1" - 12:52
3. "The Eleventh Hour Part 2" - 9:33
4. "The Eleventh Hour Part 3" - 12:03
5. "The Eleventh Hour Part 4" - 15:33
6. "The Eleventh Hour Part 5" - 5:28
   • Recorded live at the Centre For Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, in November 2004.

Personnel

• Evan Parker
  Evan Parker
  Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
  
   - soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
  The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
  
  , voice
  Voice
  Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
  
  
• Philipp Wachsmann - violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  , electronics
• Paul Lytton
  Paul Lytton
  Paul Lytton is an English free jazz percussionist.Lytton began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late 1960s while taking lessons on the tabla from P.R. Desai. In 1969 he began experimenting with free improvisational music, working in a duo with saxophonist Evan Parker. After...
  
   - percussion, electronics
• Agustí Fernandez - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , prepared piano
  Prepared piano
  A prepared piano is a piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers....
  
  
• Adam Linson - double bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
  
• Lawrence Casserley
  Lawrence Casserley
  Lawrence Casserley is a composer, conductor and performer, to real time electro-acoustic music...
  
   - signal processing instrument, persussion, voice
• Joel Ryan - sample and signal processing
• Walter Prati - computer processing
• Richard Barrett
  Richard Barrett
  Richard Barrett was an American lawyer, white nationalist, and self-proclaimed leader in the nationalist Skinheadz movement. Barrett was a speaker and editor of the All The Way monthly newsletter...
  
   - sampling keyboard, live electronics
• Paul Obermayer - sampling keyboard, live electronics
• Marco Vecchi - sound projection