The Eleventh Hour (Evan Parker album)

The Eleventh Hour is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded in 2004 and released on the ECM label.[1]

The Eleventh Hour
Live album by Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Released	2005
Recorded	November 2004
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:29
Label	ECM
Producer	Steve Lake
Evan Parker chronology
Set (2003) The Eleventh Hour (2005) Boustrophedon (2004)

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".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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 - soprano saxophone, voice
• Philipp Wachsmann - violin, electronics
• Paul Lytton - percussion, electronics
• Agustí Fernandez - piano, prepared piano
• Adam Linson - double bass
• Lawrence Casserley - signal processing instrument, percussion, voice
• Joel Ryan - sample and signal processing
• Walter Prati - computer processing
• Richard Barrett - sampling keyboard, live electronics
• Paul Obermayer - sampling keyboard, live electronics
• Marco Vecchi - sound projection

References

1. ECM discography accessed November 15, 2011
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed November 15, 2011