jeff parker's slight freedom gets 4.5 stars in january 2017 downbeat. read bill meyer's review & order the vinyl here. digital slight freedom on itunes

slight freedom on john mulvey's 'favourite albums 2016' at uncut

ships last week november

the eremite family grieves the death of marco eneidi. marco passed away 24 may in pleasanton, CA. a consummate & uncompromising free jazz alto saxophonist, marco was an authentic heir to the legacies of his friend glenn spearman & his primary artistic role model jimmy lyons. marco played hard, he rode hard, & he earned it. pre-deceased by his jazz family of denis charles, raphe malik, jim pepper, & spearman, among others, marco will live on through his brilliant music. his body of work, on his own botticelli imprint, & on eremite, rates right up there with the strongest free jazz of its era. condolences to his son nikko & to all the musicians who made the journey with him. 

jason 'stanley' zappa's 2004 film on marco tells it well...

28 V halifax (nova scotia)  obey convention

31 V geneva  cave12

04&05 VI porto  serralves em festa

06 VI lisboa  galeria zé dos bois

07 VI madrid  el intruso

08 VI donostia / san sebastian  dabadaba 

09 VI poitiers  poitiers à jazz

12 VI paris  bismark foundation

14 VI amsterdam  cafe de ruimte

15 VI antwerp  het bos

17 VI london  cafe OTO  5tet with evan parker

the wire, point of departure & dusted review TEST's always coming from the love side. writes stewart smith in the wire, "a life-affirming set from one of the decade's greatest free jazz bands...at times the music reaches such a joyous pitch the players will break into song."