Eddie Prévost

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Eddie Prévost (2010)

Edwin "Eddie" Prévost (born June 22, 1942 in Hitchin , England ) is a British drummer of the free jazz / improvisation scene and theorist of new improvisation music .

As an adolescent, Prévost played traditional jazz ; later he worked in hardbop- oriented bands. In 1965 he was the founder of the important improvisation ensemble AMM together with Lou Gare and Keith Rowe , and to this day he forms the constant core of the group. Since the early 1970s, Prévost has also played in free jazz bands, including a. with Larry Stabbins , Veryan Weston and Marcio Mattos . Together with Parker, Rowe and Barry Guy he formed the Supersession project . Prévost is also a member of Experimental Audio Research . As a drummer, Prévost is influenced by Max Roach and Ed Blackwell . He draws musical inspiration from the works of Sun Ra , David Tudor and Japanese Gagaku .

Eddie Prévost with Evan Parker (left) and John Edwards (2011)

Discography (selection)

  • 1986: Kuniyoshi-Kuhn . Mattos . Prevost - Handscapes ( Leo Records )
  • 1987: Organum / Eddie Prévost - Crux / Flayed (Silent)
  • 1988: Evan Parker / Keith Rowe / Barry Guy / Eddie Prévost - Supersession (Matchless Recordings)
  • 1993: Eddie Prévost & Jim O'Rourke - Third Straight Day Made Public (Compliance)
  • 1994: Marilyn Crispell / Eddie Prévost - Band On The Wall (Matchless Recordings)
  • 1996: Eddie Prévost - Loci of Change (Matchless Recordings)
  • 1997: Evan Parker & Eddie Prévost - Most Materiall (Matchless Recordings)
  • 1999: John Wolf Brennan / Simon Picard / Eddie Prévost - En · Tropo · Logy (For 4 Ears)
  • 2001: Mattin , Rosy Parlane, Eddie Prévost - Sakada (WMO / r)
  • 2001: Derek Bailey & Eddie Prévost - 0Re (Arrival Records)
  • 2001: Jim O'Rourke / Michael Prime / Eddie Prévost - Alpha Lemur Echo Two (Mycophile Records)
  • 2001: Eddie Prévost - Material Consequences (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2003: Evan Parker / Philipp Wachsmann / Hugh Davies / Eddie Prévost - 888 ( FMR Records )
  • 2004: Evan Parker / Eddie Prévost - Imponderable Evidence (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2004: John Tilbury & Eddie Prévost - Discrete Moments (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2005: John Butcher & Eddie Prévost - Interworks (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2005: Coxon / Prevost / Wales - Acoustic Trio (Treader)
  • 2006: Eddie Prévost - Entelechy (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2006: Eddie Prévost / Alan Wilkinson - So Are We, So Are We (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2006: Alan Wilkinson +++ Eddie Prévost +++ Joe Williamson - Along Came Joe (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2008: Seymour Wright / Eddie Prévost - Gamut (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2008: Alexander von Schlippenbach & Eddie Prévost - Blackheath (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2009: Alan Courtis / Bruce Russell / Eddie Prévost / Mattin - The Sakada Sessions (Azul Discográfica)
  • 2011: Jennifer Allum / Eddie Prévost - Penumbræ (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2012: Evan Parker / John Edwards / Eddie Prévost All Told: Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists. Volume 1 (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2012: John Butcher / Guillaume Viltard / Eddie Prévost Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists. Volume 2 (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2012: Jason Yarde / Oli Hayhurst / Eddie Prévost Meetings with Remarkable Saxophonists. Volume 3 (Matchless Recordings)
  • 2016: Christian Wolff / Eddie Prévost Uncertain Outcomes (Matchless Recordings)

literature

  • Edwin Prévost: No Sound Is Innocent: AMM and the practice of Self-Invention - Meta-musical narratives. Copula. 1995
  • Edwin Prévost: Minute Particulars: Meanings in Music Making in the Wake of Hierarchical Realignments and Other Essays. Copula 2004

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personal data
SURNAME Prévost, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prévost, Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British drummer and improvisation theorist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Hitchin , England