Paul Lytton
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Paul Lytton (born March 8, 1947 in London ) is a British drummer of free jazz and free improvised music .
Live and act
Lytton learned to play drums as an adolescent. He has been playing since the mid-1960s and was a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra in 1967 . He has been known since 1969 as the drummer in the duo or trio of saxophonist Evan Parker (with Derek Bailey and then since 1983 with Barry Guy ); he also plays in Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble ( Toward the Margins , 1998 and Memory / Vision 2002). He was a founding member of the London Musicians 'Coop and played in the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra .
He moved to Belgium in the mid-1970s . He has been playing duos since 1976 with his drummer Paul Lovens , with whom in the same year he founded the Po Torch Records label, on which they also documented their duo work, for example on the LP Was it me? . They also play together in the Globe Unity Orchestra and occasionally appear with the Bremen improvisation quartet BIQ. He is co-founder of King Übü Örchestrü and also appears in Ken Vandermark's Territory Band . In 2006 he was part of Evan Parker's Transatlantic Art Ensemble ( Boustrophedon ).
Lytton is one of the central percussionists on the independent music scene in Europe . He is also a developer and builder of new musical instruments and also uses live electronics , which recently, however, have taken a back seat in favor of a purely acoustic drum set.
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- Richard Cook: Jazz Encyclopedia . Penguin, London 2007.
Web links
- Paul Lytton at Allmusic (English)
- Paul Lytton at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lytton, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |