Chatting with with flute player Eddie Parker about composition, 20th century music and jazz

Watford Jazz Junction

Chris is joined by musician and composer Eddie Parker, to discuss the creative & technical process in lock-down, musical influences, the role of the natural environment for wellness, Loose Tubes and all sorts of jazz en route.

Eddie's career as a flautist-extraordinaire has threaded a creative line between the classical and jazz worlds. He talks about collaboration, suggests not just one 'top-3 album list' but two(!), adds ukele to the house-band and solves a 30-year lyrical mystery for Chris.

Discover more of Eddie's music one Facebook and Bandcamp.

Eddie's album recommendations include:

List One:

• Gnu High by Kenny Wheeler (1975) released on ECM

• Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy (1964) released on Blue Note

• Visions of the Emerald Beyond by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1975) released on Columbia

List Two:

• Sinfonia by Luciano Berio (1969) released on Columbia Masterworks

• Red Bird by Trevor Wishart (1978) released on York Eletronic Studios

• Innervisions by Stevie Wonder (1973) released on Tamla

And Chris very much recommends:

• Open Letter by Loose Tubes (1988) released on EG

Presenter: Chris Newstead, www.watfordjazzjunction.com

Theme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.

Additional music: excerpts from "The Secret Life of Trees" (featuring Eddie Parker & Simon Limbrick); "Stacatto" (composed & performed Eddie Parker).

Recorded February 2021.