Roger Parry presents Roger Turner at the Listening Room, Liverpool Bluecoat Arts Centre, on 21 August 2003.
He used this note – found in Google - as a basis:
‘Roger Turner est un batteur et percussionniste hyperactif au sein de la Free Music européenne et de la musique progressive britannique dite de "Canterbury".
Roger Turner is a hyperactive drummer and percussionist at the centre of European Free Music and the Btitish music called “Canterbury”.
Roger Turner enregistre l'un de ses premiers disques, "Sunday Best", en 1979 sur le label Incus en duo avec le saxophoniste ténor Gary Todd.
Roger Turner recorded one of his first discs, “Sunday Best”, in 1979 on Incus in a duo with saxophonist Gary Todd.
Il obtient à deux reprises, en 1980 et 1983, une bourse du Arts Council pour prolonger ses recherches sur les percussions et l'électronique.
He received two Arts Council grants in 1980 and 1983 to undertake research on percussion instruments and electronics.
Durant cette période, il enregistre son premier album solo "The blur between".
During this period he recorded his first solo album, “The Blur Between” [using minimal resources, a snare drum.]
En 1984 et 1985, il suit un atelier au sein de l'IACP, l'Institut Art Culture Perception fondé à Paris par Alan Silva au milieu des années 70.
In 1984 and 1985 he attended a studio in the IACP [Art Culture Perception Institute] founded in Paris by Alan Silva in the mid-70s.
Parallèlement à cet enseignement auprès de cette importante figure du Free Jazz américain, Roger Turner travaille pour la musique rock et la chanson, sans que ces collaborations soient particulièrement "traditionnelles".
At the same time as this undertaking with this important figure in American Free Jazz, Roger Turner worked in rock and song without these collaborations being particularly ‘traditional’.
Il joue en duo avec Annette Peacock de 1983 à 1987, et avec le groupe de "post-wave" The Nose Flutes de 1986 à 1987.
He played in a duo with Annette Peacock from 1983-87 and with the ‘post wave’ group, “The Nose Flutes” from 86 to 87.
Roger Turner a ensuite collaboré avec Toshinori Kondo, Derek Bailey, John Russell, Steve Beresford, Carlos Zingaro, Evan Parker (au sein du Evan Parker Quintet), Joëlle Léandre, Otomo Yoshihide, Shelley Hirsch, Keith Rowe, Wolfgang Fuchs, Cecil Taylor, Alan Silva, Phil Minton (en duo et au sein du Phil Minton Quartet avec Veryan Weston et John Butcher), au encore au sein d'un trio avec Carlos Zingaro et Tom Cora, avec diverses formations rattachées à la scène progressive britannique dite de "Canterbury", notamment avec les saxophonistes Lol Coxhill et Elton Dean (l'un des membres fondateurs du célèbre groupe Soft Machine)...
Roger Turner has worked with Toshinori Kondo, Derek Bailey, John Russell, Steve Beresford, Carlos Zingaro, Evan Parker (in his quintet), Joëlle Léandre, Otomo Yoshihide, Shelley Hirsch, Keith Rowe, Wolfgang Fuchs, Cecil Taylor, Alan Silva, Phil Minton (duo and in his quartet with Veryan Weston and John Butcher), in a trio with Carlos Zingaro and Tom Cora, with various combinations associated with the progressive British scene known as ‘Canterbury’, notably with the saxophonists Lol Coxhill and Elton Dean (one of the founders of the famous group, ‘Soft Machine’)…
Parmi ses nombreuses collaborations, depuis 1993, Roger Turner tourne régulièrement avec la formation "In The Tradition", qui comprend Alan Silva, Johannes Bauer et Abdelhaï Bennani.
Among his numerous collaborations, since 1993, Roger Turner regularly tours with “In The Tradition” which includes Alan Silva, Johannes Bauer and Abdelhaï Bennani.
Il participe avec Lol Coxhill et le guitariste Mike Cooper au groupe "The Recedents" et est membre du collectif "Konk Pack" avec Thomas Lehn à l'électronique et Tim Hodgkinson (co-fondateur du groupe mythique Henry Cow) aux anches, collectif avec lequel il a récemment effectué une tournée en Europe et aux Etats-Unis.
He participated with Lol Coxhill and guitarist Mike Cooper in the group, “The Recedents” and is a member of the trio “Konk Pack” with Thomas Lehn on electronics and Tim Hodgkinson (co-founder of the legendary “Henry Cow”) on reeds. This group has recently toured Europe and the United States.
Texte traduit et adapté d'un article d'Eugene Chadbourne pour All Music Guide.’
This English text was translated back by Roger Parry
from the French translation of an article by Eugene Chadbourne for All Music Guide.
PLAYLIST
From the thirteen CDs brought along for the ‘show’,
tracks (not always complete) were used from the following releases (though not
in this order):
KONK PACK (RT, Tim Hodgkinson, Thomas Lehn) WARP OUT GROB
323 010623/4
TRADITION 3 (RT, Alan Silva, Johannes Bauer) TONE all 004 010804
IN THE TRADITION (RT, AS, JB) (eponymous) IN SITU 166 930414/15
DUOS, LONDON 2001 (this one: RT, Derek Bailey) (epon) INCUS
15 010302
PUT (RT, Ulrich Phillipp, Birgit Uhler) UMLAUT NURN…425 000108/9
HUGH DAVIES (duo w. RT) INTERPLAY FMR 39 9702/03
RT, Steve Beresford, Bob Stagner, Dennis Palmer) SHORT… UK INCUS 27 9407…
SMALL GROUPS (RT, John Russell, Phil Minton) FREEDOM Of EMANEM
4205 010505
RT, Dorothea Schurch, Urs Leimgruber, Zeena Parkins, SCREEN COD
005 991018
Alexander Frangenheim, Otomo Yoshihide, Lauren
Newton