Six of One (Evan Parker album)

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In a review for AllMusic, Rick Anderson stated that the album "finds Parker exploring the sonic limits of his soprano saxophone in ways that evoke both the more adventurous jazz-based work of Anthony Braxton and future recordings by downtown legend John Zorn.

His mastery of circular breathing techniques means that these pieces... proceed without interruption from beginning to end... Every track on this album is worth hearing, and some of them are quite startlingly lovely.

"[8] The BBC's John Eyles noted that the individual tracks "have a consistency of sound and approach, sounding like different facets of one larger whole, and so hang together almost like a suite," and commented: "Parker's solo soprano work has continued to develop and evolve over time, acquiring even greater variety, confidence and sheer stamina.

"[9] Bruce Lee Gallanter of the Downtown Music Gallery remarked: "Five years on from Saxophone Solos and with circular breathing and polyphonics well-worn into his live performances, Parker's experiments here produce sustained passages of brilliant flight.

Set into the echoes and resonances of a St Judes On The Hill church, the results are stunning.