"Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz musicians had got their training by joining the Air Force, which was a pretty standard way for people to get some kind of musical education in those days."

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Evan Parker

Saxophonist

Evan Parker is a pioneering British saxophonist known for his innovative approach to free improvisation and his exploration of sound and silence.

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