In the 1970s he taught himself to play saxophone.[2] While studying physics at the University of Surrey, he met Chris Burn, and the two began playing free jazz together. In the 1980s he gave up the study of quarks to perform in a quartet with Burn.[2] He belonged to a trio with Phil Durrant and John Russell and the band News from the Shed with Paul Lovens and Radu Malfatti.[2] His debut album, Fonetiks, was released in 1984.[2] A few years later he started the label Acta.[2]
Discographyedit
As leaderedit
Fonetiks with Chris Burn (Bead, 1985)
Conceits with Durrant/Russell (Acta, 1987)
News from the Shed with Durrant/Lovens/Malfatti/Russell (Acta, 1989)
13 Friendly Numbers (Acta, 1992)
Concert Moves with Durrant/Russell (Random Acoustics, 1995)
Respiritus with Vanessa Mackness (Incus, 1995)
London & Cologne Solos (Rastascan, 1996)
Trio Playing with Derek Bailey (Incus, 1997)
Secret Measures with Phil Durrant (Wobbly Rail, 1998)
Two Concerts with Minton/Hirt, (FMP, 1998)
12 Milagritos with Gino Robair (Spool, 1998)
The Scenic Route with Phil Durrant & John Russell (Emanem, 1999)
Light's View with Georg Graewe (Nuscope, 1999)
Requests and Antisongs with Phil Durrant (Erstwhile, 2000)
Music On Seven Occasions (Meniscus, 2000)
Points, Snags and Windings with Dylan van der Schyff (Meniscus, 2001)
Vortices and Angels (Emanem, 2001)
Intentions with Phil Durrant (Nuscope, 2001)
Thermal with Moor/Lehn (Unsounds, 2001)
Fixations: Solo Saxophone Improvisations 1997–2000 (Emanem, 2001)
The First Two Gigs with Chris Burn (Emanem, 2001)
The Contest of Pleasures (Potlatch, 2001)
Shooters and Bowlers with Gerry Hemingway (Red Toucan, 2001)
Tincture with Lonberg-Holm/Zerang (Musica Genera, 2001)
Apples of Gomorrah with Phil Minton (GROB, 2002)
Guerrilla Mosaics (482 Music 2002)
Equation (Spool, 2002)
Invisible Ear (Fringes, 2003)
Optic (Emanem, 2003)
Clearings (Art.CappuccinoNet, 2004)
New Oakland Burr with Gino Robair (Rastascan, 2004)
Cavern with Nightlife (Weight of Wax, 2004)
Interworks with Eddie Prevost (Matchless, 2005)
Concentric with Paal Nilssen-Love (Clean Feed, 2006)
The Big Misunderstanding Between Hertz and MegaHertz with Christof Kurzmann (Potlatch, 2006)
The Geometry of Sentiment (Emanem, 2007)
The Contest of Plesures: Tempestuous (Another Timbre, 2007)
Resonant Spaces (Confront, 2008)
New Langton Arts 2000 (Limited Sedition, 2008)
Buffalo Pearl with Gerry Hemingway (Auricle, 2008)
Way Out Northwest with Muller/Van der Schyff (Drip Audio, 2008)
Somethingtobesaid (Weight of Wax, 2009)
Carliol with Rhodri Davies (Ftarri, 2010)
Under the Roof with Claudia Ulla Binder (Nuscope, 2010)
^The Attic, September 2, 2016 – Conversations – John Butcher and Matthew Shipp, By Bogdan Scoromide / Riccarda Kato / Victor Stutz
^ abcdeCouture, François. "John Butcher". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
External linksedit
John Butcher's website 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Jazz Weekly interview
Interview (03/2001)
FMP releases
April 12, 2024
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For other people named John Butcher see John Butcher disambiguation This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources John Butcher musician news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Butcher born 1954 is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player 1 John ButcherBackground informationBorn 1954 10 25 October 25 1954 age 69 Brighton EnglandGenresFree jazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s SaxophoneYears active1980 present Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2 1 As leader 2 2 As sideman 3 References 4 External linksCareer editIn the 1970s he taught himself to play saxophone 2 While studying physics at the University of Surrey he met Chris Burn and the two began playing free jazz together In the 1980s he gave up the study of quarks to perform in a quartet with Burn 2 He belonged to a trio with Phil Durrant and John Russell and the band News from the Shed with Paul Lovens and Radu Malfatti 2 His debut album Fonetiks was released in 1984 2 A few years later he started the label Acta 2 Discography editAs leader edit Fonetiks with Chris Burn Bead 1985 Conceits with Durrant Russell Acta 1987 News from the Shed with Durrant Lovens Malfatti Russell Acta 1989 13 Friendly Numbers Acta 1992 Concert Moves with Durrant Russell Random Acoustics 1995 Respiritus with Vanessa Mackness Incus 1995 London amp Cologne Solos Rastascan 1996 Trio Playing with Derek Bailey Incus 1997 Secret Measures with Phil Durrant Wobbly Rail 1998 Two Concerts with Minton Hirt FMP 1998 12 Milagritos with Gino Robair Spool 1998 The Scenic Route with Phil Durrant amp John Russell Emanem 1999 Light s View with Georg Graewe Nuscope 1999 Requests and Antisongs with Phil Durrant Erstwhile 2000 Music On Seven Occasions Meniscus 2000 Points Snags and Windings with Dylan van der Schyff Meniscus 2001 Vortices and Angels Emanem 2001 Intentions with Phil Durrant Nuscope 2001 Thermal with Moor Lehn Unsounds 2001 Fixations Solo Saxophone Improvisations 1997 2000 Emanem 2001 The First Two Gigs with Chris Burn Emanem 2001 The Contest of Pleasures Potlatch 2001 Shooters and Bowlers with Gerry Hemingway Red Toucan 2001 Tincture with Lonberg Holm Zerang Musica Genera 2001 Apples of Gomorrah with Phil Minton GROB 2002 Guerrilla Mosaics 482 Music 2002 Equation Spool 2002 Invisible Ear Fringes 2003 Optic Emanem 2003 Clearings Art CappuccinoNet 2004 New Oakland Burr with Gino Robair Rastascan 2004 Cavern with Nightlife Weight of Wax 2004 Interworks with Eddie Prevost Matchless 2005 Concentric with Paal Nilssen Love Clean Feed 2006 The Big Misunderstanding Between Hertz and MegaHertz with Christof Kurzmann Potlatch 2006 The Geometry of Sentiment Emanem 2007 The Contest of Plesures Tempestuous Another Timbre 2007 Resonant Spaces Confront 2008 New Langton Arts 2000 Limited Sedition 2008 Buffalo Pearl with Gerry Hemingway Auricle 2008 Way Out Northwest with Muller Van der Schyff Drip Audio 2008 Somethingtobesaid Weight of Wax 2009 Carliol with Rhodri Davies Ftarri 2010 Under the Roof with Claudia Ulla Binder Nuscope 2010 Empire with RED Trio NoBusiness 2011 Dusted Machinery with Toshimaru Nakamura Monotype 2011 Apophenia with Gino Robair Rastascan 2011 Daylight with Mark Sanders Emanem 2012 Bell Trove Spools Northern Spy 2012 At Oto with Matthew Shipp Fataka 2012 Winter Gardens Kukuruku 2013 Plume Unsounds 2013 Common Objects Live in Modern Tower Mikroton 2013 Extra Fataka 2013 Tarab Cuts Out of the Machine 2014 Bottle Breaking Heart Leap Alt Vinyl 2015 Live at White Cube Vinyl Factory White Cube 2015 Experiments with a Leaf with Andy Moor Unsounds 2015 Fjordgata Confront 2015 Nigemizu Uchimizu 2015 Tangle Fataka 2016 So Beautiful It Starts to Rain with Stale Liavik Solberg Clean Feed 2016 Raw with Trio Kimmig Studer Zimmerlin Leo 2016 RED Trio amp John Butcher Summer Skyshift Clean Feed 2016 Last Dream of the Morning Relative Pitch 2017 The Catastrophe of Minimalism with Damon Smith Weasel Walter Balance Point 2017 Immediate Landscapes with Akio Suzuki Ftarri 2017 How Does This Happen Ambiances Magnetiques 2018 Blasphemious Fragments with Minton Robair Rastascan 2019 Fictional Souvenirs with Thomas Solberg Astral Spirits Monofonus 2019 At the Hill of James Magee with Joe McPhee Trost 2019 For more The Hill of James Magee art installation Drunk on Dreams with Rhodri Davies Cejero 2019 Old Paradise Airs with Steve Beresford Iluso 2020 On Being Observed Weight of Wax 2020 As sideman edit Polwechsel Polwechsel 3 Durian 2001 Polwechsel Polwechsel 2 hat ART 1999 Polwechsel Wrapped Islands Erstwhile 2002 Polwechsel Archives of the North hatOLOGY 2006 Polwechsel Field hatOLOGY 2009 With others AMM Trinity Matchless 2008 AMM Sounding Music Matchless 2010 Anemone A Wing Dissolved in Light NoBusiness 2017 Derek Bailey Visitors Book Incus 2002 Derek Bailey Scrutables Weight of Wax 2011 Burkhard Beins Membrane Confront 2014 Steve Beresford Fish of the Week Scatter 1996 Steve Beresford I Shall Become a Bat Qbico 2004 Paul Dunmall Hit and Run FMP 2001 Fred Frith The Natural Order Northern Spy 2014 Keiji Haino John Butcher Light Never Bright Enough Otoroku 2017 Gerry Hemingway Songs Between the Lines EFA 2002 Kev Hopper Spoombung Thoofa 1998 Okkyung Lee Cheol Kkot Sae Tzadik 2018 Radu Malfatti Ohrkiste ITM 1992 Phil Minton Mouthfull of Ecstasy Victo 1996 Phil Minton Slur Emanem 2007 Claudia Molitor Decay NMC 2019 Gino Robair Buddy Systems Meniscus 1998 Spontaneous Music Ensemble A New Distance Acta 1995 David Sylvian Died in the Wool Manafon Variations Samadhisound 2011 Fred Van Hove Suite for B City FMP 1997 Otomo Yoshihide Quintet amp Sextet Otoroku 2013 References edit The Attic September 2 2016 Conversations John Butcher and Matthew Shipp By Bogdan Scoromide Riccarda Kato Victor Stutz a b c d e Couture Francois John Butcher AllMusic Retrieved 11 July 2020 External links editJohn Butcher s website Archived 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine Jazz Weekly interview Interview 03 2001 FMP releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Butcher musician amp oldid 1215394589, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
