(1954-10-25) October 25, 1954 (age 69) Brighton, England
Genres
Free jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone
Years active
1980–present
Musical artist
John Butcher (born 1954) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player.[1]
Career
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]
Discography
As leader
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)
(1954-10-25) October 25, 1954 (age 69) Brighton, England
Genres
Free jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone
Years active
1980–present
Musical artist
John Butcher (born 1954) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player.[1]
Career
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]
Discography
As leader
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)