Paul Lytton

Paul Lytton atClub W71,Weikersheim,2011

Paul Lytton (2016) in Aarhus, Denmark. Playing with Mette Rasmussens Quintet

Paul Lytton(born 8 March 1947,London) is anEnglishfree jazzandfree improvisingpercussionist.

Lytton began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late 1960s while taking lessons on thetablafromP.R. Desai.In 1969 he began experimenting with free improvisational music, working in a duo with saxophonistEvan Parker.After adding bassistBarry Guy,the ensemble became the Evan Parker Trio. He and Parker continued to work together into the 2000s; more recent releases include trio releases withMarilyn Crispellin 1996 (Natives and Aliens) and 1999 (After Appleby).

A founding member of theLondon Musicians Collective,Lytton worked extensively on the London free improvisation scene in the 1970s, and aidedPaul Lovensin the foundation of the Aachen Musicians' Cooperative in 1976.

Lytton has toured North America and Japan both solo and with improvisational ensembles. In 1999, he toured withKen VandermarkandKent Kessler,and recorded with Vandermark onEnglish Suites.Lytton also collaborated withJeffrey Morgan(alto & tenor saxophone), with whom he recorded the CDTerra IncognitaLive in Cologne, Germany.

He played also onWhite Noise's pioneer electronic pop music albumAn Electric Stormin 1969.

Discography (partial)

As leader

• The Inclined Stick(Po Torch, 1979)
• The Balance of Trade(CIMP, 1996)
• ?!(Pleasure of the Text, 2015)

As sideman or co-leader

WithBarry GuyandMarilyn Crispell

• Odyssey(Intakt, 2001)
• Ithaca(Intakt, 2004)
• Phases of the Night(Intakt, 2008)
• Deep Memory(Intakt, 2016)

WithBarry Guy/The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra

• Ode(Incus, 1972)
• Zurich Concerts(Intakt, 1988)
• Harmos(Intakt, 1989)
• Double Trouble(Intakt, 1990)
• Theoria(Intakt, 1992)
• Double Trouble Two(Intakt, 1998)
• Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert(Intakt, 2009)

With theBarry GuyNew Orchestra

• Inscape–Tableaux(Intakt, 2001)
• Oort–Entropy(Intakt, 2005)

WithRoscoe Mitchell

Paul Lytton, the sound tinkerer, atStadtgartenCologne2012

• Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3(ECM, 2004)

WithEvan Parker

• Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones)(Incus, 1972)
• At the Unity Theatre(Incus, 1975)
• Atlanta(Impetus, 1990)
• 50th Birthday Concert(Leo, 1994)
• The Redwood Session(CIMP, 1995)
• Toward the Margins(ECM, 1996)
• Drawn Inward(ECM, 1998)
• At the Vortex(Emanem, 1998)
• Memory/Vision(ECM, 2002)
• America 2003(Psi, 2004) withAlexander von Schlippenbach
• Boustrophedon(ECM, 2004)
• The Bishop's Move(Les Disques Victo, 2004)
• The Moment's Energy(ECM, 2007)
• Hasselt(Psi, 2012)
• Live at Maya Recordings Festival(NoBusiness,2013)
• Music for David Mossman: Live at Vortex London(Intakt, 2018)

WithEvan Parker,Barry Guy,andMarilyn Crispell

• Natives and Aliens(Leo, 1997)
• After Appleby(Leo, 2000)

WithKen Vandermark,et alia

• Paul Lytton/Ken Vandermark:English Suites(Wobbly Rail, 2000)
• Paul Lytton/Ken Vandermark/Philipp Wachsmann:CINC(Okka Disk,2006)
• Paul Lytton/Nate Wooley+Ikue Mori/Ken Vandermark:The Nows(Clean Feed,2012)

External links

• Paul LyttonatAllmusic