Ned Rothenberg and Evan Parker's sonic tug-of-war

In most duet settings, we look for musicians whose conceptions and personal styles are sympathetic, or at least accommodating. Not so much in a freely improvised duet, however. British saxophone great Evan Parker and American multi-reed wizard Ned Rothenberg bring quite contrasting styles to their performance this weekend at Union Arts. Rothenberg, who plays saxophone, bass clarinet and Japanese shakuhachi, uses drones for his foundation: long (if distorted) notes, repeated trills and vamps that...