The Eleventh Hour (Evan Parker album)
The Eleventh Hour is an album by British saxophonist and improvisor Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble recorded in 2004 and released on the ECM label. Reception. The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "There is a lot going on as violin, soprano saxophone, percussion, and piano all fall together, but as the sounds are treated and added to electronically, they have an air of space and separation that creates an immense space for the listener". The authors of the "Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings" wrote: ""Eleventh Hour" is  a dark and foreboding work, packed with black energy... It's an astonishingly powerful record, and a perfect development to the language of this essential group." Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelman commented: "While "The Eleventh Hour" is not an album for listeners tied to conventional musical approaches, it remains striking and strangely compelling, if for no other reason than it demonstrates just how far the creative mind can expand even well-established concepts into completely new territory." In a separate AAJ review, Chris May remarked: "It's not pure jazz, it's not pure electronica, and it's  not pure conservatoire music either. It's something else again: fresh, vigorous, and very, very beautiful." In a review for Clocks and Clouds, Beppe Colli stated: "With its excellent recorded sound, "The Eleventh Hour" could maybe in time reveal itself to be the best album that the ensemble has recorded to date."