Microscopic detail and fierce intensity - it's part of what you expect from two avant masters in these titanic saxophone and bass improvisations. And So It Goes does not disappoint in either regard. Evan Parker, who turns 80 in 2024, explains the title which spawns a suite of three 'So It Goes' pieces on this engrossing album which is a must for Parker and Guy fans: ''Barry Guy and I first met and played together in a version of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in the days of the legendary Little Theatre Club. The late John Stevens, visionary prophet of the coming music was the key figure at the centre of things who brought us together. ''So it goes'' – John often used this figure of speech. I was reminded of this when I was looking through Samuel Beckett’s Collected Letters, hoping to glean some titles, knowing that Barry would be happy with a Beckett quote. Somewhere on one of the three thousand one hundred and eighty two pages I recall Beckett using the same expression in signing off a letter. Two of our heroes connected by these three words in this way give us our title, which indeed expresses the very nature of creating music together.''
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