I’m thrilled to announce the release of this great new double LP of the ETA Quartet on Eremite Records: -mondays at at endfield tennis academy-, x2 LPs of long-form, lyrical, groove-based free improv by acclaimed guitarist & composer jeff parker’s ETA IVtet, release date 2022-10-28, pre-order at eremite.com. recorded live at ETA (referencing david foster wallace), a bar in LA’s highland park neighborhood with just enough space in the back for parker, drummer jay bellerose, bassist anna butterss, & alto saxophonist josh johnson to convene in extraordinarily depthful & exploratory music making. gleaned for the stoniest side-length cuts from 10+ hours of vividly immediate two-track recordings made b/t 2019 & 2021 by bryce gonzales, -mondays at enfield tennis academy- is a darkly glowing séance of an album, brimming over with the hypnotic, the melodic, & patience & grace in its own beautiful strangeness. room-tone, electric fields, environment, ceiling echo, live recording, mondays, los angeles. jeff parker’s first double album & first live album, -mondays at enfield tennis academy- belongs in the lineage of such canonical west coast double LP live albums as lee morgan’s -live at the lighthouse-, miles davis’s -in person friday & saturday nights at the blackhawk, san francisco-, john coltrane’s -live in seattle-. @jeffparkersounds @buttersscup @joshuaajohn @brycegonzales @etahlp eremite edition pressed on premium audiophile-quality vinyl at RTI from kevin gray / cohearent audio lacquers, mastered by joe lizzi @triplepointrecord queens NY. jacket design by @dnorsen_design & eremite. first eremite edition of 1799 copies, first 400 direct order LPs come with the eremite signature retro-audiophile inner-sleeves, hand screen-printed by @siwaprints. CD edition & EU x2LP edition available thru our EU parter, @aguirre_records. north american distro thru @forcedexposure2