Jazz Articles about Andrew Barker

Andrew Barker: Bakunawa

by Fran Kursztejn
February 12, 2025

William Parker turned 73 last month, yet despite sharing his newest release with the 54-year-old Andrew Barker and 46-year-old Jon Irabagon, his playing has never been as buoyant as it is here. All three New York staples have played with one another in various duos and orchestral arrangements (Barker himself is an alumni of Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra), but Bakunawa marks the first time all three have been recorded together. In common fashion for Parker projects, ...

Andrew Barker / Matthew Shipp / Charles Waters: Apostolic Polyphony

by Frank Rubolino
May 1, 2003

In the late 1990s, New Yorkers became enamored with a brash group of freewheeling improvisers from Atlanta going under the name Gold Sparkle Band. The chemistry of their fresh and ambitious style clicked with the New York establishment, and the group members soon began integrating with the entrenched Downtown musicians in taking the music forward at events like the Vision Festival and venues where free speech was practiced.

Drummer Andrew Barker and reed player Charles Waters are ...