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Billy Parker's Fourth World, Daylight Robbery, Jimi Tenor, Kaidi Tatham, Jazzanova, Andy Hay, & More

by Tony Poole
A weekly dive into the latest new releases, join Tony Poole as he brings you the freshest jazz grooves from around the world. Playlist Billy Parker's Fourth World Get With It (featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater)" from The Legacy Begins, originally 1973 (Strata-East) Daylight Robbery with Nick Marks God Game" from Third Island Suite (Melting Pot Music) Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man Stockholm" from Sinus Amoris (Songs from the Bay of Love) (unknown) Margeeah Bring The People Home" from ...
Continue ReadingBilly Parker's Fourth World: Freedom Of Speech

by Chris May
Drummer Billy Parker's 1975 album only tangentially connects to Fourth World music, the pancultural style which was given its name five years later by Jon Hassell on Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics (Editions EG, 1980), the trumpeter's first collaboration with Brian Eno. Parker's Fourth World is the name of the band heard on Freedom Of Speech, which, Parker says in his sleeve note, was born out of the need to preserve and develop on a tradition brought to these ...
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