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Rick Parker Collective: New York Gravity

Read "New York Gravity" reviewed by Peter Aaron

by Peter Aaron
February 11, 2004

Trombonist/composer/leader Rick Parker and his band are the best-kept secret in New York right now. But in light of this fine debut and a steadily growing live demand, the secret's not likely to be kept much longer.

At 25, Parker is already a tested vet, sharing his horn talents with Frank Ku-umba Lacy's colossal Vibe Tribe, the Charli Persip Superband, and his own trio, in addition to the sextet featured here. A Connecticut-born Yankee, Parker started out playing ...

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Rick Parker Collective: New York Gravity

Read "New York Gravity" reviewed by Matt Merewitz

by Matt Merewitz
November 19, 2003

The Rick Parker Collective proves that its possible to be groundbreakingly innovative in 4/4 time, at least most of the time. These days the opposite is thought to be true - that changing the time is the only way to go. To be on the cutting edge you have to be messing around with alternative time signatures. I like to call it Potter-Colleyitis (if you are in the know, you know what I mean).

The album's title, coined ...