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William Parker, Lisa Sokolov, Cooper-Moore: Stan's Hat Flapping in the Wind
by Alberto Bazzurro
Album decisamente anomalo, quest'ultimo di William Parker, che vi ricopre il ruolo di puro e semplice autore (parole e musica, peraltro) di songs affidati a una forma quasi atavica, ancestrale, come quella che vede una voce accompagnata solo da un pianoforte. Del sessantaquattrenne bassista newyorchese ritroviamo peraltro diverse stimmate, in questo pur inusuale lavoro, a cominciare da quella massiccia tendenza -molto nera -al didascalismo che già infarcisce la sua produzione strettamente musicale (dove è anche strumentista e ...
Continue ReadingJazz Loft
by Angelo Leonardi
Jazz Loft Massimiliano Gosparini -Flavio Massarutto 46 Pagine Edizioni Controtempo 2015 Jazz Loft non è solo un bel fumetto noir ambientato nella New York jazzistica degli anni settanta ma un lavoro originale che porta avanti la relazione tra jazz e bande dessinée. La sceneggiatura è di Flavio Massarutto, i disegni di Massimiliano Gosparini. A questi autori si aggiunge il sestetto di Bruno Cesselli e Massimo De Mattia per la colonna sonora presente nel ...
Continue ReadingWilliam Parker: For Those Who Are, Still
by Giuseppe Segala
William Parker non cessa di produrre in modo copioso, travolgente, straripante. Spinto da energia creativa e da onnivora attenzione agli stimoli musicali provenienti da culture e approcci diversi. I tre CD che compongono questo denso cofanetto presentano alcuni lavori registrati dal 2000 al 2013. La sfida è soprattutto sul piano compositivo: “For Fannie Lou Hamer," per piccolo organico orchestrale, fu commissionato nel 2000 dal collettivo artistico The Kitchen di New York, uno spazio di sperimentazione per varie discipline, ed è ...
Continue ReadingGiving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Giving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music Renate Da Rin (ed.) and William Parker (coed.) 294 Pages ISBN: 978-3-00-049279-2 Buddy's Knife 2015 Every time a book about music is written, the history of music is also rewritten and musicians are included or left out, and old and new myths rejected or confirmed. This is something that many authors are conscious about, but seldom an issue that is addressed. Therefore, it is ...
Continue ReadingWood Flute Songs: Anthology/Live 2006-2012
by Mark Corroto
A box set that includes over nine hours of one musician's output could be considered indulgent. Indulgent yes, unless that musician's last name is Parker. Certainly the family of Parker we're talking about includes the bebop innovator Charlie Parker, free jazz saxophonist Evan Parker, and jazz padrone William Parker . The latter Parker is a bassist, band leader, writer, poet, spokesman, and a weather vane that points listeners and musicians to the new directions of jazz. This release ...
Continue ReadingWilliam Parker Orchestra: Essence of Ellington
by John Sharpe
Talk to any member of the so-called avant-garde, and what is immediately apparent is a deep familiarity and love of the tradition. That's not to say that there is a desire to replicate: almost the opposite. New York City bass icon William Parker first began listening to Duke Ellington when he was seven years old. One thing he learned was not to imitate but to find his own way in music. And that comes through in spades on this double ...
Continue ReadingWilliam Parker: Centering - Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987
by John Sharpe
William ParkerCentering: Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987No Business Records2012Nobusiness Records has been building up to this monumental, six-disc cache of unreleased early recordings by bassist William Parker for some time. The Lithuanian label's unsurpassed documentation of the New York City loft jazz era has so far encompassed reissues and never before released material on saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc's Muntu Recordings (2010), Commitment's Complete Recordings 1980/1983 (2010), violinist Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble's Black Man's Blues/New ...
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