Jazz Articles about William Parker

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William Parker

by John Sharpe
May 27, 2007

William Parker's Raining On The Moon Bimhuis Amsterdam April 27, 2007

A beautiful Friday evening in Amsterdam drew to a close with William Parker's Raining On The Moon taking the stage in the fading light at the Bimhuis. Parker is the pre-eminent free jazz bassist on the New York downtown scene and should need no introduction to AAJ readers. The group comprises Parker's Quartet with longtime associates Hamid Drake on drums and frame drum, ...

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William Parker and Hamid Drake: Summer Snow, volume 2

by Lyn Horton
April 29, 2007

The mere juxtaposition of the words summer and snow present a paradox infiltrated with energy. To move from the idea of one word to the other in itself requires a conscious shift in imagination. To invest meaning into the metaphor requires openness and belief in its potential dynamic. The duo of William Parker and Hamid Drake forges a bond that bolsters that dynamic in another release of their duo sessions called Summer Snow. When the two play, their sound is ...

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William Parker & Hamid Drake: Summer Snow

by Troy Collins
April 13, 2007

Summer Snow is the second studio recording from the adroit rhythm team of bassist William Parker and percussionist Hamid Drake. Their first duo recording, the poly-ethnic exploration Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity, 2001), was recently reissued together with the previously unreleased live concert recording First Communion. This sequel finds the telepathic pair delving even deeper into indigenous cultural traditions for inspiration.

Parker and Drake expand further on the pan-global experiments of Don Cherry, Codona and the Art Ensemble ...

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William Parker: The Other Side, Palm of Soul & Astrogeny Quartet

by Tom Greenland
March 3, 2007

Frode Gjerstad Trio The Other Side Ayler 2006 Kidd Jordan/Hamid Drake/William Parker Palm of Soul Aum Fidelity 2006 John Blum Astrogeny Quartet John Blum Astrogeny Quartet Eremite 2006

If you're looking for action “downtown" in creative music, it's a sure bet bassist William ...

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Other Dimensions in Music at the JVC Jazz Festival in Paris, Oct. 19-20

by John Sharpe
December 17, 2006

The Missing Link. That was the title of a 1990s Fred Anderson session, but it could be applied with even greater veracity to the NYC collective Other Dimensions in Music, for this tour encompassing the talents of William Parker, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter and Hamid Drake, subbing for regular drummer Rashid Bakr.

The quartet members have been together since the early 1980s, playing as and when their increasingly busy schedules allow. Their credo, like the AACM's Great Black Music: Ancient ...

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William Parker Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle: Requiem

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 14, 2006

Anni fa in alcuni ambienti accademici italiani nacque una discussione, innescata da un agente, sulla difficoltà estrema o l’opportunità di portare sul palco un collettivo di soli contrabbassi per gli inevitabili problemi di intonazione che, anche nel caso di musicisti molto preparati, una simile formazione pone. William Parker, Alan Silva, Sirone e Henry Grimes hanno scavalcato a piè pari il problema. Requiem, il nuovo colpo messo a segno da Giorgio Mortarino nelle vesti di produttore, e registrato dal vivo al ...

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William Parker: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series

by Jeff Stockton
July 12, 2006

Solo contrabass performances are an acquired taste that requires confidence and nerve on the part of the performer and the listener. Long Hidden, comprised of music from four separate sessions, pits several solo performances by William Parker on bass and doson ngoni (West African lute) against a few tracks by the upstart Olmec Group.

The disc opens with a take of “There Is a Balm in Gilead that is so organically conceived and warmly recorded that you can almost forget ...