Jazz Articles about William Parker

Sons d'Hiver 2022, William Parker "Trail Of Tears - A Continuum 1492-2022"

by Luciano Rossetti
March 11, 2022

William Parker - Tra stazioni spaziali maya ed inverni pittorici

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 14, 2022

William Parker è da considerarsi personaggio centrale negli sviluppi della musica afroamericana degli ultimi cinquant'anni sia nelle vesti di compositore, formidabile contrabbassista e multistrumentista che di agitatore culturale, poeta, saggista, educatore. Oltre centocinquanta titoli a proprio nome con ogni sorta di formazione (dal solo all'orchestra) e centinaia di partecipazioni come collaboratore ne certificano la statura di gigante della musica improvvisata. Non fanno eccezione questi due lavori registrati ad un mese di distanza l'uno dall'altro, entrambi in trio, seppur con differenti ...

William Parker: Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World

by Karl Ackermann
February 13, 2022

If multi-instrumentalist/composer William Parker's ten-CD Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World suggests a cohesive, high concept plan, it is something more. The beautifully packaged clamshell box set is comprised of mutually exclusive projects—one dating back ten years—with some common themes. There is an overall dedication of the music to “all people of the world who are searching for freedom...." Pandemic downtime resulted in Parker's accumulating enough material for many of these albums. Viewed as a whole, ...

Andrew Cyrille, William Parker & Enrico Rava: 2 Blues For Cecil

by Karl Ackermann
January 20, 2022

Cecil Taylor's music was not for the faint of heart. The legendary pianist who performed like a combination of poet-percussionist-dancer rests now, but there is little doubt that discoveries from the archives will continue to be unearthed or reissued. In the meantime, tribute albums as eclectic as Taylor himself have been surfacing since he passed in 2018. Among the best was Six Encomiums for Cecil Taylor (Tzadik, 2018) from the Winged Serpents collective that included top pianists Craig Taborn, Kris ...

Andrew Cyrille, William Parker & Enrico Rava: 2 Blues For Cecil

by Dan McClenaghan
January 10, 2022

Finland's TUM Records wrapped up 2021 with a free jazz flourish, releasing trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's Great Lakes Quartet's stellar box set, The Chicago Symphonies and also Smith's masterful A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday. The momentum continued in January 2022 with the label's release of The OGJB Quartet's Ode To O and—the subject of this review—2 Blues For Cecil, from drummer Andrew Cyrille, bassist William Parker and trumpeter & flugelhornist Enrico Rava. All three players here are ...

William Parker, Francois Carrier & Javier Subatin

by Maurice Hogue
December 22, 2021

This week's spotlight is clearly on the great bassist, composer, multi-instrumentalist & culture maker, William Parker. His 10-CD box set is almost overwhelming in its scope and originality. You'll hear a sampling from three of the CDs, plus a track from a new recording with his partner, Patricia Nicholson. We check out new discs from Montreal's Francois Carrier and Portuguese guitarist Javier Subatin, the Flow Trio with Joe McPhee, and a preview of an upcoming release by the great Tony ...

Whit Dickey / William Parker / Matthew Shipp: Village Mothership

by John Sharpe
December 22, 2021

Village Mothership presents a constellation of stars which first assembled some three decades ago. Although released on drummer Whit Dickey's Tao Forms imprint, on this 2020 studio date the trio, completed by bassist William Parker and pianist Matthew Shipp, manifests as a cooperative effort, unlike their first appearance on Circular Temple (Quinton, 1990) under Shipp's leadership. As well as being the pianist's trio of choice for several years, the threesome was also 75% of esteemed saxophonist David S. Ware's classic ...