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Matt Parker: Worlds Put Together

Read "Worlds Put Together" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
September 25, 2013

Genre bending saxophonist Matt Parker's debut album, Worlds Put Together, is a collection of mostly short pieces that crackle with originality and are imbued with an urgent and imaginative spontaneity. These are not mere sketches for expanded and more developed future compositions. They are conceptually crystalized, complete yet free-flowing and raw works that pack a visceral ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Parker: Worlds Put Together

Read "Worlds Put Together" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 26, 2013

Saxophonist Matt Parker is an old soul. You can hear that in his music. On his debut release Worlds Put Together, he channels Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Dexter Gordon. It's just that this jazz geezer happens to be 33 years old.Like Lester Young, he creates music without typecasting it as “jazz." It's just ...

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Tenor Saxophonist Matt Parker Debuts On CD With "Worlds Put Together," May 21

April 16, 2013

Matt Parker’s debut recording, Worlds Put Together, provides a bracing introduction to the prodigious talents of the Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist and composer. Scheduled for release on May 22 by Parker’s BYNK label (“Because You Never Know”), the CD assembles a cast of musicians who are leaders in their own right and with whom the saxophonist enjoys ...