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William Parker Trio

William Parker: Mayan Space Station & Painters Winter

by Eric Gudas
August 14, 2021

"Ungentrified funk": that's how William Parker characterized the music of his Mayan Space Station ensemble after a Zoom-transmitted performance—plus Q&A session— in the summer of 2020. Like Duke Ellington and Cecil Taylor—the latter whose group he played with in the 1980s—the protean Parker has become a genre unto himself. Parker's brand of funk has deep musical ...

Painter's Spring

By William Parker Trio

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Foundation #1, Come Sunday, Blues for Percy, Flash, There is a Balm in Gilead, Foundation #4, Foundation #2, Trilog.

Painter'?s Spring

By William Parker Trio

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Foundation #1; Come Sunday; Blues for Percy; Flash; There is a Balm in Gilead; Foundation #4; Foundation #3; Trilog.

William Parker Trio: Painter's Spring

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2000

Call me biased, but I have yet to come across a William Parker recording I didn't like. The bassist has a unique talent, among players in the free jazz scene, of being able to bring together musicians from varying backgrounds and create a coherent sense of unity. Painter's Spring presents no exceptions to the “Parker Rule." ...

William Parker Trio: Painter'?s Spring

by Micah Holmquist
July 1, 2000

Bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake may be the most exciting team in jazz today. In recent years the two have worked together with a number of different leaders, including Fred Anderson and Peter Brotzmann, and in the process this duo has created trance inducing rhythms for concert goers and CD listeners alike. Many fans ...

William Parker Trio: Painter's Spring

by Mark Corroto
July 1, 2000

For avant-garde musician William Parker, the outside can be very introspective. This prolific, giant bassist is quite the gentle soul, not an image his work with free jazz musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Peter Brotzmann, Charles Gayle, and David Ware would lead you to believe. With Painter’s Spring and his co-led recordings with Matthew Shipp and ...