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William Parker
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William Parker is a musician, improviser, composer, educator, and author. He plays the bass, shakuhachi, double reeds, tuba, donso ngoni and gembri. Born in 1952 in the Bronx, New York, he studied bass with Richard Davis, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Wilber Ware, Jimmy Garrison, and Paul West. During Parker’s prolific career, he has recorded over 150 albums, had countless celebrated stage appearances, and helped shaped the jazz scene for both his peers and the youth. In 2013, Parker received the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in recognition of his influence and impact on the creative jazz scene over the last 40 years. William entered the music scene in 1971, playing at Studio We, Studio Rivbea, Hilly’s on The Bowery, and The Baby Grand
Armageddon Flower
By Ivo Perelman
Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pillar of Light; Tree Of Life; Armageddon Flower; Restoration.
John Dikeman: No Kings
by John Sharpe
Recorded live in 2022, No Kings documents a volatile meeting between a formidable European horn partnership and American free jazz royalty. In 2015, expat American saxophonist John Dikeman initiated a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Five years later, he invited Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente to join them, resulting in the quartet heard ...
Root Causes
By Steve Hirsh
Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: We Went Finding; Riptide; Gamuts; Root Causes.
Pulsar
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pulsar; Fogo Em Escalada; Words Of Freedom.
Live in Philadelphia
By Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons
Label: Otherly Love Records/Ars Nova
Released: 2025
Track listing: Seductive Fantasy; Back to You; We'll Wait For You/Hit That Jive, Jack; The Last Transmission;
Stay Lifted; On Solar Planes; Space Ghost; The Hills; Square The Circle; In The Silence Of The
Infinite; Cosmic Dreamers, Ode to Elegua; The Unknown; Warn Them; Slip Stream; Tachyons
Flux From The Cosmic Blueprints; Rindima.
Jazz & Wine of Peace 2025, Part 1
by Luciano Rossetti
A collection of photos from the Jazz & Wine of Peace in Cormons, from October 23-26, 2025. This was the first year with the new Artistic Director, Enrico Bettinello. The festival lineup featured William Parker Trio, James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Valentina Fin, Simona Severini, The Necks, Nubya Garcia Quartet, Tania Giannouli Trio, Anais Drago Trio, Silvia ...
