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Meditation / Resurrection

By William Parker

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2017
Track listing:
CD 1:
Criminals in the White House; Leave/Rain; Horace Silver Part 2; Handsome Lake; Rodney's Resurrection; Horace Silver Part 1; Give Me Back My Drum.
CD 2:
Sunrise in East Harlem; Some Lake Oliver; Things Falling Apart; Urban Disruption; Orange Winter Flower.

Album

Bass Duo

By William Parker

Label: Centering Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: I; II; III; IV; V.

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Article: Year in Review

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2017

Read "John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2017" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Here are ten new releases and two partial reissues, reviewed on All About Jazz, which stood out among the 200 or so discs that I heard this year. Sylvie Courvoisier / Mary HalvorsonCrop Circles (Relative Pitch Records) Over the last fifteen years or more, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp: Magnetism(s)

Read "Magnetism(s)" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

When originally issued back in 1999, pianist Matthew Shipp's Magnetism (Bleu Regard), uniting him with long standing soul mates bassist William Parker and saxophonist Rob Brown, stood as one of a series of fine dates by the pianist which included By The Law Of Music (Hat Art, 1997) and Strata (Hat Art, 1998). Like many of ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Zankel: Celebrating William Parker at 65

Read "Celebrating William Parker at 65" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

This recording is of a live concert at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia on January 21, 2017 to honor bassist William Parker on his 65th birthday and in which he served as bassist. Saxophonist Bobby Zankel composed, arranged, and led a four part Suite with Parker's influence in mind and which allowed ample room ...

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Article: Year in Review

Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2017

Read "Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2017" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Considering the quantity of recordings released in a year's time, attempting to compile a comprehensive end of the year list mentioning every first-rate session would be difficult at best. The ten titles listed below represent a fertile cross-section of some of the most compelling modern jazz heard in 2017. William Parker Quartets

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Article: Album Review

William Parker: Meditation / Resurrection

Read "Meditation / Resurrection" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

La forza assertiva e la schiettezza sono caratteristiche evidenti nella musica di William Parker. Schiettezza intesa come combinazione limpida di atteggiamento positivo, umano, fiero. Dice lo stesso contrabbassista: “La musica riguarda la vita; ha sempre riguardato la gente e la salute dello spirito. Attraverso la musica, la vita sperimenta cambiamenti." E Joe Morris, chitarrista e contrabbassista, ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival 2017

Read "Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival 2017" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival Cormòns (GO) Teatro Comunale di Cormòns e varie sedi nel Collio e in Slovenia 24-20.10.2017 Arrivava all'edizione numero venti il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormòns, che ha celebrato l'avvenimento con un disco, un libro (non solo) di fotografie (dei quali parliamo ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ivo Perelman Makes It Rain

Read "Ivo Perelman Makes It Rain" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

If music was sports, then Ivo Perelman would be baseball and most other musicians football. Where football's regular season is 16 games, baseball plays 162. Likewise, most musicians release one album every year or two, but Perelman has averaged seven titles per year for the last seven years. His 2017 Leo Records output is thirteen (fourteen, ...

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Article: Live Review

Edgefest 2017: Give the Drummers Some, Part 2-2

Read "Edgefest 2017: Give the Drummers Some, Part 2-2" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert

Part 1 | Part 2 Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI October 20-21, 2017 On the last two days of the festival, the Edgefest audience was treated to even more of the eclectic, explorative music that was present in abundance on Wednesday and Thursday. Edgefest-goers who were able ...


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