Home » Search Center » Results: William Parker
Results for "William Parker"
Guelph Jazz Festival: Guelph, Canada, September 7-11, 2011
by Sara Villa
Guelph Jazz Festival, Colloquium & Nuit Blanche Guelph, Canada September 7-11, 2011 As Prez used to say, if you are a good improviser you are able to tell a soulful story. What happens, then, when some of the most experimental improvisers from Canada, Australia, Norway, and England (among the others) are involved in ...
Jason Kao Hwang / EDGE: Crossroads Unseen
by Karl Ackermann
Composer/violinist, Jason Kao Hwang has been firmly establishing his credentials in free jazz since his quartet, EDGE, released its self-titled debut (Asian Improv, 2006). His résumé includes work with genre luminaries William Parker, Anthony Braxton, and Henry Threadgill. There are inevitable comparisons to Billy Bang, with whom Hwang has also played, but the two masters typically ...
William Parker: Conversations
by Steve Dalachinsky
Conversations William Parker, Jacques Bisceglia, Ed Hazell Hardcover; 445 pages Rogueart 2011 Not since drummer Art Taylor's Notes and Tones (Da Capo, 1993)--the book which bassist William Parker says inspired him to undertake this project--has there been a book of interviews so vital, so down to earth and ...
Jazz Supergroup Other Dimensions In Music To Close Out 2011 Evening Music Series At Chapel Of Our Lady Restoration In Cold Spring, NY, November 5th
"These are a generation's masters at the very height of their powers." —Tad Hendrickson, CMJ New Music Report The avant-jazz supergroup, Other Dimensions in Music, closes out the new evening music series for its first season at the Chapel of Our Lady Restoration on Saturday, November 5th at 7:30 PM. Each member of the ensemble—Roy Campbell, ...
William Parker - Luc's Lantern (2005)
By Mark Saleski Digital. It's just got to be digital—ones 'n zeros. Forget that old-fashioned analog stuff. That's for old fogies. If you want to be with it, current, where it's at, up to date, in the know, down with it ... your activity must be presented in bits (for those who are suffering from extreme ...
William Parker: I Play to Stay a Believer - The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield
by AAJ Italy Staff
Chi ha visto dal vivo questa bella formazione all'indomani della pubblicazione del primo CD (Live in Rome per Rai Trade) alla fine del 2007, un secondo disco un po' se lo aspettava. Anche perché a ogni concerto i pezzi inediti erano eccellenti e numerosi. Ed eccolo allora il secondo titolo, anche in questo caso dal vivo, ...
William Parker - Solo Bass/Crumbling in the Shadows is Fraulein Miller's Stale Cake (Centering/Aum Fidelity, 2011)
William Parker is one of the premier bassists of modern jazz, and this special boxed set features him in a lengthy series of unaccompanied improvisations. Upright, acoustic bass must be one of the most difficult instruments to play solo, demanding a level of physicality and dexterity to keep the music moving forward. Parker demonstrates total command ...
Kali. Z. Fasteau: New CD! "An Alternate Universe" With William Parker & Cindy Blackman
AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE [FNCD 9015] KALI. Z. FASTEAU: Cello, Soprano Saxophone, Electric Piano; WILLIAM PARKER: Contrabass; CINDY BLACKMAN: Drums Flying Note Records proudly presents An Alternate Universe, a recording of three musicians with superlative and fascinating careers. The musical lineage of multi-instrumentalist and composer Kali. Z. stems from her musician grandparents hosting ...
Vision Festival: Day 7 Finale, New York, NY, June 11, 2011
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7 Vision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 11, 2011 Reut Regev R*Time Special Edition Trombonist Reut Regev's R*Time began the final night of the Vision Festival in exuberant style. Since ...
Vision Festival: Days 5-6, June 9-10, 2011
by John Sharpe
Day 1 | Days 2-3 | Day 4 | Days 5-6 | Day 7Kidd Jordan Quintet, Matthew Shipp/Evan Parker, Paradoxical Frog, Planetary UnknownVision FestivalAbrons Arts CenterNew York CityJune 9-10, 2011 Kidd Jordan Quintet New Orleans saxophonist Edward Kidd Jordan, who was the ...
