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William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

Read "Petit Oiseau" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Che dire ancora su William Parker che non sia ancora stato detto? Che è uno dei musicisti più prolifici attualmente sulla scena, che ha rivitalizzato la assopita scena free newyorchese, che ha lanciato una serie di musicisti diventati stelle di prima grandezza, che è solista formidabile, che è artista inventivo e aperto, che la sua musica ...

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Double Sunrise Over Neptune

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2008
Track listing: Morning Mantra; Lights Of Lake George; O

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Petit Oiseau

Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2008
Track listing: Groove Sweet: Groove #7/Hamid's Groove/Daughters Joy; Talaps Theme; Petit Oiseau; The Golden Bell; Four For Tommy; Malachi's Mode; Dust From A Mountain; Shorter For Alan.

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Beyond Quantum

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2008
Track listing: First Meeting; Second Meeting; Third Meeting; Fourth Meeting; Fifth Meeting.

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Article: Album Review

William Parker: Petit Oiseau

Read "Petit Oiseau" reviewed by Lyn Horton


Bassist William Parker is a consummate musical storyteller. In every group he leads he becomes the father, the uncle, a present day version of the classic Homer, to pass down through generations the essential message of music: that it is a part of us all and without it, we might tend to be soulless. For Parker, ...

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News: Recording

New William Parker Quartet CD Released on AUM Fidelity

New William Parker Quartet CD Released on AUM Fidelity

“Bassist-composer William Parker’s quartet may be the best working band in jazz today –- it’s certainly one of the most exciting. Every track on their third CD contains examples of their unexcelled collective and individual brilliance. Their liberated and disciplined use of the music’s possibilities makes this a deeply hopeful and uplifting album." --Ed ...

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Article: Album Review

William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

Read "Petit Oiseau" reviewed by John Sharpe


Petit Oiseau is the third release by the William Parker Quartet, with an unchanged lineup featuring the empathetic pairing of Rob Brown on alto saxophone (clarinet on one track) and Lewis Barnes on trumpet, alongside the in demand rhythm team of drummer Hamid Drake and the leader’s bass. It follows O’Neals Porch (Aum Fidelity, ...

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William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

Read "Petit Oiseau" reviewed by Nic Jones


Bassist and composer William Parker has been leading this quartet for eight years now and this is the group's third release overall. That information is more than usually pertinent in this case as it brings home precisely why this music is so cogently executed. Familiarity between these four men has not led to a blase attitude ...

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William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

Read "Petit Oiseau" reviewed by Troy Collins


Last heard on 2005's live recording Sound Unity (AUM Fidelity), Petit Oiseau is the triumphant return of bassist William Parker's longstanding quartet. This superb studio session features the same passionate swing and heartfelt lyricism that made their debut record, O'Neal's Porch (Centering, 2001) an instant classic.Few veteran working groups are able to balance inside/outside ...


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