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William Parker Featured in the October Issue of Downbeat
This month’s issue of DownBeat includes a feature article about bassist/composer William Parker written by David French. The article, titled “His Own ‘New Thing’”, explores Parker’s 30-year career, his musical philosophy and a number of his recordings, including his two most recent releases as a leader, Double Sunrise Over Neptune and Petit Oiseau on AUM Fidelity. ...
William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune
by Troy Collins
Following Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Suite and Bill Dixon's 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur, bassist William Parker's Double Sunrise Over Neptune is the third release from AUM Fidelity this year to document premiere performances from the 2007 Vision Festival. Heavily influenced by West African, Middle Eastern, and East Asian traditions, this two-part suite is ...
William Parker's New CD, "Double Sunrise over Neptune," Released Today
Arts for Art, Inc., in cooperation with AUM Fidelity, is pleased to announce the August 12th release of bassist/composer William Parker's new orchestral recording, Double Sunrise Over Neptune (AUM047), the third in a three-part series documenting the world premiere performances of specially commissioned works at the 12th annual Vision Festival in June 2007. This series, which ...
William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune
by John Sharpe
William Parker's Double Sunrise Over Neptune is the third and final commission by Arts For Arts from the 2007 Vision Festival to appear on AUM Fidelity following releases by Roy Campbell and Bill Dixon. Although recorded live, the premiere suffered from technical difficulties in the sound mix, which meant that the musicians reconvened the following afternoon ...
William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune
by Nic Jones
This is so much more than an expansion of multi-instrumentalist William Parker's freewheeling and indeed freer work with his quartet, although a couple of members of that band are present in the ranks of this large ensemble charged with the task of bringing the music off the page. They do this with extraordinary clarity of thought ...
AUM Fidelity Announces New William Parker Quartet Recording
On October 14th, AUM Fidelity will release the William Parker Quartet's new album, Petit Oiseau (AUM050), the group's second studio effort and third release overall. Named after Little Bird (or Petit Oiseau in French), a character from one of bassist/composer William Parker's tone poems, this recording features eight original compositions, including works dedicated to musicians Malachi ...
Wiliam Parker Triple: Corn Meal Dance; The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Live in Rome & Alphaville Suite
by Kurt Gottschalk
William Parker / Raining on the Moon Corn Meal Dance Aum Fidelity 2007 William Parker The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield: Live in Rome Rai Trade 2007 William Parker Double Quartet
William Parker: Blue Shadows & The Last Dances
by Kurt Gottschalk
Charles Gayle Blue Shadows Silkheart 2007 Hamid Drake/Anders Gahnold/William Parker The Last Dances Ayler 2007 Over the last decade (this year marks the 10th anniversary of his brilliant Peach ...
William Parker Ensemble - The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield
by AAJ Italy Staff
Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 20.01.2008 Non fatevi ingannare da The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield - Live in Rome lo splendido disco registrato nell’aprile 2004 al Parco della Musica di Roma ed edito qualche mese fa da Rai Trade. Non fatevi ingannare da quella incisione perché sul palco del Teatro Manzoni di ...
William Parker's Quartet: Continuing the Story in Vermont
by Lyn Horton
William Parker Quartet Vermont Jazz Center Brattleboro, Vermont January 12, 2008 Devotion to a steadfast belief manifests itself through persistence of doing, the doing coming down to the choices made by the believer. Bassist William Parker embodies the ultimate believer: he not only believes in the evolution ...
