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New William Parker Quartet CD Reviewed on NPR's Fresh Air

October 14, 2008

New William Parker Quartet CD Released on AUM Fidelity

October 14, 2008

“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 ...

William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

by John Sharpe
October 14, 2008

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, ...

William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

by Nic Jones
October 9, 2008

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 ...

William Parker Quartet: Petit Oiseau

by Troy Collins
October 8, 2008

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 ...

William Parker Featured in the October Issue of Downbeat

October 3, 2008

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
August 19, 2008

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

August 12, 2008

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
August 9, 2008

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
August 5, 2008

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 ...