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Scrapbook
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Scrapbook; Sunday Morning Church; Singing Spirits; Dust On A White Shirt; Urban; Holiday For
Flowers.
Antipop Vs. Matthew Shipp
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2003
Track listing: Places I've Never Been; Staph; Slow Horn; A Knot In Your Bop; svp; Coda; Stream
Light; Monstro City; Real Is Surreal; Free Hop.
William Parker Violin Trio: Scrapbook
by AAJ Staff
More and more these days it seems that William Parker has been drawing from the wellspring of African American roots music. That may sound like a strange idea, considering that the bassist has long been floating on the fringes outside mainstream jazz, hardly an icon of accessibility. Some of his best work has been in settings ...
A Fireside Chat with William Parker
by AAJ Staff
William Parker is the best bassist of my time. Whether or not people coming to terms with hard bop having ended with the Alfred Lion Blue Note days learn to appreciate Parker is not a question of if, but when. Parker's uncanny ability to make saxophonists that play alongside him better is akin to Jimmy Garrison ...
William Parker/Joe Morris/Hamid Drake: Eloping With The Sun
by AAJ Staff
When jazz players harness African music, it's always interesting to see what forms the musicians preserve from each style. After all, the goal of such a hybrid is to preserve elements of both traditions in order to achieve a result that is more than the sum of its parts. Eloping With The Sun has ...
Song Cycle
Label: Boxholder Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Footnote to a Dream (for Miguel Pinero) 2. Hunkpapa Song (for Tatanka Iyotanka) 3. Baldwin
Raining on the Moon
Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2002
Track listing: Hunk Pappa Blues; Song of Hope; Old Tears; Raining on the Moon; Music
Song; The Watermelon Song; James Baldwin to the Rescue; Donso
Ngoni.
William Parker Quartet: Raining on the Moon
by AAJ Staff
Following on the heels of his spectacular 2001 recording O'Neal's Porch, bassist William Parker has assembled the same quartet for a more roots-oriented session featuring vocalist Leena Conquest. Raining on the Moon draws upon these musicians' keen ability to listen and respond, and it aims successfully for a more organic sound. The sparkling intensity ...
William Parker: Song Cycle
by Glenn Astarita
While bassist/composer William Parker has already provided modern jazz fans with an abundance of proverbial cutting edge outings for various labels, this little gem was recorded between 1991-1993 and was originally scheduled for release in 1995. What we have here is a program consisting of Parker’s pairing with vocalist Ellen Christi, whereas pianist Yuko Fujiyama and ...
