Long Hidden: The Olmec Series
Released: Mar 14, 2006
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Released: Mar 14, 2006
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William Parker's abiding interest in the "ancient DNA/cultural codex that connects Africa to the Americas" is represented respectively by his use on several tracks of the doson ngoni, an...
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Fractured Dimensions
Released: Sep 16, 2003
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Released: Sep 16, 2003
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It was supposed to be the Other Dimensions in Music quartet, but drummer Rashid Bakr couldn't make it to the Podewil in Berlin for the 1999 Total Music Meeting festival. So Alan Silva was asked to...
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Scrapbook
Released: Jun 17, 2003
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Released: Jun 17, 2003
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William Parker's Violin Trio band is one of the more surprising and delightful bands to come out of New York's modern free jazz scene. Parker and his truly singular tone and ingenious modes of...
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Eloping With the Sun
Released: Jan 21, 2003
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Released: Jan 21, 2003
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This delightful recording takes flight toward its solar elopement based on a very simple principle. Three musicians who play together regularly, much of their music totally improvised, get together...
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Piercing the Veil
Released: Jun 5, 2001
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Released: Jun 5, 2001
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This AUM Fidelity recording represents the pairing up of two icons of modern free jazz: bassist William Parker and percussionist Hamid Drake. This is the first time the duo formed and the...
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Painter's Spring
Released: Jun 20, 2000
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Released: Jun 20, 2000
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As the second release in the acclaimed Blue Series from Thirsty Ear Recordings, Painter's Spring by the William Parker Trio sustains the living bolt of energy infused in the free and avant-garde...
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Lifting the Sanctions
Released: Nov 29, 1997
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Released: Nov 29, 1997
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It is difficult for any soloist to maintain the interest of a listener for an entire CD. The string bassist, with seemingly limited palate, would appear to be one of the hardest instrumentalists of...
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