Tatiana coons parker biography of williams

David S. One would also be remiss not to mention:. Reissue adds a live set. William Parker Trio:. Even the bass solo breather is a highlight. William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune , AUM Fidelity : An improbable piece orchestra including string quartet, exotic instruments, two drummers, and operatic singer Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay — the sort of miracle Sun Ra used to conjure up, but two planets farther out.

William Parker Orchestra: Essence of Ellington: Live in Milano , AUM Fidelity : Sax-heavy big band revives some classics, including some familiar lyrics, but more often tries to distill new essences from them. Followed by: More Music for a Free World. Both groups built on Parker and Chad Taylor. Fractured Dimensions november featured Daniel Carter on alto sax, trumpet, clarinet and flute, Alan Silva synthesizer and piano and Roy Campbell trumpet and flugelhorn.

Farmers By Nature, i. He played acoustic bass, kora and double flute on At Somewhere There july , notably the minute Cathedral Wisdom Light. Conversations march collects solo performances. Parker played contrabass violin, sintir and bass shakuhachi on Pomegranate march by Parrhesia, the trio created by cornetist Stephen Haynes along with guitarist Joe Morris and percussionist Warren Smith.

The triple-disc For Those Who Are Still contains material recorded over a dozen years, notably the minute For Fannie Lou Hamer october and the minute The Giraffe Dances january for small ensembles, the ten-part suite Ceremonies For Those Who Are Still november for jazz trio and symphony orchestra and the minute trio improvisation Escapade For Sonny november Child of Sound featuring Eri Yamamoto: piano.

Those who have been marginalized and lied to. This is not only because of its social justice inspiration, but also because these are solo compositions performed by the incomparable Eri Yamamoto. Yamamoto balances a healthy dose of beer bar stride and gospel up-beats with winding classical passages. Many of the pieces evoke folksy countryside vistas, replete with those concerted and controlled frills and flourishes that Yamamoto have made her own over the years.

Parker is clearly digging into a trove of church music memories on this disc, but it is the way he combines those with bluesy, romantic, show-tune, and neoclassical aesthetics that really make this music shimmer. An homage to its titular land, historical and present, Mexico is laced with Latin and urban jazz vibes, though it also displays some strong North African, Balkan, and Middle Eastern elements in instrumentation and personnel minus the Balkan , if not also its melodies and structure.

The result is a work that reaches from the sweeping epic to doleful lullabies to straightforward but reflective protest music. This seems to be a theme of this album, and much of the collection more broadly: simple rhythms repeated and tweaked as a relatively consistent, cohesive base that grounds the elaborations and curious detours that comprise the rest of the composition.

Tatiana coons parker biography of williams

Mexico in particular evokes a range of colors and moods, even as it remains coherent in its exploration of intimate and, at times, hauntingly waifish Mexico, The Bleeding Tree meditations on past injustices and the continued struggle for social justice today. It is also otherworldly, dark and mysterious, with nods to American jazz and political history.

Other highly influential cultural landmarks are Africa, Asia, Europe, and the night sky. A mournful feeling permeates much of the music here, nowhere more than on the title track which becomes an almost unbearable unified cry in the dark. Manzanar was the first U. Simultaneously gorgeous and terrifying, the music here is repetitive but broken up into unique fragments by each player.

A disturbing and powerful piece of music. Forgot it? Reset it. Click the eye icon to show your password. Membership has its privileges. Learn more. Contact Me Follow Me. All About Jazz Essentials. Sign In Up Donate. By Mark Corroto January 15, View read count. William Parker bass b. Louis Armstrong trumpet and vocals - Miles Davis trumpet - John Coltrane saxophone - Albert Ayler saxophone, tenor -