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William Parker is a musician, improviser, composer, educator, and author. He plays the bass, shakuhachi, double reeds, tuba, donso ngoni and gembri. Born in 1952 in the Bronx, New York, he studied bass with Richard Davis, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Wilber Ware, Jimmy Garrison, and Paul West. During Parker’s prolific career, he has recorded over 150 albums, had countless celebrated stage appearances, and helped shaped the jazz scene for both his peers and the youth. In 2013, Parker received the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award in recognition of his influence and impact on the creative jazz scene over the last 40 years. William entered the music scene in 1971, playing at Studio We, Studio Rivbea, Hilly’s on The Bowery, and The Baby Grand
Steve Lehman, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii & Hobbs/Shanko
by Maurice Hogue
It's not easy to find a more accomplished figure in creative music than Anthony Braxton. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman knows that, and he honours his one-time mentor with a bristling new live album, The Music Of Anthony Braxton, destined for 2025 best-of lists. This recording is a reminder of Lehman's fearlessness. There are other excellent new ...
Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There
by Ian Patterson
"How come I haven't heard of you before?" a surprised Anthony Braxton asked Northern Irish drummer/percussionist Stephen Davis. The venerable American saxophonist and composer was bowled over after playing with Davis for the first time. Most musicians are. It is no secret in Ireland, or indeed Europe at large, that jny: Belfast-born Davis ...
Michael Bisio, Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez & Rainer Brüninghausen
by Maurice Hogue
There seems to be a bit of growing trend to exploring the confluence of poetry and jazz, and this is right down my alley. New York poet Fred Moten and bassist Brandon Lopez have released two albums with Gerald Cleaver that feature stirring free improvisation in lockstep with Moten's political and questioning words. Now Moten and ...
Ran Blake, Tim Berne, Satoko Fujii & Clemens Kuratle
by Maurice Hogue
Another of those “found" albums is the highlight of this episode. In 2006 master pianist Ran Blake and guitarist Dave “Knife" Fabris were performing at The Bimhuis in Amsterdam. After the gig the club gave them a recording of their performance, and as often happens, that disappeared. It finally emerged during the pandemic when Fabris found ...
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2024
by John Sharpe
From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2024, here are the ten new issues and three gems saved from obscurity, which gave me the most pleasure. As always these selections are entirely subjective, and take no account of the many other albums which I would no doubt have loved if I had heard ...
Out On A Limb
By Steve Hirsh
Label: Soul City Sounds
Released: 2024
Track listing: But Where; Out On A Limb; Escape Velocity.
Call to Action / Call to Prayer
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Call to Action: An Invocation of Those Who Came Before; Call to Action: With One's Elders; Call to Action:
Concerted Effort; Call to Prayer: Zen Flesh, Zen Bone; Call to Prayer: Il Nostro Sogno; Call to Prayer: Rapid
Synthesis of Novel Patterns; Call to Prayer: These Boxes Are Mostly Empty; Call to Prayer: Cascading Wave of
Change.
Cereal Music
Label: AUM Fidelity
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ode to Kidd Jordan; Baseball; Birth; Death; Do Dreams Sleep; Ellen and Leaves Floating; Plea; Into My Heart; Touring; Sonny; Uninvited Guest; We Were Very Civilized; Batala; Windshield Wipers; Prayer.
Good News Blues
By Karen Borca
Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good News Blues; Something; Cambiar; 45 Hours / New Piece.
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