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William Parker albums featuring Billy Bang
William Parker Music Videos (2)
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| | Scrapbook CD (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 attack, violinist Billy Bang, and drummer ...
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| Through Acceptance Of The Mystery Peace CD (1979)
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This recording is an important part of bassist William Parker's early discography. The CD collects the four ensemble pieces issued on the original LP, but adds one number and includes the complete version of another that was clipped. The sound ...
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 William Parker Songs
Popular or famous William Parker songs: Poem For June Jordan, Old Tears, There Is a Balm in Gilead, Leaf, Moon, O'Neal's Porch, Purple, Rise. More music songs Song For Jesus, Song For Jesus 3/4, Sun, Dust on a White Shirt, Holiday For Flowers, Singing Spirits, Sunday Morning Church. More music songs Urban, Groove, Harlem, Hawaii.
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William Parker Biography
A major force in 1990s/2000s free jazz, bassist and composer William Parker has led numerous groups of different sizes and styles. As a young musician, he worked as a sideman for Ed Blackwell, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Sunny Murray, and others before stepping out on his own as a bandleader. In addition to his dizzying musical agenda, the prolific Parker has also released numerous volumes of his own poetry, and conducted workshops for young musicians, inspiring younger generations of forward-looking jazz musicians.
Key Personnel
| Member Name | Worked With | | William Parker | Matthew Shipp, David S. Ware, Jemeel Moondoc, Fred Anderson, Jon Blum, Anthony Braxton, Gerald Cleaver, Kidd Jordan, Kali Zusaan Fasteau | | Hamid Drake | Fred Anderson, Adam Rudolph, Spaceways Incorporated, David Murray, Akron, Akron / Family, Beans, Roy Campbell, Dorian Cheah | | Rob Brown | Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Nommonsemble, Pestrepeller, Stone House, Steve Dalachinsky, Whit Dickey, In Order To Survive, In Order To Survive / William Parker | | Lewis Barnes | J.C. Hopkins, Jemeel Moondoc, William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra |
Contemporaries
David S. Ware, Dave Douglas (Trumpet), Ikue Mori, Mark Dresser, Jim Black, William Hooker, Sex Mob, Susie Ibarra, Roy Campbell, Guillermo E. Brown, Steven Bernstein (Trumpet), Daniel Carter
Followers
Alan Silva
Influences
John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charlie Haden, Derek Bailey, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lester Bowie, Roswell Rudd
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