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"William Parker's Quartet is the premier outlet for his (and their) immense and timeless talents. The group's first two albums are universally recognized as still-revealing exemplars of modern music. Here now is the third album -- Petit Oiseau aka 'Little Bird' -- a wholly new set of melodically, harmonically and rhythmically advanced compositions rendered by one of the greatest jazz bands the world has yet had the good fortune to bear witness to. Insinuating melodies and counter-melodies, layers upon layers of sound unfolding through dancing in your head and with your muscles 'n' bones. The band uses the launching pad of Parker's indelible tunes to explore the far reaches of collective improvisation and then returns home to move it back to you here on planet Earth. The music is delivered within a beautiful 6-panel digipak featuring extensive liner notes by William Parker and cover art by renowned modern master painter David Kroll. So eternally much here to enjoy, wrap yourself in sound and get alive with. Named after Little Bird (or Petit Oiseau in French), a character from one of bassist/composer William Parker's tone poems, this recording features eight original compositions, including works dedicated to musicians Malachi Favors, Alan Shorter and Arthur Williams. Other pieces take their inspiration from such diverse sources as the inherent rhythm of life and the nomadic people of Northern Europe."
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AUM 034CD
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"The brand new album from the extraordinary William Parker Quartet: William Parker (bass/composition), Hamid Drake (drums), Rob Brown (alto saxophone), Lewis Barnes: (trumpet). Sound Unity is comprised of six brand new long-form compositions recorded live to multi-track in Montreal and Vancouver on the group's Summer 2004 tour of Canada. Infectious grooves and luminescent melodies to the fore. Consummately stunning and eternal?". From the liner notes to Sound Unity by William Parker: "All people in the world need the beauty of truth to survive. ... Over the last 600 years we have acquired tons of knowledge and information about everything under the sun, yet we are a stone's throw away from destroying the world in which we live. All information that is acquired in life must transform into wisdom; then into compassion. Without compassion science will never succeed."
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AUM 022CD
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New, third edition. "In 2001, William Parker unveiled his tremendous new Quartet with this album. Self-produced and released in an edition of 1000 copies on his own Centering Records, the album was sold exclusively at gigs and through mail-order. It quickly sold out, just prior to being chosen among the Best Jazz Albums of the Year by the New York Times, Jazz Times, Downbeat and AllAboutJazz.com."
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