William Parker - For Those Who Are, Still '2015

Tracks list

Tracklist:

CD1 - For Fannie Lou Hamer   +   Vermeer

1   For Fannie Lou Hamer  (28:00)

Todd Reynolds: violin / Shiau-Shu Yu: cello / JD Parran: various winds / Sam
Furnace: various winds
Ravi Best: trumpet / Masahiko Kono: trombone / Kathleen Supové: piano / Nicki
Parrot: bass
JT Lewis: drums / Jim Pugliese: percussion / featuring Leena Conquest: voice
• Recorded live at The Kitchen, NYC on October 28, 2000.

2   Vermeer  (7:09)
3   Awash In The Midst of An Angel's Tears  (4:19)
4   Essence  (2:47)
5   Flower Song - Take 2  (6:48)
6   Just Feel  (0:57)
7   Feet As Roses  (3:36)
8   Gongs For Deaf Dreams  (3:19)
9   Sweet Breeze  (4:56)
10   Flower Song - Take 1  (6:59)

Leena Conquest: voice / Darryl Foster: soprano & tenor saxophone
Eri Yamamoto: piano / William Parker: bass, hocchiku
• Recorded at The Gallery Recording Studio, Brooklyn on March 6, 2011.

CD2 - Red Giraffe With Dreadlocks

1   Villages, Greetings and Prayer  (15:36)
2   Souls Have Fallen Like Rain  (14:37)
3   The Giraffe Dances  (19:46)
4   Tour of The Flying Poem  (5:53)
5   Children Drawing Water From The Well  (6:15)
6   Where Do You Send The Poem  (12:00)

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay: voice, electronic shruti box / Mola Sylla: voice,
m’bira, ngoni
Bill Cole: double-reed instruments / Rob Brown: alto saxophone
Klaas Hekman: bass saxophone, flute / Cooper-Moore: piano
William Parker: bass / Hamid Drake: drums
• Recorded January 2012 in Paris, France.

CD3 - Ceremonies For Those Who Are Still

1   A Magical Figure Dances Barefoot in the Mud  (4:51)
2   Light Shimmering Across a Field of Ice  (2:28)
3   Trees With Wings  (5:10)
4   Rise Up In Sound  (7:57)
5   Humble Serious  (7:02)
6   Tea Leaves of Triple Sadness  (4:48)
7   Ritual  (3:52)
8   Winter   (5:49)
9   My Cup  (3:42)
10.  Encore  (4:16)

NFM Symphony Orchestra, Jan Jakub Bokun: conductor
with Soloists of NFM Choir and
Charles Gayle: tenor & soprano saxophone, piano
William Parker: bass, doson ngoni, bamboo flutes
Mike Reed: drums
• Recorded in premiere performance at the Jazztopad Festival,
Wroclow, Poland on November 15, 2013.

11  Escapade For Sonny  (25:25)

Charles Gayle: tenor saxophone
William Parker: bass
Mike Reed: drums
• This trio improvisation preceded the premiere of Ceremonies.. 

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