William Parker

events

Date	Event Name	description	recording
February 26, 2010	William Parker, Conrad Bauer & Hamid Drake	William Parker is a master musician, improviser, and composer. He plays the bass, shakuhachi, double reeds, tuba, donso ngoni and gembri. He was born in 1952 in the Bronx, New York. He studied bass with Richard Davis, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Wilber Ware, and Jimmy Garrison. He entered the music...
October 20, 2009	SAADET TÜRKÖZ & WILLIAM PARKER	SAADET TÜRKÖZ, VOICE WILLIAM PARKER, BASS PREMIERE Kazakh-Turkish singer Saadet Turkoz and New York bassist William Parker have met many times playing various international festivals, but tonight marks the first time the two will meet to play their own music. \"THE MUSIC IS COURAGE, MUSIC IS NOW AND FOREVER...\" Singer Saadet Torkez, now resident...
April 11, 2009	William Parker	Tonight, Parker presents electro-acoustic pieces w/ performances by Jim Staley (trombone), Joe Morris (guitar/bas), Billy Bang (violin), and more TBA. \"Six Mutes Dancing In The Fog\" (William Parker taped electronic environment & live acoustic instruments; Jim Staley trombone; more TBA) \"The Politics Of 14 Strings\" (William Parker bass/doson ngoni/flutes; Joe Morris...
April 12, 2007	William Parker	From the AUM Fidelity website:\"\'Those in the music business say this music can only be so successful. I say there is no limit to what we can do for each other as human beings.\" - William Parker As William Parker embodies the beliefs that the existence of AUM Fidelity is predicated...
December 14, 2002	William Parker	The bassist/composer presents the world premiere of a new piece for his Organic Orchestra. Universal Tonality is written for 13 instruments and the players include Jin Hi Kim, komongo; Dave Burrell, piano; Joe Morris, guitar; Grachan Monchur III, trombone; Clyde Kerr, trumpet; Billy Bang, violin; Jason Kao Hwang, violin; Steve...
April 5, 2001	William Parker	\"The Politics of 10 Strings is a suite for double bass and guitar by the composer/bassist with guitarist Joe Morris. Parker, a vital force in the jazz vanguard for decades, is known as a bandmember (David Ware, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp), bandleader (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra) and organizer...
December 9, 2000	Gary Hassay & William Parker	Alto saxophonist Gary Hassay and bassist William Parker continue their decade long collaboration and exploration of lyrical symbiotic improvisations. Their most recent CD, Another Shining Path (Drimala) was a highly praised recording and on many recommended listening lists for 1999.
January 30, 1999	Roulette at Lincoln Center	Roulette Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert 8:00pm Saturday, January 30, 1999 Clapping Music (1972) Steve Reich Performed by Steve Reich and Thad Wheeler States (1996) Shelley Hirsh Performed by Shelley Hirsch Masada Quartet John Zorn Joey Baron - drums, Greg Cohen - contrabass, Dave Douglas - trumpet, John Zorn -...
March 15, 1996	Matthew Shipp & William Parker	Stunning pianist, Matt Shipp with longtime bassmate, William Parker performs scintillating duos. They have a much acclaimed release on Rise records entitled \"Zo\". \"...Shipp\'s now thundering, now lyrical sound is lit from within, ....it beckons...\" Daily News, 1994.
October 29, 1992	Bern Nix	\"Music from \"\"The Ontological Storyville of the Mind; the Congo Square of the Collective Unconscious; and the 52nd Street Libido\"\" by the brilliant guitarist/composer in a trio with William Parker on bass and David Cappello on drums.\"
April 11, 1992	Joelle Leandre	\"The contrabass virtuoso from Paris presents herself in duos with jazz bassist William Parker and Korean konobgo player Jin Hi Kim. Leandre\'s musical associaates have ranged form Morton Feldman and the Ensemble Intercontemporian to Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith. Her improvisations and realizations of contrabass classics are legend. Aggressively...