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For Percy Heath

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Released
  
2006

For Percy Heath (2005)
  
Summer Snow (2005)

Label
  
Les Disques VICTO

Length
  
61:45

Release date
  
2006

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 22, 2005 Victoriaville, Canada

Producer
  
Joanne Vézina and Michel Levasseur

Artists
  
William Parker, The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra

Similar
  
William Parker albums, Jazz albums

For Percy Heath is an album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded in 2005 and released on the Canadian Victo label.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sounding in part like Coltrane's Ascension or Cherry's Symphony for Improvisers, Parker's For Percy Heath is a four-part suite actuated by the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, here consisting of three trumpeters, three trombonists, three reed players, tuba, drums, and bass".

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

  1. "For Percy Heath: Part One" - 10:34
  2. "For Percy Heath: Part Two" - 9:49
  3. "For Percy Heath: Part Three" - 10:15
  4. "For Percy Heath: Part Four" - 17:40

Personnel

  • William Parker - bass
  • Roy Campbell, Jr., Lewis Barnes, Matt Lavelle - trumpet
  • Masahiko Kono, Alex Lodico, Steve Swell - trombone
  • Dave Hofstra - tuba
  • Sabir Mateen - tenor saxophone
  • Rob Brown - alto saxophone
  • Charles Waters - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Ori Kaplan - alto saxophone
  • Darryl Foster - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Dave Sewelson - baritone saxophone
  • Andrew Barker - drums

    • Songs

    1For Percy Heath (Part One)10:34
    2For Percy Heath (Part Two)9:49
    3For Percy Heath (Part Three)10:15

    References

    For Percy Heath Wikipedia
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