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Requiem (William Parker album)

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Released
  
2006

Requiem(2004)
  
Sound Unity(2005)

Label
  
Splasc(h) Records

Length
  
65:38

Release date
  
2006

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 31, 2004Vision Festival, The Center, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, NYC

Artist
  
William Parker Bass Quartet

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Requiem is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2004 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.

Contents

Reception

The All About Jazz review stated "The group's significance stemmed from the stylistic lineage evident from Grimes to Silva to Sirone to Parker and the addition of guest saxophonist Charles Gayle added a wrinkle, an uncommon hierarchy with a horn playing over four bassists".

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

  1. "Four Strings Inside a Tree" - 7:08
  2. "When All Is Sad" - 4:59
  3. "For Wilber Morris" - 4:48
  4. "The Little Smile" - 4:16
  5. "Sky Came" - 4:42
  6. "Heaven" - 4:16
  7. "Blues in the Hour Glass" - 8:10
  8. "Shores of Kansas" - 2:51
  9. "Spirits Inside the Bright House" - 9:08
  10. "Bermuda/Atlanta/Philadelphia/Bronx" - 11:34
  11. "The Last Song" - 3:46

Personnel

  • William Parker, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Sirone - bass
  • Charles Gayle - alto saxophone

    • Songs

    1Four Strings Inside a Tree7:09
    2When All Is Sad4:59
    3For Wilber Morris4:48

    References

    Requiem (William Parker album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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