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, 2004
Vision Festival, The Center, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, NYC Artist William Parker Bass Quartet Similar Stan's Hat Flapping In The Wind, Zo, Posium Pendasem, Summer Snow, Piercing the Veil | ||
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
- "Four Strings Inside a Tree" - 7:08
- "When All Is Sad" - 4:59
- "For Wilber Morris" - 4:48
- "The Little Smile" - 4:16
- "Sky Came" - 4:42
- "Heaven" - 4:16
- "Blues in the Hour Glass" - 8:10
- "Shores of Kansas" - 2:51
- "Spirits Inside the Bright House" - 9:08
- "Bermuda/Atlanta/Philadelphia/Bronx" - 11:34
- "The Last Song" - 3:46
Personnel
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