William Parker - Wood Flute Songs (2012)

Tracklist

CD1 - Live At Yoshi’s 2006 (1st Set) - Quartet
1. Tears For The Children Of Rwanda (25:12)
2. Petit Oiseau (15:01)
3. Groove #7 (14:19)
4. Hopi Spirits (14:44)

CD2 - Live At Yoshi’s 2006 (2nd Set) - Quartet
1. Wood Flute Song (21:14)
2. Alphaville / Daughter’s Joy / The Golden Bell (42:37)
3. Malachi’s Mode (11:47)


CD3 - Live In Houston 2007 (1st Set) - Quartet
1. Groove #7 (11:14)
2. Hawaii (9:32)
3. Broken Roofs / Green Paper (12:57)
4. Hamid’s Groove / Daughter’s Joy (21:17)
5. Malachi’s Mode (7:00)
6. Corn Meal Dance (2:51)
7. Corn Meal Dance [from Yoshi’s 2006] (8:49)

CD4 - Live in Houston 2007 (2nd Set) - Quartet
1. O’Neal’s Porch (9:52)
2. Red Desert (9:15)
3. Ojibway Song (14:31)
4. Sunrise In The Tone World (6:25)
5. The Square Sun (7:12)
6. Etchings (9:39)
7. Ascent Of The Big Spirit (8:38)
8. Moon [from Yoshi’s 2006] (8:58)


CD5 - Light Cottage Draped In A Curtain Of Blues - Septet
with Billy Bang, Bobby Bradford, James Spaulding
(NYC, Vision Festival 2009)
1. O’Neal’s Porch (13:42)
2. Daughter’s Joy (11:35)
3. Gilmore’s Hat (7:14)
4. Deep Flower / Ascent Of The Big Spirit (17:11)
5. Wood Flute Song (6:10)
6. Chicago [from AMR 2011] (9:05)


CD6 - Creation - Ensemble
with AMR Ensemble (Geneva, AMR Jazz Festival 2011)
1. Psalm For Billy Bang (6:08)
2. All I Want (2:40)
3. Earth In Pain (19:03)
4. Deep Flower (22:46)
5. Wood Flute Song (18:55)


CD7 - Friday Afternoon - Raining On The Moon
with Leena Conquest, Eri Yamamoto
(Montreal, Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival 2012)
1. 3+3 = Jackie McLean (13:33)
2. My Name Is Peace (13:40)
3. Late Man Of This Planet (9:01)
4. For Abbey Lincoln (16:05)
5. Boom Boom Bang Bang (14:38)
6. Sweet Breeze (5:05)


CD8 - Kalaparusha On The Edge Of The Horizon - In Order To Survive
with Cooper-Moore (NYC, Vision Festival 2012)
1. Aquixo Waiting At Dark Corridor (9:01)
2. Falling Promise (9:30)
3. Slipping Into The Light (6:40)
4. Shadows Arms Waving (15:06)
5. Theme For Rondo Hattan (16:50)
6. Prayer-Improv (5:53)
7. Great Spirit (6:44)


personnel :

WILLIAM PARKER QUARTET
William Parker: bass+,
compositions (all CDs)
Hamid Drake: drums (all CDs)
Rob Brown: alto sax (all CDs)
Lewis Barnes: trumpet (all CDs)

-with-

Billy Bang: violin (CD5)
Bobby Bradford: cornet (CD5)
James Spaulding: alto sax (CD5)

AMR Ensemble (CD6)
Massimo Pinca: bass
Aina Rakotobe: baritone sax
Ernie Odoom: voice
Ludovic Lagana: trumpet
Philippe Ehinger: bass clarinet
Maurice Magnoni: soprano sax
Manu Gesseney: alto sax
Stéphane Métraux: tenor sax

Eri Yamamoto: piano (CD7)
Leena Conquest: vocals (CD7)

Cooper-Moore: piano (CD8)