For Percy Heath
2006 live album by William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
For Percy Heath | ||||
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Live album by William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Recorded | May 22, 2005 Victoriaville, Canada | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 61:45 | |||
Label | Les Disques Victo Victo CD 102 | |||
Producer | Joanne Vézina and Michel Levasseur | |||
William Parker chronology | ||||
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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.[1] The album is a suite of compositions inspired by and dedicated to bassist Percy Heath, who died in 2005.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by William Parker
- "For Percy Heath: Part One" - 10:34
- "For Percy Heath: Part Two" - 9:49
- "For Percy Heath: Part Three" - 10:15
- "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
References
- ^ Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 4, 2014
- ^ a b arwulf, a., Allmusic listing, accessed June 4, 2014
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1129. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Posium Pendasem (1998)
- Mass for the Healing of the World (1998)
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- Raincoat in the River (2001)
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- Spontaneous (2002)
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- Requiem (2004)
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