William Parker
Born 1952
Composer & Shakuhachi
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William Parker is an American double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and composer. Beginning in the 1980s, Parker played with Cecil Taylor for over a decade, and he has led the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra since 1981. The Village Voice named him “the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time” and DownBeat has called him “one of the most adventurous and prolific bandleaders in jazz”. Bass has been his primary instrument for the duration of his career, but he also plays trumpet, tuba, bamboo flutes, shakuhachi, flute, double reeds, the West African kora, gembri, and donso ngoni, an instrument first introduced to him by Don Cherry.
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Albums
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Painters Winter Creative improvised music. |
Tracks Recorded
| Pieces | Kanji | Length | Album | Instrument | |
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| Groove 77 | Painters Winter | Shakuhachi | |||
| Happiness | Painters Winter | Shakuhachi | |||
| Painted Scarf | Painters Winter | Shakuhachi | |||
| Painters Winter | Painters Winter | Shakuhachi |
Composed or Arranged
| Shakuhachi Compositions | |||
| Title | Kanji | Year | Alternate Title |
| Groove 77 | |||
| Happiness | |||
| Painted Scarf | |||
| Painters Winter |