William Parker Quartet

William Parker Quartet`s gig in Moscow (Russia) 22 January 2008.

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Music

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• Jazz
• William
• Parker
• Quartet
• Hamid
• Drake
• Rob
• Brown
• Lewis
• Barnes

[rhythmismath]

care to not take yourself so seriously? I even put a smiley face at the end. lighten up, bro.

and it seems to me you are much more interested in dropping names, covering up your ignorance of the players in the video, and representing Chicago (can't really fault you there, though) than talking about music. I will say I've had the pleasure of seeing Rob Brown and 'Flip' play on a couple of occasions, and I can assure you they 'wail' when appropriate.

Mr Barnes, I appreciate your aplomb.

[pnebenzahl]

Music, amazingly enough, is a social communication among the world's people, perpetuated by collegiality, listening, and interaction. YouTube is uniquely capable of connecting musicians in real time to egage in this art of social communication using the technology currently available. That's what we're doing here. Care to join in and talk about MUSIC, not personalities?

[rhythmismath]

because William Parker needs your compliments? :D

[pnebenzahl]

I went to high school with Fred's son, Gene, and we played together in bands (1968-72) in Evanston. With a friend, I shot a 16 mm film of Fred and Billy Brimfield playing at the 1623 Club in Evanston about 1969 nor 70. That was quite a night, I wish I knew where the tape was...

[lewbar]

You are preaching to the choir when it comes to my love of great Chicago based musicians. Hamid has spoiled me for other drummers and Fred Anderson is one of my key musical fathers, along with the late, great Andrew Hill.

Just 2 points regarding this video. This was the last song that we played as an encore after playing a wailing 2 hour set. The only Chicagoan in this particular group is Hamid, so we had a Chicago, New York, Virginia sound was in the air.

[pnebenzahl]

I wasn't even going to bring up Clifford Jordan.

[pnebenzahl]

Sorry, that's Hobart DOTSON, he played with Sun Ra in the 1950's, I misremembered (kinda like Mrs. Clinton).

[pnebenzahl]

That's a lot of Chicago horn playing, I'm not even mentioned Hobart Davis, Orbert Davis, Art Davis, Forrest Buchtel, Jr., Lester Bowie, Ray Nance, Miles Davis (his sister lived here, so Miles "lived" here every year...) Art Hoyle, Pharez Whitted, Corey Wilkes, that's a LOAD of trumpoet, so it's a steep hill you guys are climbing. I admire what you're doing, just clamoring for a "little bit of soul." Sorry to be such a pain in the ass....

Hearing Harrison - that's a compliment to your bassist.

[pnebenzahl]

Sorry, I thought that was Harrison.

I just wanted yoiu guys to wail a little bit. I dug the way you played it, and, yes, its not about the wonderful Eddie Harris (I love that) but it is about representing the Chicago sound in far-flung places, I'm just saying Hank Mobley, Von Freeman, Richie Corpolonga, Ron Dewar, Ed Peterson, Jim Galireto, Eddie Harris, Joseph Jarman, John Gilmore, Ari Brown, Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Doug Ewart, Ed Wilkerson, Gene Ammons, Joe Daley, Johnny Griffin..

[lewbar]

Bankhead, who is a fine player, is not even in this group. We/The Horns wanted to play the head that way, not because we hadn't "shedded" I love and have listened to Eddie Harris quite a bit, but this was not about the wonderful Eddie Harris.