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Maceo Parker - Roots & Grooves

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2008-01-14 20:32:36 by hbh in Smooth Jazz Blog
...Parkers skills are just as tight and precise as they were during those highly charged early days, and his creative audacity is equally undiminished For perhaps the first time, the breadth and scope of Parkers musical prowess is fully realized in a new recording that positions him front and center in a fully orchestrated setting. Roots &...
 
 
 
 
 
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William Parker Continues the Story in Vermont

2008-01-27 11:34:34 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
Parkers recent Vermont performance is reviewed Devotion to a steadfast belief manifests itself through persistence of doing, the doing coming down to the choices made by the believer. Bassist William Parker embodies the ultimate believer: he not only believes in the evolution of the culture of his personal heritage but, through his efforts, he...
 
 
 
 
 
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Jim on Jazz: Maceo Parker, `Ethio-jazz

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2008-02-01 07:56:53 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...Parkers forthcoming CD, Roots and Grooves (due in stores Feb. 12), shows that the master hasnt lost his touch. The two-CD affair is divided thematically, with one disc paying tribute to Ray Charles and the other providing a showcase for Parkers blend of R&B, soul and funk Parker is also a great live act. I remember seeing him at the Montreal...
 
 
 
 
 
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A Further Aum Update.

2007-04-11 09:45:00 by Chris Rich in Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog.
 
...PARKERs EXPANDED HUMANITY AT ROULETTE WILLIAM PARKER'S EXPANDED HUMANITY A Living Composition for Music, Poetry, Movement and Video, 2007 Featuring David Budbill: poetry/narration The Humanities Prep Mixed Media Ensemble directed by Robert Craddock Members Of The Amistad Academy Orchestra directed by Daniel Levin Perry Robinson:...
 
 
 
 
 
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Does Kansas City Care About Charlie Parker?

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2007-11-05 13:45:00 by Happy In Bag in Plastic Sax
...Parkers recordings tell a far different story than the happy version recited by Kansas City's cultural and political elite Soundscan lists 328 individual Parker titles. Of these, 79 have zero sales. Assuming that those 79 titles were never issued, that leaves 249 actual titles. The total sales for those releases since 1991 is 1,496,695. The...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top Ten of 2007: The specialty show DJs

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2007-12-20 16:34:27 by Jim, KEXP in KEXP Blog
...Parkers White Christmas. And Lord Buckleys 1951 hipster classic The Nazz uncut On Thursday night, Don Slack brings the best alternative country, honky tonk, western swing, bluegrass and other kinds of hardcore twang to Swinging Doors . Forget the boot-scootin, hip shakin rock that passed for country in the 80s and 90s this is the real old...
 
 
 
 
 
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Cassetteboy "The Parkers Tapes" (2002)

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2007-12-18 03:39:00 by 15steps in http://arpeggibottomofthesea.blogspot.com/
Genre: Plunderphonics, Sound Collage Cassetteboy is the stage name of two anonymous musicians from the UK whose first names may be Mark and Steve. Their initial appearance was on the Di and Dodi Do Die 7" Record released on the record label Barry's Bootlegs which is somehow related to the electronic music label Spymania . As well as producing...
 
 
 
 
 
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Oscar Peterson: More Remembrances and Reactions, Plus More News From Mosaic

2007-12-27 22:54:31 by David in WFIU: Night Lights Jazz Blog
 
...Parkers Favorite Singer, was about Paris, although we havent yet archived it on this site. Another underappreciated talent; as usual, Marcs post is full of revelatory detail Department of happier news, via Mosaic Records : theyll be issuing a 4-CD set of Lester Young with Count Basie , encompassing the years of 1936-1940. The big news? The...
 
 
 
 
 
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Welcome to Jazz 101: improvisation optional

2008-01-14 19:36:33 by admin in blog.mp3adrenalin.com
 
...Parkers counterpoint, he adds, "was perfect Knowing how to create music as well as play it is, perhaps, the greatest difference between the jazz curriculum and its classical counterpart. After all, in order to get a job with a symphony orchestra, a violinist need only play - albeit incredibly well. But, as McFarlin points out, "jazz musicians...
 
 
 
 
 
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Charlie Parker | Be bop

2008-01-23 08:57:25 by Music jazz videos in Videos