Requiem (William Parker album)

Requiem
Live album by William Parker Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle
Released	2006
Recorded	May 31, 2004 Vision Festival, The Center, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	65:38
Label	Splasc(H) CDH 885.2
William Parker chronology
Luc's Lantern (2004) Requiem (2004) Sound Unity (2005)

Requiem is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2004 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.^[1]

Reception

The All About Jazz review stated "The group's significance stemmed from the stylistic lineage evident from Grimes to Silva to Sirone to Parker and the addition of guest saxophonist Charles Gayle added a wrinkle, an uncommon hierarchy with a horn playing over four bassists".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

1. "Four Strings Inside a Tree" - 7:08
2. "When All Is Sad" - 4:59
3. "For Wilber Morris" - 4:48
4. "The Little Smile" - 4:16
5. "Sky Came" - 4:42
6. "Heaven" - 4:16
7. "Blues in the Hour Glass" - 8:10
8. "Shores of Kansas" - 2:51
9. "Spirits Inside the Bright House" - 9:08
10. "Bermuda/Atlanta/Philadelphia/Bronx" - 11:34
11. "The Last Song" - 3:46

Personnel

• William Parker, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Sirone - bass
• Charles Gayle - alto saxophone

References