Scrapbook (album)

Scrapbook
Studio album by William Parker Violin Trio
Released June 17, 2003
Recorded May, 2002
Strobe-Light Studio, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 40:38
Label Thirsty Ear
THI57133-2
Producer William Parker
William Parker chronology

Eloping with the Sun
(2001)		 Scrapbook
(2002)		 Spontaneous
(2002)

Scrapbook is an album by American jazz bassist and composer William Parker's Violin Trio featuring Billy Bang which was recorded in 2002 and released on the Thirsty Ear label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz [4]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "This is a restrained and lovely album that possesses real firepower in places, but it's almost never necessary because the level of communication runs so deep between these players that everything feels light as a breeze, poignant as a memory, and as fresh as a wound"[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz observed "There is plenty of open improvisation to be found but it's the structure of these six songs that is intriguing".[4]

The All About Jazz review said the album "combines the raw sounds of the blues, spirituals, and funk with a keen sense of adventurous experimentation".[5] JazzTimes enthused "This CD can easily sit alongside Parker's recent and equally brilliant quartet recording, O'Neal's Porch.".[6]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

  1. "Scrapbook" - 8:02
  2. "Sunday Morning Church" - 11:31
  3. "Singing Spirits" - 5:00
  4. "Dust on a White Shirt" - 5:06
  5. "Urban" - 7:24
  6. "Holiday for Flowers" - 3:23

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed May 27, 2014
  2. ↑ Thirsty Ear catalog, accessed May 27, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jurek, Thom. William Parker - Scrapbook: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1031. ISBN 0141023279.
  5. ↑ AAJ Staff, All About Jazz Review, October 7, 2003
  6. ↑ Steinberg, A., JazzTimes Review, November 2003