The
William Parker
Sessionography

A work in progress,
by Rick Lopez.

Document begun April 29, 1999

UPDATES

July 20, 2010

Photo © Susan O'Connor.
Reproduced with permission.

The Deep Digging; The Incantations;

The Inspirations; All These Words...

Tour and concert info at AUM Fidelity.

Peter Gershon interviews William Parker

The companion David S. Ware Sessionography,
and the Susie Ibarra & Matthew Shipp Discographies.

Thank You to those who've helped.
A brief list posted many years ago during the documents beginnings.
Subsequent credits are listed in individual session entries.

Detail Search and Questions, Questions...
Missing Items, Eye-crossing Mysteries, Confusing Tidbits.

" ‘...what was played, in what order,’ as William said once,
‘it all is like the same concert, it is constantly transforming into itself,
an ongoing endless One Gig.’ "

Session List :::

All sessions linked below are to detailed entries for recorded media.
Also listed in chronological order within this sessionography and its session entries are play-dates with no known recorded media.
I would appreciate notice of any club dates, concert dates, festival dates, etcetera, that are not listed here.
Please include reference information (i.e. periodical name, issue date, page number), along with any and all relevant details.

73.03.00 / Frank Lowe: Black Beings (ESP)
- Various Artists: Faith & Power, An ESP-Disk Sampler (The WIRE Magazine)
73.07.01 / Sunny Murray and the Byard Lancaster Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
73.10.05 / Frank Lowe Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
73.11.29 / Harold Smith Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
74.01.19 / Unit Core Enesmble [Audience Recording] NYC
74.02.26 (1) / William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Eremite)
+ 76.10.24; 77.08.00; 79.01.21
- William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
- IMAGE: Mystery Peace LP
74.03.12 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording] NYC
- IMAGES: Cecil Taylor at Carnegie Hall
74.04.24 / The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble (Roaratorio Records)
+ 75.02.15
74.07.03 / Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Roger Baird [Broadcast Recording] NYC
74.07.23 / Charles Brackeen Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
74.08.02 / Raphé Malik Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
74.10.06 / Raphé Malik Quartet + 1 [Audience Recording] NYC
74.10.15 / Melodic Art-Tette [Broadcast Recording] NYC
74.10.31 / The Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] NYC
75.02.15 / The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble (Roaratorio Records)
+ 74.04.24
75.02.18 / Earl Freeman: The Universal Jazz Symphonette Presents Soundcraft 75 (Anima)
75.00.00 ERROR LISTING / Don Cherry: Brown Rice [Anecdotal misinformation implies Parker is on the title track]
75.04.12 / William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] NYC
75.04.20 / MUNTU RECORDINGS (NoBusiness) + 77.04.17, 79.03.30

Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC

75.05.28 / Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
75.06.00 (1) / Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
75.06.07 / Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
75.07.06 / Kabballah [Audience Recording] NYC
75.08.11 / Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu: Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai (Sky)
76.00.00 (1) / William Parker: Corn Meal Suite [Broadcast Audio Recording & Film] New York City
76.00.00 (2) / William Parker Reads, with Billy Bang and Ramsey Ameen [Broadcast Recording] New York City
76.02.05 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] NYC
76.02.29 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] NYC
76.08.20 / Billy Bang Trio + 2 [Audience Recording] NYC
76.10.07 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] NYC
76.10.24 / William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Eremite)
+ 74.02.26 (1); 77.08.00; 79.01.21
76.12.21 / William Parker Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
76.12.31 / Muntu Ensemble [Video Recording] NYC
77.04.17 / Ensemble Muntu: First Feeding (Muntu)
- MUNTU RECORDINGS (NoBusiness) + 75.04.20, 79.03.30
- IMAGES: First Feeding LP
77.05.30 / Billy Bang Survival [Broadcast Recording] NYC
77.08.00 / William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Eremite)
+ 74.02.26 (1); 76.10.24; 79.01.21
78.00.00 / David S. Ware, William Parker, & Denis Charles Trio [Broadcast Recording] New York City
78.02.26 / Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
78.03.09 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording] NYC
78.04.20 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording] NYC
78.05.16 / Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: New York Collage (Anima)
78.05.09 / Jemeel Moondoc's Ensemble Muntu [Broadcast Recording] NYC
IMAGE: An early Muntu line-up
78.11.27 / Todd Capp & The Improvising Orchestra: Volume I: Quintessence (Lucky Tiger)
78.12.19 (1) / Peter Kuhn: Living Right (Big City)
79.01.21 / William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Eremite)
+ 74.02.26 (1); 76.10.24; 77.08.00
79.03.04 / Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
79.03.30 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Evening of the Blue Men (Muntu)
- MUNTU RECORDINGS (NoBusiness) + 75.04.20, 77.04.17
- IMAGE: Blue Men LP
79.05.04 / William Parker's Big Moon Double Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] NYC
79.05.15 / Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] NYC
79.12.08 / Peter Kuhn: Ghost of a Trance (hat Hut)
80.02.02 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
80.02.25 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording] NYC
80.02.29 / Commitment Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
80.05.00 / Wayne Horvitz: Simple Facts (TFYM)
80.06.28 / Billy Bang: Changing Seasons (Bellows)
80.10.13 / Commitment Ensemble: Commitment (Flying Panda)
+ 80.10.14
80.10.14 / Commitment Ensemble: Commitment (Flying Panda)
80.10.24 / Jemeel Moondoc: New York Live (Cadence)
+ 81.04.02
80.11.00 (3) to 83.03.00 / Amy Sheffer: Where's Your Home? (I Am Shee)
80.12.17 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Washington D.C.
80.12.20 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Washington D.C.
81.01.12 / Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill (Soul Note)
+ 81.12.20
81.04.02 / Jemeel Moondoc: New York Live (Cadence)
+ 80.10.24
81.04.14 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Intrepid Live in Poland (Poljazz)
81.05.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
81.08.07 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
81.10.22 / Marilyn Crispell Quintet + 2 [Audience Recording] NYC
81.10.24 / Jemeel Moondoc Sextet: Konstanze's Delight (Soul Note)
81.11.06 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording] Paris
81.11.07 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Zürich
81.11.08 / Cecil Taylor: The Eighth (hat ART)
81.11.09 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience & Broadcast Recording] Mailand
81.12.00 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
81.12.19 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
81.12.20 / Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill (Soul Note)
+ 81.01.12
81.00.00 -or- 82.00.00 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Demo Recording]
82.00.00 / William Parker Quintet [Broadcast Recording] New York City
82.01.05 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.01.06 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.01.07 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.01.08 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.01.09 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.02.06 / Wayne Horvitz º Butch Morris º William Parker: Some Order, Long Understood (Black Saint)
- Wayne Horvitz º Butch Morris º William Parker [Soundboard Recording] NYC
82.03.01 / ERROR LISTING! Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [See 82.03.21]
82.03.05 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.03.06 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.03.08 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.03.09 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.03.21 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.04.11 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.04.12 / ERROR LISTING! Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [See 82.04.11]
82.04.18 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.04.23 / Commitment [Broadcast Recording] NYC
82.05.01 / Khan Jamal [Audience Recording] NYC
82.05.28 / Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.07.03 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.08.01 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
82.08.15 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Lewiston
82.09.02 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] Chicago
83.03.12-13 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Television Broadcast] Rome
83.03.15 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Video Recording] Cagliari
83.03.19 / Cecil Taylor & Diane McIntyre Sound in Motion Dance Co. [Audience Recording] Camden
83.05.20 / Commitment [Audience Recording] Moers
83.08.27 / Cecil Taylor: Nicaragua: No Parasan / Live in Willisau '83 (Nica)
83.09.04 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Recording] Saalfelden
83.09.26 / Jimmy Lyons: Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint)
+ 83.09.27
83.09.27 (1) / Jimmy Lyons: Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint)
83.09.27 (2) / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.09.28 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.09.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.09.30 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.10.01 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.10.02 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.09.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard & Audience Recording] NYC
83.10.18 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Nancy
83.10.26 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Saragossa
83.10.27 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recording] Madrid
83.10.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording] Orleans
83.10.30 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings] Berlin
83.11.03 / Cecil Taylor Unit + Dancers [Soundboard Recording] Mannheim
83.11.08 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recording] Dornbirn
83.11.10 / Cecil Taylor Unit [hat HUT Recording Session] Black Forest
83.11.11 / Cecil Taylor Unit [hat HUT Recording Session] Black Forest
83.11.16 / Cecil Taylor Unit with Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion [Audience Recording] Basel
84.03.05 / Wayne Horvitz [Broadcast Recording] NYC
84.00.00 / Jackson Krall: Jackson Krall & the Secret Music Society (Stork)
84.06.01 / Various Artists (William and Patsy Parker Ensemble): Rising Tones Cross a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn (Film Pals)
+ 84.06.02 (2); 84.06.03 (2)
84.06.02 (2) / Various Artists (Peter Brötzmann Ensemble): Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn (Film Pals)
84.06.03 (1) / Commitment [Audience Recording] NYC
84.06.03 (2) / Various Artists (Jemeel Moondoc Sextet): Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn (Film Pals)
84.06.07 / Peter Brötzmann ALARM Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
84.06.15 / Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Recording] Bennington
84.06.28 / Ellen Christi w/ Menage: Live at Irving Plaza (Soul Note)
84.09.13 / Raphé Malik Quartet: Last Set: Live at The 1369 Jazz Club (Boxholder Records)
84.09.19 / Billy Bang Sextet: Fire from Within (Soul Note)
+ 84.09.29
84.09.29 / Billy Bang Sextet: Fire from Within (Soul Note)
84.10.15 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording] Cologne
84.10.18 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Video Recording] Prague
84.10.20 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Recording] Rubigen
84.10.21 / Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note)
+ 84.10.22; 84.10.23; 84.10.24
84.10.22 / Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note)
- Various Artists: Black Saint / Soul Note Critics' Pick Sampler Vol. 3 (Black Saint - Soul Note)
84.10.23 / Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note)
84.10.24 / Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants) (Soul Note)
84.10.26 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Video Recording] Warsaw
84.10.27 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording] Belfort
84.11.01 / Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings] Paris
84.11.04 / Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin Djungle (FMP)
84.11.05 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Video Recording] Milan
84.12.00 (1) / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
84.12.00 (2) / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
84.12.17 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Video Recording] Long Island
85.12.30 / Billy Bang's The Fire Within [Audience Recording] NYC
85.00.00 (1) / A. R. Penck: Going Through (no label)
- IMAGE: Going Through LP cover
85.00.00 (2) / William Parker Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] New York City
92.00.00 / Glenn Spearman & William Parker Duo [Broadcast Recording] Upper Marlboro
85.01.07 / Billy Bang Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
85.01.31 / John Carter Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
85.02.06 / Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
85.02.12 / Jimmy Lyons Quartet: The Box Set (Ayler Records)
85.02.13 / Jemeel Moondoc Quartet [Audience Recording] Medford
85.02.21 / Roy Campbell, Jr. Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
85.04.24 / Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording] Berlin
85.04.26 / Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Broadcast & Audience Recording] Berlin
85.04.29 / Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] East Berlin
85.05.01 / Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Audience Recording] Wuppertal
85.05.09 / Jemeel Moondoc Jus Grew Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
85.05.16 / Bill Dixon: Thoughts (Soul Note)
- Bill Dixon Septet [Audience Video Recording]
- IMAGE: Thoughts CD cover
85.06.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording] Montreal
85.07.11 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] San Francisco
85.07.12 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] San Francisco
85.10.19 / Jemeel Moondoc Quintet [Audience Recording] Cambridge
85.11.16 / Cecil Taylor Unit & Ballet [Soundboard Recording] Paris
85.11.24 / Jemeel Moondoc Quintet: Nostalgia in Times Square (Soul Note)
85.12.27 / Amy Sheffer: We 'Um (I Am Shee)
+ 86.06.18
86.01.18 / Billy Bang Sextet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
86.01.30 / Steve Cohn: The Beggar and The Robot in Diamonds (ITM-Media Pacific)
86.02.01 / Jimmy Lyons Benefit [Audience Recording] NYC
86.04.10 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Berlin
86.04.11 / Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa (Soul Note)
+ 86.04.12
- Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Berlin
86.04.12 / Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa (Soul Note)
- Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Berlin
86.04.13 / Cecil Taylor Big Band [Audience Recording] Berlin
86.05.00 / Marco Eneidi: Vermont, Spring, 1986 (Botticelli)
86.05.28 / MEMORIAL SERVICE for JIMMY LYONS [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] NYC
86.06.18 / Amy Sheffer: We 'Um (I Am Shee)
+ 85.12.27
86.08.25 / Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds (Black Saint)
86.09.20 (1) / Ellen Christi: Star of Destiny (NYCAC)
86.09.20 (2) / Billy Bang Quintet [Audience Recording] Cambridge
86.10.22 / Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Video Recording] Middlebury
86.10.25 / Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Video Recording] Middlebury
86.11.01 / Billy Bang Quintet [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] Leverkusen
86.11.23 / Billy Bang Sextet: Live at Carlos 1 (Soul Note)
86.12.05 / Bill Dixon in Concert [Audience Recording] Bennington
87.02.00 / Jerome Cooper Quintet: Outer and Interactions (About Time)
87.03.04 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
87.03.25 / William Parker & Paul Murphy Duo [Broadcast Recording] Waltham
87.04.23 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
87.07.03 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
87.07.09 / Takashi Tazamaki: Live in New York, 1987 (Omba)
- IMAGE: OMBA cover
87.08.24 / Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
87.10.16 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Oakland
87.10.17 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Oakland
87.10.27 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Berlin
87.10.31 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Brussels
87.11.03 / The Cecil Taylor Unit: Live in Bologna (Leo)
- IMAGE: Live in Bologna LP cover
87.11.07 / The Cecil Taylor Unit: Live in Vienna (Leo)
87.11.09 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Salzburg
87.11.13 / Cecil Taylor: Tzotzil Mummers Tzotzil (Leo)
88.00.00 (1) / Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
88.01.18 / Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] NYC
88.02.06 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
88.02.15 / William Parker Solo [Broadcast Recording] NYC
88.04.04 / David S. Ware: A Passage To Music (Silkheart)
+ 88.04.05
88.04.05 / David S. Ware: A Passage To Music (Silkheart)
88.04.15 / Various Artists (Peter Brötzmann Trio): Mouthful of Sweat / Chemical Imbalance Video Compilation #1 (Chemical Imbalance)
- Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
88.04.17 / Bill Dixon Ensemble, "Sound Unity Orchestra" [Audience Recording] NYC
88.04.25 / Roy Campbell Jr. Quintet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
88.04.29 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
88.04.30 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
88.06.00 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
88.07.01 / Cecil Taylor European Orchestra Workshop [Audience Recording] Berlin
88.07.02 / Cecil Taylor European Orchestra: Alms / Tiergarten (Spree) (FMP)
- Cecil Taylor: In Berlin '88 (FMP)
- Cecil Taylor European Orchestra [Audience Video Recording] Berlin
- Cecil Taylor: Concrete (Musica Jazz Magazine)
  + 89.11.02; 89.11.03; 90.07.08
- IMAGE: Concrete LP cover
- Cecil Taylor European Orchestra [Audience Video Recording]
88.08.06 / William Hooker Quartet: Lifeline (Silkheart)
88.09.02 / Khan Jamal: Speak Easy (Gazelle)
88.10.21 / Cecil Taylor: Feel Trio [Audience & Broadcast Recordings] Leverkusen
88.10.22 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Nancy
88.10.23 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Freiberg
88.11.05 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Hollywood
88.11.17 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Fort Worth
88.11.18 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Fort Worth
88.11.19 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Fort Worth
88.12.00 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Amsterdam
88.00.00 (2) / Bern Nix Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
88.12.10 (1) / Bern Nix Trio [Audience Recording] Groningen
88.12.10 (2) / Roy Campbell Trio [Audience Recording] Groningen
89.00.00 / William Parker & Tom Tedesco: Painters Autumn (Centering)
- Various Artists (William Parker Solo): Halana Magazine
- William Parker: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity)
  + 93.00.00 (1); 93.00.00 (2); 97.01.26
89.01.25 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Washington D.C.
89.01.28 / David S. Ware Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia * Error listing, not a Parker session.
89.01.28 / Billy Bang Quartet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
89.02.03 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
89.02.04 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
89.04.16 / Karen Borca - Irene Schweizer Quartet [Audience Recording] Basel
89.04.24 / Other Dimensions In Music: Other Dimensions In Music (Silkheart)
+ 89.04.25
89.04.25 / Other Dimensions In Music: Other Dimensions In Music (Silkheart)
89.04.28 / Rob Brown: Breath Rhyme (Silkheart)
+ 89.04.29
89.04.29 / Rob Brown: Breath Rhyme (Silkheart)
89.06.08 / Cecil Taylor: In Florescence (A&M)
89.07.12 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
89.07.13 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
89.07.20 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
89.09.15 / Zorn John's Alto Madness [Audience Recording] NYC
89.10.07 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] Quebec
89.11.02 / (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Looking (Berlin Version) (FMP)
- Cecil Taylor: Concrete (Musica Jazz Magazine + FMP)
  + 88.07.02; 89.11.03; 90.07.08
- Cecil Taylor The Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Berlin
89.11.03 / Cecil Taylor: Looking (Berlin Version) Corona (FMP)
+ 89.11.04
- Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Berlin
- Cecil Taylor: Concrete (Musica Jazz Magazine + FMP)
  + 88.07.02; 89.11.02; 90.07.08
89.11.04 / Cecil Taylor: Looking (Berlin Version) Corona (FMP)
- Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Berlin
89.12.17 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Cambridge
89.12.22 / Cecil Taylor and Corona [Audience Recording] NYC
89.12.23 / Cecil Taylor and Corona [Audience Recording] NYC
90.01.08 / David S. Ware: Great Bliss Volumes 1 & 2 (Silkheart)
+ 90.01.09; 90.01.10
90.01.09 / David S. Ware: Great Bliss Volumes 1 & 2 (Silkheart)
90.01.10 / David S. Ware: Great Bliss Volumes 1 & 2 (Silkheart)
90.01.14 / Matthew Shipp: Points (Silkheart)
+ 90.03.18
90.03.05 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau [Broadcast Recording] NYC
90.03.09 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Prophecy (Flying Note)
+ 92.06.19; 92.08.10; 92.08.11
90.03.18 / Matthew Shipp: Points (Silkheart)
+ 90.01.14
90.05.00 / Michael Marcus: Under the Wire (ENJA)
+ 90.11.00
90.06.28 / Joelle Leandre & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Berlin
90.06.29 / (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Celebrated Blazons (FMP)
- (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: [Audience Recording] Berlin
90.07.08 / Cecil Taylor: CT: The Dance Project (FMP)
- Cecil Taylor: Concrete (Musica Jazz Magazine + FMP)
  + 88.07.02; 89.11.02; 89.11.03
- Cecil Taylor Dance Project [Audience Recording] Berlin
90.07.21 (2) / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Nickelsdorf
90.08.10 / Cecil Taylor Quintet [Audience Recording] Amsterdam
90.08.12 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Amsterdam
90.08.27 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
+ 90.08.28; 90.08.29; 90.08.30; 90.08.31; 90.09.01
90.08.28 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
90.08.29 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
90.08.30 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
90.08.31 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
90.09.01 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T (Codanza)
90.10.08-13 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Audience Film Recording] Tokyo
90.10.16 / Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple (Quinton; Infinite Zero)
90.11.00 / Michael Marcus: Under the Wire (ENJA)
+ 90.05.00
90.11.20 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Video Recording] Barcelona
91.00.00 (1) / Cecil Taylor: Burning Poles (Mystic Fire)
91.00.00 (2) / The Associated Big Band: The Associated Big Band (Stork)
91.00.00 (3) / William Parker Solo Bass + Tape [Broadcast Recording] New York City
91.01.08 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Audience Recordings] NYC
91.01.23 / Ivo Perelman Trio [Audience Recording] Brooklyn
91.03.26 / Peter Brötzmann Tentet [Broadcast Recording] Hamburg
91.04.00 / Philip Wilson: The Philip Wilson Project (Jazzdoor)
- The Philip Wilson Project: Steel And Breath (NewEdition)
91.05.09 / Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast & Audience Videos, & Audience Recordings] NYC
91.05.10 / Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast & Audience Videos, & Audience Recordings] NYC
91.05.11 / Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast & Audience Videos, & Audience Recordings] NYC
91.07.20 / Peter Brötzmann's März Combo + Butch Morris [Audience Recording] Nickelsdorf
91.09.12 / Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition (Botticelli)
+ 91.09.13
91.09.13 / Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition (Botticelli)
91.10.06 / Roy Campbell: New Kingdom (Delmark)
+ 91.10.07; 91.10.08
91.10.07 / Roy Campbell: New Kingdom (Delmark)
91.10.08 / Roy Campbell: New Kingdom (Delmark)
91.10.10 / William Parker: Song Cycle (Boxholder Records)
91.10.31 / Charles Gayle, William Parker & Rashied Ali: Touchin' On Trane (FMP)
+ 91.11.01
91.11.01 / Charles Gayle, William Parker & Rashied Ali: Touchin' On Trane (FMP)
91.11.02 / Peter Brötzmann [Audience Recording] Berlin
91.12.10 / David S. Ware: Flight of I (DIW, Columbia Records)
+ 91.12.11
91.12.11 / David S. Ware: Flight of I (DIW, Columbia Records)
92.00.00 (2) / Ellen Christi: Instant Reality (NYCAC)
92.02.18 / Peter Brötzmann: The Marz Combo (FMP)
92.02.19 / Peter Brötzmann's März Combo [Audience Recording] München
92.03.26 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
92.03.27 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
92.03.28 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
92.04.11 / Joelle Leandre Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
92.05.00 / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Audience Video Recording] NYC
92.05.15 / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Audience Video Recording] NYC
92.05.16 / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Audience Video Recording] NYC
92.05.18 / Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory: This Dance is for Steve McCall (Black Saint)
- Roscoe Mitchell (& the Note Factory): The Jazz Masters, 100 anos de Swing (Folio Collection)
92.06.01 / Various Artists (Matthew Shipp Trio): Why We Came Together / A Yakuza Compilation (Yakuza #8 Magazine-CD)
92.06.19 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Prophecy (Flying Note)
+ 90.03.09; 92.08.10; 92.08.11
92.06.00 / Glenn Spearman & William Parker Duo [Broadcast Recording] Upper Marlboro
92.06.30 / Steve Cohn Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
92.08.02 / Collective 4tet: Dreamcatcher (Stork)
92.08.10 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Prophecy (Flying Note)
+ 90.03.09; 92.06.19; 92.08.11
92.08.11 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Prophecy (Flying Note)
+ 90.03.09; 92.06.19; 92.08.10
92.08.28 / Cecil Taylor Tentet [Soundboard & Broadcast Recording] Saalfelden
92.09.23 / Takashi Kazamaki: Floating Flames (ECD)
92.10.14 / David S. Ware: Third Ear Recitation (DIW)
+ 92.10.15
92.10.15 / David S. Ware: Third Ear Recitation (DIW)
92.10.24 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
92.11.19 / Zane Massey Trio: Brass Knuckles (Delmark)
- Various Artists: (Delmark) 40th Anniversary Jazz (Delmark)
93.00.00 (1) / The Olmec Group: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity)
+ 89.00.00; 93.00.00 (2); 97.01.26
93.00.00 (2) / William Parker Solo: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity)
+ 89.00.00; 93.00.00 (1); 97.01.26
93.01.21 / Charles Gayle Quartet: Vol. 1 (Translation) & vol. 2 (Raining Fire) (Silkheart)
+ 93.01.22
- Charles Gayle Quartet: Blue Shadows (Silkheart)
  + 93.01.22
93.01.22 / Charles Gayle Quartet: Vol. 1 (Translation) & vol. 2 (Raining Fire) (Silkheart)
- Charles Gayle Quartet: Blue Shadows (Silkheart)
93.02.01 / Charles Gayle Quartet: More Live (Knitting Factory)
+ 93.02.15; 93.02.22
93.02.12 / Michael Marcus Trio: Ithem (Ayler Records)
+ 93.06.28 (1)
93.02.15 / Charles Gayle Quartet: More Live (Knitting Factory)
+ 93.02.01; 93.02.22
93.02.21 / Collective 4tet: Bindu (Stork)
93.02.22 / Charles Gayle Quartet: More Live (Knitting Factory)
+ 93.02.01; 93.02.15
93.03.26 / Matthew Shipp: Prism (Brinkman)
93.04.10 / Other Dimensions In Music [WKCR Archival Audio & Video Recording] NYC
93.04.11 / William Parker: In Order To Survive (Black Saint)
+ 93.06.28 (2)
93.04.12 / William Parker Interview [Broadcast Recording] New York City
93.04.13 / Tribute to Ayler & Trane [Broadcast Recording] NYC
93.04.17 / Charles Gayle: Consecration (Black Saint)
+ 93.04.18
93.04.18 / Charles Gayle: Consecration (Black Saint)
93.04.00 / Tribute to Ayler & Trane [Audience Recording] London
93.04.30 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Ulrichberg
93.05.00 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker: Zo (Rise Records; 2.13.61)
- Various Artists: 213CD 1996 Part One (2.13.61)
- Yakuza #6 (Yakuza Magazine & 7"EP)
93.06.28 (1) / Michael Marcus Trio: Ithem (Ayler Records)
+ 93.02.12
93.06.28 (2) / William Parker: In Order To Survive (Black Saint)
93.06.29 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
93.07.22 / Rob Brown: Highwire (Soul Note)
93.08.02 / Bill Dixon: Vade Mecum I & II (Soul Note)
+ 93.08.03; 93.08.04
93.08.03 / Bill Dixon: Vade Mecum I & II (Soul Note)
93.08.04 / Bill Dixon: Vade Mecum I & II (Soul Note)
93.08.19 / Peter Brötzmann: Die Like a Dog (FMP)
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerkstatt)
  + 97.11.07 & 97.11.08 (1); 97.11.08 (2) & 97.11.09; 99.11.03
93.09.07 / Michael Marcus: Here At! (Soul Note)
+ 93.09.08; 93.09.12
93.09.08 / Michael Marcus: Here At! (Soul Note)
93.09.12 / Michael Marcus: Here At! (Soul Note)
93.09.29 / Marco Eneidi Quintet: Final Disconnect Notice (Botticelli)
93.11.09 / Joe Morris & Rob Brown Quartet: Illuminate (Leo Lab)
93.11.11 / Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: Conduction #38, #39 & #40 (New World Records)
+ 93.11.12
- Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: Testament: A Conduction Collection (New World Records)
  + 93.11.12
93.11.12 / Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: Conduction #38, #39 & #40 (New World Records)
- Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris: Testament: A Conduction Collection (New World Records)
93.11.13 / Sacred Scrape: Secret Response - Live in the U.S. 1992 (Rastacan)
+ 93.11.20
93.11.20 / Sacred Scrape: Secret Response - Live in the U.S. 1992 (Rastacan)
93.11.27 / Other Dimensions In Music [WKCR Archival Recording] NYC
93.11.28 / Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
94.00.00 / Prima Materia: Peace on Earth (music of John Coltrane) (Knitting Factory)
- Various Artists: Howard Mandel: Future Jazz (Knitting Factory)
  + 94.06.08
94.01.15 / Other Dimensions in Music [Broadcast Recording] NYC
94.02.03 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
94.02.00 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Flowers Grow In My Room (Centering Records)
94.03.02 / Improvisors Collective [Broadcast Recording] NYC
94.03.09 / Improvisors Collective [Broadcast Recording] NYC
IMAGE: Stork Music Festival Program.
94.04.20 / Greg Bendian Project [Audience Recording] Cleveland
94.04.22 / Greg Bendian Project [Audience Recording] Madison
94.04.24 / Greg Bendian Project [Audience Recording] NYC
94.05.04 / David S. Ware: Earthquation (DIW)
+ 94.05.05
94.05.05 / David S. Ware: Earthquation (DIW)
94.05.16 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Munich
94.05.17 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Konstanz
94.05.19 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
94.06.08 / Charles Gayle with Sunny Murray & William Parker: Kingdom Come (Knitting Factory)
- Various Artists: Howard Mandel: Future Jazz (Knitting Factory)
  + 94.00.00
94.06.15 / Blaise Siwula: The Low Blow (Self-produced CD-R)
94.07.03 / Paul Murphy's Phoenix Band [Audience Video Recording] Washington DC
94.07.15 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Nickelsdorf
94.08.19 / Arthur Doyle Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
94.08.28 / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Soundboard Recording & Audience Video Recording] Saalfelden
94.09.00 / Various Artists: Now Hear This (P-Form)
94.09.10 / Carlos Ward: Live at the Bug & Other Sweets (Peull Music)
94.09.13 / Roy Campbell Pyramid: Communion (Silkheart)
+ 94.09.14
94.09.14 / Roy Campbell Pyramid: Communion (Silkheart)
94.09.16 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
94.09.19 / Derek Bailey º John Zorn º William Parker: Harras (Avant)
+ 94.09.20
- Derek Bailey º John Zorn º William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
94.09.20 / Derek Bailey º John Zorn º William Parker: Harras (Avant)
- Derek Bailey º John Zorn º William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
94.09.23 / Matthew Shipp: Critical Mass (2.13.61)
94.10.06 / William Parker Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
94.10.10 / Christoph Gallio: À Gertrude Stein (Percaso Productions)
+ 94.10.11
94.10.11 / Christoph Gallio: À Gertrude Stein (Percaso Productions)
94.11.00 / William Parker Interviews [Broadcast Recording] NYC
94.11.10 / Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Recording] Villeurbanne
94.11.14 / Collective 4tet: Ropedancer (Leo Lab)
+ 94.11.15
94.11.15 / Collective 4tet: Ropedancer (Leo Lab)
94.12.02 / David S. Ware: Cryptology (Homestead)
94.12.17 / Gayle - Parker - Murray [Audience Recording] NYC
94.12.28 / William Parker: Testimony (Zero In)
95.00.00 / Trio Hurricane + 1 [Audience Recording]
- Various Artists (Trio Hurricane + 1): Wiretapper 6 Special Edition (WIRE Magazine)
95.01.00 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Sensual Hearing (Flying Note)
+ 95.02.00
95.01.29 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World (AUM Fidelity)
+ 95.02.19; 95.02.26
95.02.00 / Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Sensual Hearing (Flying Note)
+ 95.01.00
95.02.19 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World (AUM Fidelity)
+ 95.01.29; 95.02.26
- Various Artists: Jazziz On Disc, January 2000 Limited Edition (Jazziz Magazine)
95.02.26 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World (AUM Fidelity)
+ 95.01.29; 95.02.19
95.03.08 / Daniel Carter Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
95.03.24 / Prima Materia [Broadcast Video Recording] Burghausen
95.05.14 / Matthew Shipp: The Flow of X (2.13.61)
95.06.24 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
95.06.27 / Charles Gayle "By Any Means" Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
95.07.04 (1) / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Lyon
95.07.04 (2) / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Vienne
95.08.26 / David S. Ware Quintet [Soundboard Recording] Saalfelden
95.09.02 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Willisau
95.09.15 / Intermission: Song of Low Songs (Bvhaast)
95.09.27 / David S. Ware: Oblations and Blessings (Silkheart)
+ 95.09.28
95.09.28 / David S. Ware: Oblations and Blessings (Silkheart)
95.09.29 / David S. Ware: DAO (Homestead)
95.10.17 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Nancy
95.10.25 / Charles Gayle: Daily Bread (Black Saint)
+ 95.10.26; 95.10.28
95.10.26 / Charles Gayle: Daily Bread (Black Saint)
95.10.28 / Charles Gayle: Daily Bread (Black Saint)
95.11.05 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Video Recording] Berlin
95.11.14 / Werner Ludi: Ki (Intakt)
95.12.18 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (Homestead)
96.02.02 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Paris
96.02.26 / Joe Morris: Elsewhere (Homestead)
96.03.02 / Rashid Bakr º Frode Gjerstad º William Parker: Seeing New York From The Ear (Cadence)
96.03.23 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Pittsburgh
96.03.28 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Lyon
96.03.30 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Lyon
96.03.31 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Lyon
96.04.03 / Charles Gayle "By Any Means" Trio [Audience Recording] Paris
96.04.23 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
96.05.02 / David S. Ware: Godspelized (DIW)
+ 96.05.03
96.05.03 / David S. Ware: Godspelized (DIW)
96.05.31 / Christopher Cauley: FINland (Eremite)
96.06.01 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
96.06.06 (1) / Ivo Perelman: Cama de Terra (Homestead)
96.06.08 (1) / Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
96.06.08 (2) / Karen Borca Group [Audience Recording] NYC
96.06.09 / Patricia Nicholson Parker Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
96.06.18 / Ivo Perelman: Sad Life (Leo)
96.06.19 / Ivo Perelman, William Parker, Rashied Ali: LIVE (Zero In)
96.06.19 / Various Artists (David S. Ware Quartet): Knitting Factory What Is Jazz? Festival 1996 (Knitting Factory)
- Various Artists: The Heineken Jazz Groove 1996
96.06.30 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience & Soundboard Recording] Toronto
96.07.01 / Chris Jonas Sextet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
96.07.13 / John Zorn Improv [Audience Recording] NYC
96.07.19 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Ottawa
96.07.27 / Assif Tsahar: Shekhina (Eremite)
96.08.02 / John Zorn's COBRA [Audience Recording] NYC
96.08.05 / Matthew Shipp: By the Law of Music (hat HUT)
96.08.00 / Sprawl: Sprawl (spro:l) (TROST)
96.08.31 / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Broadcast Recording] Willisau
96.09.23 / Hamiett Bluiett & Willaim Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
36.02.15 / Dorgon + William Parker: 9 (Jumbo)
49.03.03 / Dorgon + William Parker: Broken/Circle (Jumbo)
96.10.00 / Ivo Perelman: En Adir (Music & Arts)
96.10.00 / Ivo Perelman: Sound Heirarchy (Music & Arts)
96.10.07 / ERROR LISTING! [See 95.10.17]
96.10.15 / Collective 4tet: Orca (Leo Lab)
96.12.02 / David S. Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty (AUM Fidelity)
+ 96.12.03
96.12.03 / David S. Ware: Wisdom of Uncertainty (AUM Fidelity)
96.12.12 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Toronto
97.01.10 / Joe Morris º William Parker: Invisible Weave (No More)
97.01.16 / Assif Tsahar: Ein Sof (Silkheart)
+ 97.01.17
97.01.17 / Assif Tsahar: Ein Sof (Silkheart)
97.01.21 / Borgmann º Brötzmann º Parker º Bakr: The Cooler Suite (GROB)
97.01.25 / Marco Eneidi, Glenn Spearman, William Parker & Jackson Krall: Live at Radio Valencia (Botticelli)
97.01.26 (2) / Various Artists (William Parker Solo): IAMAPHOTOGRAPHER. (Plain Recordings)
- William Parker: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity)
  + 93.00.00 (1); 93.00.00 (2); 93.00.00 (3)
97.01.31 / David Budbill: Cells of Sound Equal Word - Moving Pictures Smile (no label)
97.02.06 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Boston
97.02.07 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: The Peach Orchard (AUM Fidelity)
+ 97.07.02; 98.03.20; 98.03.21
97.02.00 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
97.02.14 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Dearborn
97.02.23 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording & Broadcast Video Recording] Los Angeles
97.03.19 / Other Dimensions In Music: Now! (AUM Fidelity)
97.04.12 / Bobby Zankel Quartet [Audience Recording] Chicago
97.05.00 / Roscoe Mitchell & The Note Factory: Nine To Get Ready (ECM)

Various Artists: ECM Selected Recordings, I-VIII

97.05.15 / Collective 4tet: Live at Crescent (Leo Lab)
97.05.28 (2) / Glenn Spearman's Trio Hurricane [WKCR Archival Recording]
- Various Artists (Trio Hurricane): Vision One - Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)
  + 97.05.29; 97.05.30; 97.05.31; 97.06.01 (1); 97.06.01 (2)
- Various Artists: Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
  + 97.06.01 (1); 97.09.28; 98.03.06 (2); 98.03.20; 98.08.21; 98.10.21; 99.03.00
97.05.29 / Various Artists (William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra): Vision One - Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)

+ 97.05.28 (2); 97.05.30; 97.06.01 (1); 97.06.01 (2)

William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording]

97.05.30 / David S. Ware Quartet [WKCR Archival Recording]
97.05.31 / Various Artists (Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble): Vision One - Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)

+ 97.05.28 (2); 97.05.29; 97.05.30; 97.06.01 (1); 97.06.01 (2)

97.06.01 (1) / Various Artists (Assif Tsahar Trio with John Tchicai: Vision One - Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)
- Various Artists: Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
  + 97.05.28 (2); 97.09.28; 98.03.06 (2); 98.03.20; 98.08.21; 98.10.21; 99.03.00
97.06.01 (2) / Various Artists (Other Dimensions in Music): Vision One - Vision Festival 1997 Compiled (AUM Fidelity)
- Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording]
97.06.16 (1) / William Parker Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
97.06.16 (2) / Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory [Audience Recording] NYC
97.06.21 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
97.06.24 / William Parker's In Order to Survive [Audience Recording] Toronto
97.07.02 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: The Peach Orchard (AUM Fidelity)
+ 97.02.07; 98.03.20; 98.03.21
- Various Artists: The Texaco New York Jazz Festival Radio Series Live at The Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory)
97.07.17 / Matthew Shipp: The Multiplication Table (hat HUT)
97.07.26 (1) / Trio Hurricane: Live at Fire in the Valley (Eremite)
97.07.26 (2) / Raphé Malik: ConSequences (Eremite)
97.08.19 / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
97.08.22 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
97.09.28 / Various Artists (Blue!): Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
97.10.00 / New York 3 º Fischer º Parker º Charles: Give (Extraplatte)
97.10.07 / Frode Gjerstad Trio: Ultima (Cadence)
97.10.08 / Frode Gjerstad: Remember To Forget (Circulasione Totale)
97.11.07 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1 (FMP)
+ 97.11.08 (1)
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings Jazzwerkstatt
  + 93.08.19; 97.11.08; 97.11.09; 99.11.03
97.11.08 (1) / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 1 (FMP)
+ 97.11.07
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerkstatt)
  + 93.08.19; 97.11.07; 97.11.09; 99.11.03
97.11.08 (2) / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 2 (FMP)
+ 97.11.09
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerkstatt)
  + 93.08.19; 97.11.07; 97.11.09; 99.11.03
97.11.09 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No. 2 (FMP)
+ 97.11.08 (2)
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerkstatt)
  + 93.08.19; 97.11.07; 97.11.08; 99.11.03
97.11.29 / William Parker: Lifting The Sanctions (No More)
97.12.02 / Other Dimensions in Music Special Quintet w/ Matthew Shipp: Time Is Of The Essence; The Essence Is Beyond Time (AUM Fidelity)
97.12.11 / David S. Ware: Go See The World (Columbia/Sony)
+ 97.12.12
- Various Artists: Jazziz On Disc (Jazziz Magazine)
97.12.12 / David S. Ware: Go See The World (Columbia/Sony)
97.12.14 / Matthew Shipp: Strata (hat HUT)
98.01.09 / Joelle Leandre & William Parker: Contrabasses (Leo)
98.02.07 / William Parker's In Order to Survive [Audience Recording] Dearborn
98.02.11 / John Blum Astrogeny Quartet: Astrogeny Quartet (Eremite)
98.02.12 / Pyramid Trio: Ancestral Homeland (No More)
98.02.26 / Various Artists (Daniel Carter, Leena Conquest, William Parker): Alain Kirili Musée Grenoble (Le Musée de Grenoble)
98.03.06 (1) / Alan Silva & William Parker: A Hero's Welcome— Pieces for Rare Occasions, vol. I of the silva/parker duos (Eremite)
98.03.06 (2) / Various Artists (Other Dimensions in Music): Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
98.03.20 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: The Peach Orchard (AUM Fidelity)
+ 97.02.07; 98.07.02; 98.03.21
- Various Artists: Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
  + 97.05.28 (2); 97.06.01 (1); 97.09.28; 98.03.06 (2); 98.08.21; 98.10.21; 99.03.00
98.03.21 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: The Peach Orchard (AUM Fidelity)
+ 97.02.07; 98.07.02; 98.03.20
98.03.27 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Broadcast Recording] Zürich
98.04.02 / Intermission with Derek Bailey, Chris Burn and Gilius van Bergeijk: Unanswered Questions (BVHaast)
+ 98.04.03; 98.04.05
98.04.03 / Intermission with Derek Bailey, Chris Burn and Gilius van Bergeijk: Unanswered Questions (BVHaast)
98.04.05 / Intermission with Derek Bailey, Chris Burn and Gilius van Bergeijk: Unanswered Questions (BVHaast)
98.04.09 / William Parker's In Order To Survive: Posium Pendasem (FMP)
98.05.18 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Victoriaville
98.05.19 / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.20 / Jemeel Moondoc Quintet [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.22 / David S. Ware Quartet [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.23 (1) / Milford Graves Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
98.05.23 (2) / Other Dimensions in Music [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.24 (1) / William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [WKCR Archival DAT] NYC
98.05.24 (2) / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.24 (3) / Assif Tsahar Quartet [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.25 (1) / Karen Borca Trio & Quartet [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.25 (2) / Raphé Malik Quartet: Companions (Eremite)
98.05.27 / Klas Heckman's Intermission [WKCR Archival Recording]
98.05.31 / William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mass for the Healing of the World (Black Saint)
98.06.26 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Chicago
98.06.27 / Kali Fasteau: VIVID (Flying Note)
98.07.16 / Agustí Fernández Trio: One Night at the Joan Miró Foundation (Synergy Records)
98.07.24 / Bobby Zankel Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
98.07.25 (1) / Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker: New World Pygmies (Eremite)
98.07.25 (2) / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: From Valley to Valley (Eremite)
98.08.21 / Various Artists (Other Dimensions in Music): Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
98.08.02 / Ye Ren Trio: Another Shining Path (Drimala)
- Various Artists: Radical Grace, Vol. 1 / the best of Drimala Records 1998-2003
98.09.04 / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
98.09.20 / Marco Eneidi º William Parker º Donald Robinson: Cherry Box (Eremite)
98.10.16 / David Budbill & William Parker: Zen Mountains Zen Streets (Boxholder Records)
+ 98.10.17; 98.10.18
98.10.17 / David Budbill & William Parker: Zen Mountains Zen Streets (Boxholder Records)
98.10.18 / David Budbill & William Parker: Zen Mountains Zen Streets (Boxholder Records)
98.10.21 / Various Artists (In Order To Survive): Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
98.10.24 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
98.11.09 / Joel Futterman, William Parker, Jimmy Williams: Authenticity (Kali Records)
98.11.14 / Joe Morris & William Parker [Audience Recording] Boston
98.11.18 / Steve Dalachinsky: Incomplete Directions (Knitting Factory)
98.12.11 / David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World (Thirsty Ear)
+ 03.03.27; 03.06.22
- David S. Ware Quartet [Radio Broadcast] Chiasso
99.01.06 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker: DNA (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Alternative Distribution Alliance May '99 Sampler
- Various Artists: Wish You Were Here / Love Songs for New York (Village Voice Records)
99.01.26 / Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown, William Parker : Magnetism (Bleu Regard)
99.02.27 or 28 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
99.03.00 / Various Artists (Daniel Carter & William Parker Duo): Inside Out in the Open (Asymmetric Pictures)
99.03.20 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Burghausen
99.03.23 (1) Jemeel Moondoc All-Stars: Live in Paris (Cadence)
99.03.25 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Nimes
99.03.31 / David S. Ware Quartet: Balladware (Thirsty Ear)
- David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler: The 30th Year (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.00; 05.00.00; 06.00.00
99.04.01 / Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker: 2 days in april (Eremite)
+ 99.04.02
99.04.02 / Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker: 2 days in april (Eremite)
99.05.02 / Kidd Jordan Quartet: New Orleans Festival Suite (Silkheart)
99.05.14 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Chicago
99.05.16 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet + 1 [Audience Recording] Chicago
99.05.23 / Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: Stone / Water (Okkadisk)
- Peter Brötzmann's Tentet [Audience Recording] Victoriaville
99.05.27 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
99.05.28 / Anderson º Drake º Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
99.05.29 / Silva º Jordan º Parker: Emancipation Suite #1 (Boxholder Records)
99.06.10 / David S. Ware Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
99.06.11 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
99.06.12 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
99.07.01 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
99.07.06 / Ellery Eskelin & William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
99.07.10 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mayor of Punkville (AUM Fidelity)
+ 99.08.14; 99.09.04; 99.11.27
99.08.14 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mayor of Punkville (AUM Fidelity)
  + 99.07.10; 99.09.04; 99.11.27
99.08.22 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
99.08.29 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Saalfelden
99.09.04 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mayor of Punkville (AUM Fidelity)
+ 99.07.10; 99.08.14; 99.11.27
99.09.10 / Fred Anderson Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
99.09.11 / Various Artists (Other Dimensions in Music): New Communities of Sound (IntrepidEar)
+ 99.09.12
- Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] Guelph
99.09.12 / Various Artists (William Parker Solo): New Communities of Sound (IntrepidEar)
- William Parker Solo [Audience Recording] Guelph
99.10.00 / Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
+ 99.10.20-21; 99.11.05; 99.11.06; 99.11.09
99.10.20 / David S. Ware Quartet: Surrendered (Columbia)
+ 99.10.21
- Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
  + 99.10.00; 99.10.21; 99.11.05; 99.11.06; 99.11.09
99.10.21 / David S. Ware Quartet: Surrendered (Columbia)
- Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
  + 99.10.00; 99.10.20; 99.11.05; 99.11.06; 99.11.09
99.11.03 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet: Aoyama Crows (FMP)
- Peter Brötzmann: Die Like A Dog º The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerkstatt)
  + 93.08.19; 97.11.07; 97.11.08; 97.11.09
- Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
99.11.05 / Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
+ 99.10.00; 99.10.20-21; 99.11.06; 99.11.09
99.11.06 / Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
+ 99.10.00; 99.10.20-21; 99.11.05; 99.11.09
99.11.07 / Other Dimensions in Music: Fractured Dimensions (FMP)
- Other Dimensions in Music [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Berlin
99.11.09 / Muzzik Presents Jazz: David S. Ware Quartet In Concert
- Documentary: David S. Ware, un Film de Arthur Cemin et Romain Wentzo (Circeto Film)
  + 99.10.00; 99.10.20-21; 99.11.05; 99.11.06
- David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Video & Radio Recordings] Poitiers
99.11.18 / Matthew Shipp String Trio: Expansion, Power, Release (hat HUT)
99.11.20 / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Live in Greenfield, Massachusetts, November 20, 1999 (Boxholder Records)
99.11.21 / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Duets & Solos Volume I (Boxholder Records)
- Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Duets & Solos Volume II (Boxholder Records)
99.11.27 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mayor of Punkville (AUM Fidelity)
+ 99.07.10; 99.08.14; 99.09.04
00.01.06 / Matthew Shipp Quartet: Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear)
00.01.16 / Gjerstad º Parker º Drake [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
00.01.20 / Frode Gjerstad Trio: In Chicago – The Other Side (Ayler Records)
00.02.22 / William Parker Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Stockholm
00.02.29 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Le Blanc Mesnil
00.03.17 / Kowald º Parker º Jacquemyn: Deep Music (Free Elephant)
- Peter Kowald: Off The Road, a film by Laurence Petit-Jouvet (RogueArt)
00.04.01 / William Parker & Hamid Drake: First Communion + Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity)
+ 00.04.03
00.04.02 / William Parker Trio: Painter's Spring (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Jazziz On Disc, August 2000 (Jazziz)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24-25
00.04.03 / William Parker & Hamid Drake: Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity)
- Organic Grooves: Black Cherry (AUM Fidelity)
- Organic Grooves: STOPSMILING 16 (Magazine & 7")
- William Parker & Hamid Drake: First Communion + Piercing the Veil (AUM Fidelity)
  + 00.04.01
00.04.17 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
00.04.20 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Pittsburgh
00.04.22 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Chicago
00.04.24 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] St. Paul
00.05.01 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Le Mans
00.05.03 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Cologne
00.05.13 / William Parker Encounters Thurston Moore, Rob Brown, Alan Silva [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.14 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
00.05.23 (1) / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.23 (2) / Silva º Allen º Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.25 / Billy Bang Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.26 / William Parker Quartet: O'Neal's Porch (Centering)
00.05.26 (1) / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.26 (2) / David Budbill with Jordan, Campbell, Parker, Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.26 (3) / Other Dimensions in Music with Matthew Shipp [Audience Recording] NYC
00.05.28 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
00.06.04 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
00.06.08 / Matthew Shipp String Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
00.06.10 / Mat Maneri Quartet: Blue Decco (Thirsty Ear)
00.06.17 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet + 2 [Audience Recording] NYC
00.06.21 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet + 2 [Audience Recording] Portland
00.07.03-04 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet Plus 2: Broken English (Okka Disk)
00.07.03-04 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet Plus 2: Short Visit to Nowhere (Okka Disk)
00.07.14 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Den Haag
- IMAGE: The David S. Ware Quartet at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
00.08.10 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Quartet [Audience Recording] Lisbon
00.09.02 / Matthew Shipp Trio & Guests [Audience Recording] Chicago
00.09.14 / Matthew Shipp: Matthew Shipp's New Orbit (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24-25
00.09.15 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
00.10.07 / The Quagmire Trio [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings] Grand Rapids
00.10.11 / Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio: Ethnic Stew and Brew (Delmark)
+ 00.10.12
00.10.12 / Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio: Ethnic Stew and Brew (Delmark)
00.10.28 (2) / Between The Traditions: The Sound of Language/The Language of Sound [Audience Recording] NYC
00.11.04 / Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker with Hamid Drake: New World Pygmies vol. 2 (Eremite)
+ 00.11.05
00.11.05 / Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker with Hamid Drake: New World Pygmies vol. 2 (Eremite)
00.11.06 / Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
00.11.09 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
00.11.13 / Agustí Fernández & William Parker: 2nd Set (Radical Records)
00.11.15 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Sevilla
00.12.01 / Allen º Drake º Jordan º Parker º Silva: the all-star game (Eremite)
- Allen º Drake º Jordan º Parker º Silva [Audience Recording]
01.01.00 / William Parker Clarinet Trio: Bob's Pink Cadillac (Eremite)
+ 01.08.01
01.01.14 / Spring Heel Jack: The Blue Series Continuum º Masses (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists (Spring Heel Jack & The Blue Series Continuum): The WIRE 20 1982-2002: Audio Issue (Mute Records Ltd.)
01.02.03 / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
01.02.20 / The Cosmosamatics: The Cosmosamatics (Boxholder Records)
01.02.23 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Raincoat in the River, Vol. 1 / ICA Concert (Eremite)
01.02.26 / David S. Ware Quartet: Corridors & Parallels (AUM Fidelity)
+ 01.02.27
01.02.27 / David S. Ware Quartet: Corridors & Parallels (AUM Fidelity)
01.03.12 / Peter Brötzmann Tentet + William Parker [Audience Recording] Paris
01.03.13 / William Parker: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [Unauthorized Release] Drancy
01.03.31 / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Seasoning the Greens (Boxholder Records)
- Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Proverbs For Sam Boxholder Records
  + 01.06.01
01.04.07 / Peter Brötzmann & William Parker Duo [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] NYC
01.04.10 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio: Never Too Late But Always Too Early (Dedicated to Peter Kowald) (Eremite)
01.04.11 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Montreal
01.04.13 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio with special guest Joe Mcphee [Audience Recording] Boston
01.04.17 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Bloomington
01.04.19 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio + Fred Anderson [Audience Recording] Chicago
01.04.23 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Austin
01.04.24 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Houston
01.04.25 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] New Orleans
01.05.01 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Wien
01.05.04 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Huesca
01.05.22 / William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Roulette TV Vol 11 (RouletteTV)
01.05.26 / William Parker's Music and the Shadow People [Audience Recording] Lago di Poschiavo
01.05.28 / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
IMAGE: Parker & Drake Duo: poster for 3DC Vision Festival, 01.05.29.
01.05.30 (1) / Rob Brown Trio: Round The Bend (Bleu Regard)
01.05.30 (2) / Christi º Parker º Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
01.05.31 (1) / Oliver Lake & String Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
01.05.31 (2) / Fred Anderson Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
01.06.01 (1) / Brötzmann Parker Wertmüller: NOTHUNG (In Tone Music)
- Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] NYC
01.06.01 (2) / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Proverbs For Sam Boxholder Records
+ 01.03.31
- Bill Cole Untempered Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
01.06.06 / Other Dimensions In Music + Yo La Tengo [Audience Recording] NYC
01.06.07 (2) / William Parker Sextet [Audience Recording] NYC
01.06.08 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
01.06.20 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Broadcast Recording] London
01.06.23 / Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Montreal
01.07.08 / David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Tivoli
01.07.29 / Peter Brötzmann Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Clusone
01.08.01 / William Parker Clarinet Trio: Bob's Pink Cadillac (Eremite)
+ 01.01.00
01.08.09 (1) / Matthew Shipp: nu bop (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.10.02; 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24-25
01.08.09 (2) / DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
- DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09
01.08.17 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Seattle
01.08.26 / Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet [Broadcast Recording] Saalfelden
01.09.22 / Gillian Levine Memorial [Private Recording] Boston
01.09.29 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
01.10.02 / William Parker Quartet featuring Leena Conquest: Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24-25
- Gilles Peterson: Southport Weekender (Susu Records)
01.10.06 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Ann Arbor
01.10.19 (1) / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] NYC
01.10.29 / Fred Anderson Trio [Audience Recording] Seattle
01.10.30 / Fred Anderson Trio [Audience Recording] Seattle
01.11.11 / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
01.11.30 / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] Hoboken
01.12.10 / Jemeel Moondoc Quintet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
01.12.12 (1) / William Parker º Joe Morris º Hamid Drake: Eloping with the Sun (Riti Records)
01.12.14 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
01.12.15 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
02.02.09 / Awake the Spark! [Audience Recording] NYC
02.02.10 / Freedomland: Amusement Park (Rent Control)
02.02.11 / Mike Pride: Mike Pride's Scrambler (Not Two)
02.02.12 (2) / Antipop Consortium: Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear)
+ 02.10.01; 02.11.01
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24-25
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.03.04 / Dave Burrell º William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
02.03.06 / DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid: Optometry (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.06.24-25
- DJ Wally: Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09
- DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid: Dubtometry = Optometry Remixed (Thirsty Ear)
  - Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
    + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.03.29 / Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
02.04.02 / William Parker: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [Audience Recording] Boston
02.04.15 / Anders Gahnold Trio: ... and William Danced (Ayler Records)
- IMAGE: ... and William Danced CD cover.
02.05.00 / William Parker Violin Trio: Scrapbook (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler: The 30th Year (Thirsty Ear)
  + 99.03.31; 05.00.00; 06.00.00
02.05.19 / Peter Kowald & William Parker: The Victoriaville Tape (VICTO)
02.05.24 / Jemeel Moondoc Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: visionfest visionlive (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.26 (1); 02.05.26 (2); 02.05.26 (3); 02.05.30 (2)
02.05.25 / Milford Graves Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.26 (1) / Ellen Christi Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: visionfest visionlive (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.24; 02.05.26 (2); 02.05.26 (3); 02.05.30 (2)
02.05.26 (2) / Matthew Shipp String Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: visionfest visionlive (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.24; 02.05.26 (1); 02.05.26 (3); 02.05.30 (2)
02.05.26 (3) / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: visionfest visionlive (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.24; 02.05.26 (1); 02.05.26 (2); 02.05.30 (2)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.05.27 / Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.28 (1) / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.28 (2) / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.29 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Spontaneous (Splasc(H) Records)
- William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.30 (1) / David Budbill & William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
02.05.30 (2) / Douglas Ewart & Inventions [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: visionfest visionlive (Thirsty Ear)
  + 02.05.24; 02.05.26 (1); 02.05.26 (2); 02.05.26 (3)
02.05.31 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.01 / Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.02 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.06 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Burlington
02.06.08 / William Parker & David Budbill Duo [Audience Recording] Montreal
02.06.15 / Ras Moshe & The Umoja Unit [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.20 / Cecil Taylor and the Sound Vision Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.21 / Cecil Taylor and the Sound Vision Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
02.06.24 / Mat Maneri featuring Joe McPhee: Sustain (Thirsty Ear)
+ 02.06.25
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.25
02.06.25 / Mat Maneri featuring Joe McPhee: Sustain (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24
02.06.26 / Matthew Shipp: Equilibrium (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.07.13 / David S. Ware Quartet: Freedom Suite (AUM Fidelity)
02.07.28 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Clusone
02.08.07 / William Parker Solo [Audience Recording] Cambridge
02.09.02 / Awaken The Spark! [Audience Recording] NYC
02.09.06 / William Parker's Music and the Shadow People [Audience Recording] Guelph
02.09.07 / Kidd Jordan, Fred Anderson, William Parker, Hamid Drake (Sanctuary) [Audience Recording] Guelph
02.09.08 / William Parker & Hamid Drake [Audience Recording] Guelph
02.09.14 (2) / William Parker's Clarinet Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
02.09.17 / Budbill º Drake º Parker: Songs for a Suffering World (Boxholder Records)
+ 03.01.07
02.09.19 / Roy Campbell Quartet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
02.09.21 / Roy Campbell Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
02.10.01 / Antipop Consortium: Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear)
+ 02.02.12 (2); 02.11.01
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 (2) or 02.11.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.10.02 / Improvisational Encounters in Music & Dance—Stories Remembering Peter Kowald [Audience Recording] NYC
02.10.12 / Roy Campbell/Joe Mcphee Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
02.10.20 / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
02.10.21 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio [Audience & Broadcast RecordingS] Philadelphia
02.11.01 / Antipop Consortium: Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp (Thirsty Ear)
+ 02.02.12 (2); 02.10.01
- Various Artists: Blue Series Essentials (Thirsty Ear)
  + 00.04.02; 00.09.14; 01.08.09 (1); 01.10.02; 02.02.12 or 02.10.01; 02.03.06 (1); 02.06.24
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
02.11.16 (1) / William Parker Solo [Broadcast Recording] London
02.11.16 (2) / Matthew Shipp Trio [Broadcast Recording] London
02.11.16 (3) / Collaboration [Broadcast Recording] London
02.11.21 (1) / Collective 4tet: Synopsis (Leo)
02.11.21 (2) / Collective 4tet: Moving Along (Leo)
02.11.30 / Other Dimensions In Music & Yo La Tengo [Audience Recording] Hoboken
02.12.12 / Other Dimensions In Music Meets Joe Morris Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
02.12.14 / William Parker's Organic Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
02.12.17 / Yo La Tengo: Summer Sun (Matador Records)
- Yo La Tengo: Today is the Day! (Matador Records)
02.12.27 / Bang Billy Quartet + Bob Holman [Soundboard Recording] NYC
02.12.28 / Bang Billy Quartet + Bob Holman [Soundboard Recording] NYC
03.01.02 / Marco Eneidi Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
03.00.00 (1) / The Blue Series Continuum: GoodandEvil Sessions (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.01.09; 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
03.00.00 (2) / The Free Zen Society: Free Zen Society (Thirsty Ear)
03.01.07 / Budbill º Drake º Parker: Songs for a Suffering World (Boxholder Records)
+ 02.09.17
03.01.09 / The Blue Series Continuum featuring the Music of Matthew Shipp: The Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.04.28; 04.00.00 (1)
03.01.16 / Rob Brown Quartet: The Big Picture (Futura Marge Records)
03.01.17 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] Le Kremlin Bicetre
03.01.18 / William Parker's Raining on the Mooon Quintet [Soundboard Recording] Coimbra

IMAGE: William Parker Quartet featuring Leena Conquest at "Encontros De Jazz De Coimbra,".

03.01.22 / Notorious Sparks—Spring Heel Jack [Audience Recording] Bath
03.01.25 / Spring Heel Jack with... : Live (Thirsty Ear)
03.02.13 / Bang Billy Quartet + Bob Holman [Video Recording] New York City
03.02.15 / Joe McPhee, William Parker, Harold Smith Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
03.02.16 / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] NYC
03.02.18 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
03.02.27 / Alan Silva & His Celestrial Communication Orchestra [Audience Recording] Northampton
03.03.07 (2) / Spirit Catcher For Four Musicians And Tape [Audience Recording] San Francisco
03.03.15 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Hasselt
03.03.19 / FREEDOM NOW! Collection: DJ Spooky & Matthew Shipp Trio (La Huit)
03.03.26 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Rome
03.03.27 / David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World (Thirsty Ear)
+ 98.12.11; 03.06.22
IMAGE: The David S. Ware Quartet at "Encontros De Jazz De Coimbra," 03.03.29.
03.04.10 / William Parker's Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] Branford
03.04.13 (1) / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
03.04.13 (2) / Eddie Gale Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
03.04.19 / Shipp º Parker º Brown: The Trio Plays Ware (Splasc(H) Records)
03.04.20 / Matt Lavelle's NY Trumpet Nemesis [Audience Recording] NYC
03.04.28 / David S. Ware String Ensemble: Threads (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 04.00.00 (1)
03.05.02 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
03.05.03 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
03.05.10 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Austin
03.05.18 / Phillips, Leandré, Parker, Saitoh: After You Gone (VICTO)
- Joélle Leandré, William Parker, Tetsu Saitoh, and Barre Phillips Bass Quartet [Audience Recording] Victoriaville
- IMAGE: FIMAV 2003 poster.
03.05.19 / Evan Parker Trio & Peter Brötzmann Trio: The Bishop's Move (Victo)
- Evan Parker Trio & Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording]
03.05.22 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
03.05.23 (1) / Roy Campbell/Joe McPhee [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
  + 03.05.23 (2); 03.05.24 (2); 03.05.24 (3); 03.05.25; 03.05.26
03.05.23 (2) / Andrew Cyrille º Kidd Jordan º William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
03.05.24 (2) / Rob Brown's Resonance [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
03.05.24 (3) / Jin Hi Kim Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
03.05.25 / Matthew Shipp Quartet featuring Daniel Carter [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
03.05.26 / William Parker's Jeanne Lee Project [Audience Recording] NYC
- Various Artists: VISION Vol. 3 (Arts for Art)
03.06.01 / Henry Grimes & William Parker Duo [Broadcast Recording] NYC
03.06.07 / William Parker & Patricia Nicholson Duo [Audience Recording] Montréal
03.06.08 / William Parker º Patricia Nicholson º Jean Derome º Joane Hétu [Audience Recording] Montréal
03.06.22 / David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World (Arts for Art)
+ 98.12.11; 03.06.22
03.06.27 / William Parker Trio + Patricia Nicholson [Audience Recording] Boston
03.07.05 (2) / Various Artists (William Parker & the Little Huey Orchestra): Irving Stone Memorial Concert (Tzadik)
03.07.06 (1) / Freedomland: Yia's Song (Arts for Art)
03.07.09 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
03.07.12 / Matthew Shipp Trio: STOPSMILING 16 (Mag & 7")
03.08.16 / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] NYC
03.09.01 / DJ Spooky / Optometry [Broadcast Recording] Cagliari
03.09.02 / Hugh Ragin: Revelation (Justin Time)
03.09.05 / Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
03.10.03 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
03.10.04 / Other Dimensions In Music [Audience Recording] Branford
03.11.01 / William Parker's Healing Song [Broadcast Recording] Tampere
- IMAGE: Photo by Francesco Martinelli
03.11.08 / Matthew Shipp Trio + DJ Spooky [Broadcast Recording] Berlin
03.11.24 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio [Audience Recording] Buffalo
03.11.26 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
03.12.01 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
03.12.00 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio: Expansion (High Two Recordings)
04.00.00 (1) / El-P, featuring the The Blue Series Continuum: High Water (Thirsty Ear)
- El-P, featuring the The Blue Series Continuum: Sunrise Over Brooklyn (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler / The Shape of Jazz to Come (Thirsty Ear)
  + 01.08.09 (2); 02.02.12 (2) or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.03.06; 02.05.00; 02.05.26 (3); 02.06.26; 03.00.00 (1); 03.01.09; 03.04.28
04.00.00 (2) / William Parker: Luc's Lantern (Thirsty Ear)
04.01.14 / William Parker º Ad Peijnenburg: Brooklyn Calling (Dino)
+ 04.01.15
04.01.15 / William Parker º Ad Peijnenburg: Brooklyn Calling (Dino)
04.02.07 (1) / Other Dimensions In Music + Matthew Shipp [Audience Recording] Paris
04.02.07 (2) / Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Andrew Cyrille Trio [Audience Recording] Paris
04.02.16 / Henry Grimes and William Parker, "Duets for Malachi Favors Maghostut" [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
04.02.20 / Matthew Shipp: Harmony and Abyss (Thirsty Ear)
+ 04.02.21
04.02.21 (1) / Matthew Shipp: Harmony and Abyss (Thirsty Ear)
04.02.28 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
04.03.04 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
04.03.08 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like a Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Buffalo
04.03.25 / Sainkho Namtchylak Trio: with William Parker & Hamid Drake (La Huit)
- Various Artists: Jungle Blue (La Huit)
- Sainkho Namtchylak Trio [Broadcast Recording] Paris
04.03.30 / William Parker's Raining On The Moon [Audience Recording] Barcelona
04.04.01 / Bill Cole & William Parker: Two Masters: Live At The Prism (Boxholder Records)
04.04.04 (1) / Shipp º Parker º Brown "The Trio Plays The Music Of David S. Ware" [Broadcast Recording] Rome
04.04.04 (2) / William Parker Quartet featuring Leena Conquest [Broadcast Recording] Rome
04.04.05 / Matthew Shipp: Nu Bop Live (RAI Trade)
- Matthew Shipp's Nu Bop [Broadcast Recording] Rome
04.04.06 / William Parker's Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [Broadcast Recording] Rome
04.04.09 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] San Francisco
04.04.16 / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] Boston
04.04.18 / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] Buffalo
04.04.25 / William Parker Quartet + Leena Conquest [Audience Recording] Györ
04.05.01 (1) / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.01 (2) / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.22 / Gayle º Grimes º Parker [Audience Recording] Victoriaville
04.05.27 (2) / Whit Dickey Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.28 (1) / Kidd Jordan New Orleans Band [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.28 (2) / Kidd Jordan New Orleans Band [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.29 / Milford Graves with guest William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.30 (2) / Dave Burrell Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
04.05.31 / William Parker Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle: Requiem (Splasc(h) Records)
- William Parker Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle [Audience Recording] NYC
04.06.05 / Other Dimensions In Music + Alan Silva [Audience Recording] NYC
04.06.27 / William Parker Quartet: Sound Unity (AUM Fidelity)
+ 04.07.02
04.07.02 / William Parker Quartet: Sound Unity (AUM Fidelity)
04.07.10 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Netherlands
04.09.01 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] Cagliari
04.09.02 / Black Cherry [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] Cagliari
04.09.03 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] Cagliari
04.09.04 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Recording] Cagliari
04.09.10 / Sainkho Namtchylak Trio [Audience Recording] Guelph
04.09.22 / Fire Into Music [Audience Recording] Chicago
04.10.02 / Steve Swell's Fire Into Music [Audience Recording] Houston
04.10.04 / Steve Swell's Fire Into Music [Audience Recording] Albuquerque
04.10.08 / Fire Into Music: Fire Into Music (Ballroom)
04.10.10 / Steve Swell's Fire Into Music [Audience Recording] Seattle
04.11.26 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like A Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Dachau
04.11.28 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like A Dog Trio [Audience Video Recording] Venice
04.11.29 / Peter Brötzmann's Die Like A Dog Trio [Audience Recording] Wien
04.12.08 / Steve Swell Sextet [Audience Recording] Boston
04.12.12 / Anderson, Parker & Drake: Blue Winter (Eremite)
04.12.19 (1) / Declared Enemy: Salute to 100001 Stars—A Tribute to Jean Genet (Rogue Art)
05.00.00 / Beans: Only (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler: The 30th Year (Thirsty Ear)
  + 99.03.31; 02.05.00; 06.00.00
05.02.05 / Rob Brown's Resonance [Audience Recording] Paris
05.02.21 / Milford Graves & William Parker [Audience Recording] NYC
05.02.27 / Albert Beger: Evolving Silence Vol. 1 (Earsay's Jazz)
05.02.27 / Albert Beger: Evolving Silence Vol. 2 (Earsay's Jazz)
05.04.08 / William Parker & Oluyemi Thomas with Lisa Sokolov + Joe McPhee: Spiritworld (Straw2Gold)
05.04.12 / William Parker Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Vasteras
05.04.18 / Tiziano Tononi & Daniele Cavallanti: Spirits Up Above (Splasc(h) Records)
05.04.29 / Joelle Leandre: Europa Dgaz: At The Le Mans Jazz Festival (Leo)
05.05.16 / Dave Burrell's Full Blown Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
05.05.22 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: For Percy Heath (Victo)
- William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] Victoriaville
05.06.09 (2) / William Parker Quartet featuring Leena Conquest [Broadcast Recording] Norrkoping
05.06.14 / Ellen Christi Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.15 (1) / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.15 (2) / Wayne Horvitz' Some Order Long Understood [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.16 / Fred Anderson & Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience & Broadcast Recording] NYC
05.06.17 (1) / Other Dimensions In Music meets Sound Vision Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.17 (2) / David Budbill: Poetry + William Parker + Hamid Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.17 (3) / Joe Morris' Eloping With The Sun [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.18 (1) / The Eddie Gale Now Band: Vision Festival X, NYC (no label)

Eddie Gale: Trumpet & Water, Up Close And Personal (Creative View)

05.06.18 (2) / Patricia Nicholson & PaNic [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.19 (1) / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra featuring JUICE [Audience Recording] NYC
05.06.19 (2) / Matthew Shipp with Mateen, Parker, & Bennink [Audience Recording] NYC
05.07.12 / Carter, Parker, Ughi: The Dream (577 Records)
05.08.24 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Sardinia
05.08.25 / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
05.08.26 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra [Audience Recording] Sardinia
05.08.27 / Matthew Shipp Trio + DJ Spooky [Broadcast Recording] Willisau
05.08.31 / Braxton, Parker & Cyrille Trio [Audience Audio & Video Recording] Sardinia
05.09.08 / Steve Swell's Fire Into Music [Audience Recording] Guelph
05.09.21 / William Parker & Hamid Drake: Summer Snow (AUM Fidelity)
05.09.23 / Kidd Jordan, Hamid Drake, William Parker: Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity)
05.10.09 / Jerome Cooper & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
05.12.03 / Kidd Jordan Trio [Audience Recording] Houston
06.00.00 / Scotty Hard: Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery (Thirsty Ear)
- Various Artists: The Blue Series Sampler: The 30th Year (Thirsty Ear)
  + 99.03.31; 02.05.00; 05.00.00
06.01.24 (1) / Frode Gjerstad with William Parker & Hamid Drake: On Reade Street (FMR)
06.01.24 (2) / William Parker Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.25 / William Parker's Painter's Spring [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.26 (1) / Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.26 (2) / William Parker's Raining on the Moon Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.27 (1) / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.28 (1) / Budbill º Parker º Drake—While We Still Have Feet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.01.28 (2) / Joe Morris' Eloping With The Sun [Audience Recording] NYC
06.03.04 / William Parker & Hamid Drake Duo [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
06.04.09 / Joe McPhee, Lewis Barnes, & William Parker: Raphé Malik Memorial Tribute [Audience Recording ? ]
06.05.16 / Dave Burrell Full Blown Trio [Audience Recording] Vicenza
06.05.24 / Various Artists (William Parker Quartet): KFJC 89.7 FM º Live from the Devil's Triangle, Volume IX (KFJC)
06.05.28 / Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: American Landscapes 1 (Okka Disk)
06.05.28 / Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: American Landscapes 2 (Okka Disk)
06.06.13 (2) / Sabir Mateen "Raphé Malik Tribute Band" [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.13 (3) / Borah Bergman Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.15 / Steve Swell's Fire Into Music: Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow (Rogue Art)
06.06.16 / Rob Brown Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.17 / Charles Gayle "By Any Means" Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.18 (1) / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.18 (2) / Patricia Nicholson Group [Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.18 (3) / David S. Ware Quartet: Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)
- David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recording] NYC
06.06.19 / Fire Into Music [Broadcast Recording] Montreal
06.06.23 / William Parker's Raining on the Moon [Audience Video Recording] Udine
06.08.19 / Eddie Gale's All-Star Band: Tribute To Coltrane (Creative View)
06.09.16 / Dave Douglas Quartet + Roy Campbell Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
06.10.12 (1) / Other Dimensions in Music: [Unissued / Broadcast Recording] London
06.10.16 / Paul Dunmall: Blown Away (Duns)
06.10.19 / Other Dimensions in Music: Live at the Sunset (Marge Records)
+ 06.10.20
06.10.20 / Other Dimensions in Music: Live at the Sunset (Marge Records)
06.12.26 / Raoul Bjorkenheim º William Parker º Hamid Drake: DMG @ The Stone Vol 2: December 26 2006 (DMG)
06.10.27 / William Parker Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Lausanne
07.01.03 / William Parker's Raining On the Moon: Corn Meal Dance (AUM Fidelity)
07.01.04 / William Parker Double Quartet: Alphaville Suite, Music Inspired by Jean Luc Godard's Film (Rogue Art)
07.02.02 / William Parker's The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield [Broadcast Recording] Chiasso
07.02.10 / William Parker: "The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield" [Broadcast Recording] Chiasso
07.02.15 / Rob Brown Ensemble: Crown Trunk Root Funk (Aum Fidelity)
07.03.11 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] Bergamo
07.03.16 / Braxton º Graves º Parker [Audience Recording] Rome
07.03.24 / David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius (No Business)
07.04.04 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] Chicago
07.04.06 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] Houston
07.04.19 / William Parker Quartet [Broadcast Tape] Lugano
07.05.15 (1) / William Parker "The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield" [Audience Audio & Video Recording] Vicenza
07.05.15 (2) / Anthony Braxton & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] Vicenza
07.06.01 / Rob Brown Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
07.06.02 / Rob Brown Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
07.06.05 / Rob Brown Trio [Audience Recording] Montreal
07.06.06 (2) / William Parker & Hamid Drake Duo [Audience Recording] Montreal
07.06.13 / Tony Malaby: Tamarindo (Clean Feed)
07.06.19 (2) / William Parker: "Double Sunrise Over Neptune" World Premiere [Audience Recording] NYC
07.06.20 / William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Double Sunrise Over Neptune (Aum Fidelity)
07.06.22 (1) / Alexandre Pierrepont & Mike Ladd: Maison Hantee (Rogue Art)
07.06.23 / Eddie Gale All Star Band [Audience Recording] NYC
07.06.24 / Louis Moholo Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
07.06.28 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Video Recording] Ljubljana
07.07.08 / Cecil Taylor Trio + Anthony Braxton [Audience Audio and Video & Broadcast Audio Recordings] London
07.07.12 / Hamid Drake & Bindu: Blissful (Rogue Art 11)
07.07.13 / Hamid Drake & Bindu: Blissful (Rogue Art 11)
07.09.07 / William Parker: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [Audience Recording] Guelph
07.09.09 / William Parker's Celestial Moon [Audience Recording] NYC
07.09.11 / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
07.09.21 / Charles Gayle Trio: [Broadcast Recording] London
07.09.30 (2) / Commitment [Audience Recording] New York City
07.10.12 / Cecil Taylor Trio [Audience Recording] Bologna
07.10.19 / By All Means Necessary Trio: Live at Crescendo (Ayler Records)
- By All Means Necessary Trio [Soundboard Recording] Norrkoping
07.10.27 / Matthew Shipp's Nu Bop Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
07.11.03 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Broadcast Audio & Video Recording] Tampere
07.11.09 / David S. Ware Trio [Audience Recording] Gütersloh
07.11.25 / Billy Bang & William Parker Duo [Broadcast Video Recording] Bydgoscz
07.12.07 / Fred Anderson & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
07.12.00 / William Parker Quartet: Petit O¡seau (AUMFidelity)
08.01.10 (1) / Eri Yamamoto: Duologue (Aum Fidelity)
08.01.10 (3) / William Parker's Raining on the Moon Sextet [Audience Recording] NYC
08.01.12 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] Brattleboro
08.01.22 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] Moscow
08.02.17 / Milford Graves Trio [Audience Recording] Bonneuil-sur-Marne
08.02.22 / Collective 4tet: In Transition (Leo Records)
08.02.24 / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
08.02.28 / William Parker, Roy Campbell, and Joe Morris [Audience Recording] Boston
08.03.29 / Tony Malaby Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
08.04.09 / Tony Malaby Trio [Broadcast Recording] Paris
08.05.09 / David S. Ware: Shakti (AUM Fidelity)
08.05.11 / Braxton º Graves º Parker: Beyond Quantum (Tzadik)
08.05.14 / John Blum with Sunny Murray & William Parker: In The Shade Of Sun Ecstatic Peace
08.05.30 / William Parker's Raining on the Moon [Broadcast Recording] Novara
08.06.11 (1) / Bang º Jordan º Parker º Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
08.06.11 (3) / Anderson º Jordan º Parker º Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
08.06.19 / Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, and Craig Taborn: Farmers By Nature (AUMFidelity)
08.07.01 / Sophia Domancich: Washed Away (Marge)
08.07.02 / Sophia Domancich: Washed Away (Marge)
08.07.11 / David S. Ware ‘New Quartet’ [Audience Recording] Rotterdam
08.07.26 / William Parker: At Somewhere There (Barnyard Records)
- William Parker SOLO [CBC Radio Recording] Toronto
08.07.28 / William Parker Quintet [Audience Recording] Hartford
08.08.10 / Eddie Gale with Kidd Jordan, Dick Griffin, William Parker, et al: Bach Dancing And Dynamite Society Presents (Creative View)
08.09.04 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee Tribute To Albert Ayler [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Sant'Anna Arresi
08.09.20 / Jemeel Moondoc & The Jus Grew Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
08.09.22 / Tony Malaby's Tamarindo [Audience Recording] NYC
08.10.27 / Amiri Baraka Quartet [Audience Recording] Botticino
08.10.28 / Sabir Mateen Quartet [Audience Recording] Botticino
08.11.06 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee, Tribute To Albert Ayler [Audience Recording] Weikersheim
IMAGE: Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee, Tribute To Albert Ayler. Program cover and group page 08.11.07, Wels
08.11.09 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee, Tribute To Albert Ayler [Audience Video Recording] Venice
08.11.12 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee Tribute To Albert Ayler [Broadcast Recording] Nevers
08.11.21 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee Tribute To Albert Ayler: Live at the Dynamo (2008) (Marge)
08.11.25 (1) / William Parker & The Southern Satellites [Audience Recording] NYC
08.12.06 / Intermission [Broadcast Recording] Amsterdam
08.12.09 / Intermission [Audience Recording] Köln
09.01.16 / Craig Taborn Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
09.01.25 (1) / Kidd Jordan Quartet [Audience Recording] Paris
09.01.25 (2) / Bluiett's Bio-Electric [Audience Recording] Paris
09.01.26 / Joelle Leandre & William Parker: Live At Dunois (Leo Records)
09.03.07 / William Parker Chamber Trio: The Book Of Sound [Broadcast Recording] Pordenone
09.04.11 / Jim Staley with William Parker & Joey Baron: Scattered Thoughts—Duets at Roulette (Einstein)
- William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
09.04.14 / Rob Brown Quartet [Audience Recording] New York City
09.04.24 / William Parker Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Paris
09.05.08 / Billy Bang & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.06 / Dave Burrell Trio [Audience Recording] Montreal
09.06.09 / Opening Invocation [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.10 / Marshall Allen Quintet—A Lifetime Of Achievement [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.11 / David Budbill, William Parker, & Hamid Drake [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.12 (2) / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee, Tribute To Albert Ayler [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.13 / Milford Graves Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.14 / Fred Anderson Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.15 (1) / Patricia Nicholson: Dance And Music [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.15 (2) / William Parker Quartet + Three Guests [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.27 / William Parker & Hamid Drake Duo [Broadcast Recording] Besançon
09.07.03 / William Parker º Giorgio Dini: Temporary (Silta Records)
09.07.04 / Parker º Lenoci º Curci º Magliocchi: Serving an Evolving Humanity (Silta Records)
09.07.19 / Freedomland [Audience Recording] NYC
09.08.26 / Zimology Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Willisau
09.10.10 / Evan Parker º Matthew Shipp º William Parker Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
09.12.20 / William Parker + ICI Ensemble [Audience Recording] München
10.02.25 / William Parker, Konrad Bauer, and Hamid Drake [Audience Recording] Amherst
10.02.28 / William Parker, Konrad Bauer, and Hamid Drake [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
10.03.02 (1) / William Parker SOLO [Broadcast Recording] Toronto
10.03.02 (2) / Christine Duncan Conducts The Element Choir [Broadcast Recording] Toronto
10.03.06 / Art Ensemble of Chicago [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
10.03.25 / William Parker's Raining On the Moon [Audience Recording] Amherst
10.04,15 / William Parker, Hamid Drake, and Evan Parker [Audience Recording] Amherst

1970's

1980's

1990's

The 21st Century...

"I did a lot of work with comedians, with poets, with folk bands. I played with a Cuban folkloric band where I was the youngest member; most of the people in the band were 60 and over. I played with anybody, anything I could play to learn how to play bass. I eventually funneled down to the music I wanted to play, but in order to play it I had to have a foundation in some other things." —William Parker interview/article by Steve Holtje [WIRE #152 October 1996 p.24]
"..the early '70s. ...the Third World Cultural Center [NYC] that Sun Ra played at and we used to do jam sessions there on Sundays. That's where I met Billy Bang actually..." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.5]
"...early '70s, they had the beginning of the New York Musician's Organization, with Noah Howard and Juma Sultan ...Dave Burrell was on there, Wilbur Ware, Archie Shepp, Karl Berger. It was way before the Creative Music Studio... spanned a whole building, six floors. ...from there we eventually moved over to playing at Studio We in the daytime... and Sam Rivers' Studio RivBea for the night-time activity. ...about '73 was when he had his full schedule going, he had music seven nights a week." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.6]
"There was a place on 11th Street and Avenue C called the Firehouse and Andrew Hill would come by, and Billy Higgins, and Billy Higgins invited me to his house on St. Mark's Avenue in Brooklyn. Wilbur Ware was staying there, and Clifford Jordan would come by. So I went out there whenever I could, and we would just play. Then I began playing at [Sam Rivers'] Studio Rivbea four or five nights, I was one of the house bass players at Studio Rivbea, and also Studio We. Everyone that came through there, I played with. I basically had on-the-job training supplemented with bass lessons with Richard Davis and Wilbur Ware, and I studied with [John Coltrane's bassist] Jimmy Garrison a bit. It was 24 hours of music during this period from about '71 up till about '75." —William Parker interview/article by Steve Holtje [WIRE #152 October 1996 p.24]
72.00.00 - "...[Parker] started his first big band, the Aumic Orchestra..." [MAGNET #34 May/June 1998 p.41]
73.01.10 - The Universal Lamps "Ensemble Fate": Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Trent Powell (alto sax, clarinet, flutes), Bill Lowe (trombone), William Parker (bass), Tony Frazer (drums) / 8:00pm, The Third World, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.26]

73.01.17 - The Universal Lamps "Ensemble Fate": Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Trent Powell (alto sax, clarinet, flutes), Bill Lowe (trombone), William Parker (bass), Tony Frazer (drums) / 8:00pm, The Third World, NYC [ibid]
73.01.24 - The Universal Lamps "Ensemble Fate": Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Trent Powell (alto sax, clarinet, flutes), Bill Lowe (trombone), William Parker (bass, tuba), Tony Frazer (drums) / 8:00pm, The Third World, NYC [ibid]
73.01.31 - The Universal Lamps "Ensemble Fate": Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Trent Powell (alto sax, clarinet, flutes), Bill Lowe (trombone), William Parker (bass, tuba), Tony Frazer (drums) / 8:00pm, The Third World, NYC [ibid]
73.02.22
73.02.23
73.02.24
73.02.25 - Melodic Art-tet: Charles Brackeen (reeds), Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Roger Blank (drums) / Hilly's, New York City [New York Magazine February 26, 1973 p.16]
"First time I played with Jemeel [Moondoc] and Charles Brackeen at Studio RivBea, with Sunny Murray, Frank Lowe. So I used to play down there maybe 3 or 4 times a week. House bass player kind of, but I was independently contracted with different groups." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.6]
"Cadence: Your first recording was with Frank Lowe ...one of the last ESP dates?
WP: Yeah, I think there's another one of those, but I guess it's not going to come out."
—William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.10]
"William [Parker] I'd been playing with on and off since the mid-70s, since before my stint with Cecil Taylor, I met him back then." —David S. Ware [interview/article by David Keenan, WIRE #180 February 1999 p.37]

73.03.00 • Frank Lowe: Black Beings

ESP Records ESP 3013 (LP) 1973; ESP-Disk/XYZ ESP 3013-2 (CD) GER; Base issue#? (LP) IT; ESP 3013/Abraxas (CD) 2003 Italy

Various Artists: Faith & Power, An ESP-Disk Sampler {2}
The WIRE Magazine / Issue 221 / July 2002 / ESPW1 (magazine & CD) UK

March, 1973 / "...a live concert at Ornette Coleman's place on Prince Street," New York City
—William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.10]

1. In Trane's Name (Lowe) [25:00]
2. Brother Joseph (Lowe) [4:35] {2}
3. Thulani (Jarman) [15:55]

Audience recording exists of this complete concert. [anonymous 04.03.02]

Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Joseph Jarman (soprano sax, alto sax)
The Wizard * (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Sinan (drums)

* "We briefly wondered if The Wizard was a nome-de-session for Billy Bang. The style is similar if a touch less percussive. No exact information on who he might be, so any clues welcome."
—The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 4th edition, Richard Cook & Brian Morton

* "...violinist Leroy Jenkins (operating under the pseudonym of 'The Wizard' but quite recognizable)..."
—Scott Yanow.

(Sorry Scott:)
* "The Wizard was not Leroy Jenkins it is Raymond Lee Cheng."
—William Parker, confirming.

{Primary Source: ESP 3013-2 & session place via George Scala's Frank Lowe Discography; info via Tom Fuller, Richard Ahmad Bates, and Mr. William Parker}

73.07.01 • Sunny Murray and the Byard Lancaster Quintet [Audience Recording]

Shelf no. RGA 2843-RGA 2844 - 2 digital sound cassettes (polyester)
Genre(s) Live sound recordings / Jazz
Recording Laboratory, William L. Ewell, Jr. Collection

July 1, 1973 / Studio We, New York City

1. unknown titles [46:15]

Byard Lancaster (alto sax, flute)
Kahn Jamal (vibes)
Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) "William Parker, Mudon." in original document.
Roger Baird, Sunny Murray (drums)

{Primary Source: Library of Congress Database} Not in my collection.

73.08.12 • Black Kraut [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

August 12, 1973 / Live On WKCR Radio, New York City

1. The Prayer [:]
2. The Vampire [:]
3. The Hill [:]
4. Birds And Things [:]

This may be the original name for The Music Ensemble. —RL

Daniel Carter (reeds)
Malik Baraka (given as "Malachi Baracha") (trumpet)
Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Baird (drums)

{Primary Source: anonymous 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

73.10.05 • Frank Lowe Quintet [Audience Recording]

October 5, 1973 / Artist's House, New York City

1. unknown titles [95:00]

Frank Lowe (reeds)
Joseph Jarman (as; fl; voice)
Raymond Lee Cheng (v)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Sinan (dr, balaphon)

{Primary Source: anonymous correspondence} Not in my collection.

73.10.06 - Frank Lowe Quintet: Joseph Jarman, William Parker, Rashid Sinan, Raymond "The Wizard" Lee Cheng / Artist's House, New York City [anonymous source]

73.11.29 • Harold Smith Trio [Broadcast Recording]

November 29, 1973 / Live at WKCR in Studio 3, New York City

1. unknown titles [:]

Harold Smith (dr, perc, piano)
Art Bennett (soprano sax, flute, piano)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

73.12.02 - Mudon Slaughter Peace Excursion: Mudon Slaughter (alto sax, flute), Mel Smith (guitar), William Parker and "Sagicorn" (bass), Stephen Reid (drums) / Studio RivBEA, NYC [RivBEA Schedule]
73.12.03 - Flight to Sanity: Art Bennett (soprano sax, flute, possibly piano), William Parker (bass), Harold Smith (drums) / Studio RivBEA, NYC [RivBEA Schedule]
73.12.06 - Ensemble Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc, Arthur Williams, Mark Hennen, William Parker, and Rashid Sinan / Studio RivBea, NYC / "Ensemble Muntu made our first appearance at Studio RivBea opposite Sam Rivers in December 1973." —Jemeel Moondoc [Interview, CODA August 1980 #174 p.7; Parker's Sound Journal]
73.12.09 - Mudon Slaughter Peace Excursion: (See 73.12.02)
73.12.10 - Flight to Sanity: (See 73.12.03)
73.12.13 - Ensemble Muntu: (See 73.12.06)
73.12.16 - Mudon Slaughter Peace Excursion: (See 73.12.02)
73.12.17 - Flight to Sanity: (See 73.12.03)
73.12.20 - Ensemble Muntu: (See 73.12.06)
73.12.23 - Mudon Slaughter Peace Excursion: (See 73.12.02)
73.12.24 - Flight to Sanity: (See 73.12.03)
73.12.27 - Ensemble Muntu: (See 73.12.06)

RivBEA Schedule, December 1973.

74.01.19 • Unit Core Enesmble [Audience Recording]

January 19, 1974 / Ferris Booth Hall, New York City

1. Hekeptah [110:08] (split track at 54:14)

Jimmy Lyons (director, alto sax)
Andrew Cyrille (director, traps, tympani, percussion)
Hassan Abdullah, Craig Purpura (tenor sax)
Bobby Zankel (alto sax)
Carla Poole (flute)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
unidentified (trumpet)
unidentified (trombone)
unidentified (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion)
unidentified (percussion)

Some sources have venue as "Wollman" (amphitheatre in Central Park), which is incorrect.

{Primary Source: WKCR Archive; Very various very anonymous sources, who wish to remain so, 02.07.02.} Not in my collection.

74.02.01 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Radio broadcast; station unidentified. Urban Scene may be the name of a radio program." / Urban Scene, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

74.02.26 (1) • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

Centering Records 1001 (LP / Ltd. 500 copies) 1981; Eremite Records MTE012 (CD) 1998, 2003

1st Session: [See also 76.10.24, 77.08.00, & 79.01.21.]

William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]

February 26, 1974 / WKCR-FM Radio, New York City

1. Prana [:]
2. Rattles and Bells and the Light of the Sun [:]
3. ATMIC Patterns [:]
4. Rayi [:]: [84:29] (split track at 17:14 and 46:01)

Centering 1001 and MTE012 contain an excerpt of 12:12 which begins at 13:48 in.

"The only thing I own is sincerity.
If you do not trust me: then I have died...."

Charles Brackeen (tenor sax)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Henry Warner (clarinet)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker (bass, voice and lyrics / Composition)
Roger Baird (percussion)

Mystery Peace LP cover.

Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at the Eremite website.

{Primary Source: MTE012; 2CD--R; track titles and date via WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; release date for original issue from Down Beat January '81; venue info via Ras Moshe} * !!! NO TRADE !!! on the Unissued material.

74.02.26 (2) - Charles Tyler Quartet: Tyler (alto, baritone saxophones), Earl Cross (cornet, trumpet, fluegelhorn) William Parker (bass), Steve Reid (drums, percussion) / Studio Rivbea, NYC [anonymous 03.12.13]
"...I did a big band thing with Cecil at Carnegie Hall. ...and that was opposite the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. That's the first time I played with Cecil..." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.6]

74.03.12 • Cecil Taylor Unit Core Ensemble [Audience Recording]

March 12, 1974 / Carnegie Hall, New York City

Suite: TRIBE [80:19] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, split track at 45:01, split track at 57:29)
1. Voices

2. To Night

3. Being Body

4. Black Node

5. Suns

6. Weight Fall

7. Tribe

There is a shorter version circulating at 58:33—missing the final 23:00+ end section.
Another, at 85:22 shows first track at 60:29, second at 24:48. —RL

From anonymous source who attended concert, via personal email to Jason Hook (CTResearch, www.webmutations.com/ceciltaylor) :::
"1974/0312 was a Tuesday.
It's unlikely there was an unidentified tenor saxophonist. Frank Lowe was supposed to have been there, but was absent.
A Kevin Fitzpatrick never existed as part of this orchestra. The correct name of the trumpeter was and is Kevin Powell.
Luther Thomas was said to have been there. With Joseph Bowie there, a fellow member of the Black Artists Group, this was quite possible.
The unidentified soprano saxophonist may have been Jemeel Moondoc.
The unidentified trombonist may have been Craig Harris."

Marc Edwards: "I was one of the drummers in that show. Fellow Free Jazz Drummer, Rashid Bakr was also there playing traps. As per Cecil's instructions, we each took turns playing congas and a variety of other instruments that were on the far side of the stage during the concert. Andrew Cyrille did not play traps. He played tympani and small percussive instruments. Dave Saphra was in the Bass section along with William Parker, Sirone & Earl Henderson. Frank Lowe did make some of the rehearsals, but, he didn't play with the band at Carnegie Hall. About a month before we actually did the performance, there was a large influx of new musicians that joined the already large ensemble. Since our names were not printed in the program, it's tough to recall many of the fine musicians that were on the stage that night. My apologies to those that I'm unable to remember."

Heinrich Smejkal: "In Down Beat 74.02.28 (Vol.41, no.4, pages 9 and 33) is an announcement that the Cecil Taylor concert was one part of total 15 concerts organized by the New York Jazz Repertory Company [including] the dates of the concerts. In Down Beat 74.05.09 (Vol.41, no.9, page 29) [there is] a concert review by Gary Giddins, unfortunately he mentions only a few of the participants. Giddins noted also that ‘many players were recruited from colleges where Taylor has taught.’"

David First: "[guitarist] Bud and I were recruited to join Cecil's ensemble from an ensemble that he had put together while teaching a series of classes at what was at the time known as Glassboro State Teacher's College. ...there were upwards of twenty or so people taking the class—none of whom had either enrolled in the school or paid for the class. My friend Bud and I had the pleasure of picking CT up from 30th Street Station in Philadelphia twice a week and driving him (approx 45 minutes) to the school in South Jersey and thus got to spend a lot of extra time talking about numerous subjects. There was also a ‘class’ concert at Glassboro in May of that year, but it was a bit of a mess, I reckon... I remember hearing a bit of a tape from that night at a guy's loft, whose name escapes me. He was Cecil's manager at the time and a couple of us were staying with him during this period. Somewhere on Greenwich St. in lower Manhattan, I believe. We would come up twice a week for rehearsals with CT and sleep on the guy's floor. The ensemble rehearsals were on Chambers St. also in lower Manhattan..."

Bobby Zankel: "...my memories from that period with CT would make a chapter in a book, but I can't remember how the music sounded. Carnegie Hall was an excellent band (in spite of my youth) and there was a decent amount of rehersal—a balance between people accustomed to Cecil's system/language and New York pros—my strongest memory was coming back to my music stand after playing a too long solo and being met by Jimmy Lyons' smile and a pat on the back from him and Charles Tyler..." [Zankel 03.07.11]


		The Cecil Taylor Big Band at Carnegie Hall in New York City, March 12, 1974. Photos courtesy David First, reproduced with permission.

Same photos with some names. Detailed by Anonymous.

Cecil Taylor (piano, Composition)
Jimmy Lyons, Bobby Zankel, Luther Thomas (alto sax) ?
David S. Ware, Hassan Abdullah, Craig Purpura, Elliot Levin (tenor sax)
Jemeel Moondoc ?, Ken Simon (soprano sax)
Charles Tyler (baritone sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raph´ Malik, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Arthur Williams, and Kevin Powell (identified elsewhere as "Fitzpatrick") (trumpet)
Joe Bowie, Craig Harris ? (trombone)
Sharon Freeman (french horn)
Carla Poole (flute)
David First, Bud Neuber, 3rd unidentified (guitar)
Sirone, William Parker, Dave Saphra, Earl Henderson (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Sunny Murray, Marc Edwards (drums, percussion)
Andrew Cyrille (tympani, percussion)
unidentified (percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal; Marc Edwards; David First}

74.04.24 • The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble

Roaratorio Records roar 03 (CD) 2001

The Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

1st Session: [See also 75.02.15.]

April 24, 1974 / Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, New York

1. Stance Dance (Courage) [31:47]

The Broadcast Recording has an excerpt at 22:00.

Daniel Carter (tenor sax, alto sax, flutes, drums, percussion)
Malik Baraka (trumpet)
Billy Bang (violin, percussion)
William Parker, Herb Kahn (bass)
Roger Baird (drums, percussion, tabla, flutes)
(Composition, collective)

"The first documentation of this important free improvising group, featuring Roger Baird, Billy Bang, Malik Baraka, Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Herb Kahn. Existing during the heyday of NYC's Loft Scene, their name has often been cited as a crucial stage in the development of its members—the seeds of such current ensembles as Other Dimensions In Music and Test can be found here—but their singular music has gone largely unheard, save by those who were present at their concerts. This CD has been compiled from archival tapes recorded by Roger Baird; one complete performance from Brooklyn's Kingsborough College, on 24 April 1974, and excerpts from a concert at the Holy Name School Auditorium, on 15 February 1975. Packaged in a mini-LP gatefold sleeve, with liner notes by Parker, Bang, Baird, and Carter, paintings by Marilyn Sontag, and a reproduction of the poster for one of the shows, this is the recording debut of one of jazz's greatest 'lost' groups."
—James Lindbloom

{Primary Source: roar 03; James Lindbloom; Broadcast Recording}

74.04.25 - Music Ensemble: (personnel as above) / "Maybe a day later..." / Stony Brook, New York [Music Ensemble Interview, WKCR-FM 94.11.00]
74.06.14
74.06.15
74.06.16 - The Music Ensemble: Malik Baraka (cornet, pocket trumpet), Dewey Johnson (trumpet), Daniel Carter (reeds), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Earl Freeman (fender bass), Roger Baird (drums) / 9:00 & 11:00pm, Anita Weschler Studio, New York City [www.50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/wparkerinterview.html]
74.07.01 - Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Parker, Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), Rashid Bakr (drums) / RivBea Summer Festival, RivBea Studio, NYC [CODA, p.32, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info]

74.07.03 • Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Roger Baird [Broadcast Recording]

July 3, 1974 / WKCR, New York City

1. unknown titles [45:00]

Daniel Carter (reeds)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Baird (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 02.05.18; WKCR Archive}

74.07.21 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Washington Square Church, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

74.07.23 • Charles Brackeen Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

July 23, 1974 / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City

1. unknown titles [60:00]

Charles Brackeen (tenor and soprano sax)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Baird (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 02.05.18; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

74.08.02 • Raphé Malik Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

August 2, 1974 / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City

1. unknown titles [58:00]

Another source has this at 105:00.

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass) * probably...
unidentified (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous correspondence 02.05.18; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

74.10.06 • Raphé Malik Quartet + 1 [Audience Recording]

October 6, 1974 / The Open Mind, New York City

1. unknown title [32:16]
2. unknown title [25:16]
3. unknown title [25:29]
4. unknown title [19:31]: [102:28]

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Hassan Abdullah (tenor and soprano saxes, wood flute)
+ Daniel Carter (alto sax, wood flute)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Anonymous correspondence 02.07.02, 03.12.13; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

74.10.15 • Melodic Art-Tette [Broadcast Recording]
Recorded Live on Live Music Show WKCR

October 15, 1974 / Live At Studio We, New York City

1. Part I [36:58]
2. Part II [49:12]

Charles Brackeen (tenor sax)
Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Waters (conga)
Roger Blank (drums)

Another source has additional personnel listed incorrectly to include: Ronnie Boykins (bass), L. Evans (trumpet), Billy Bang (violin), and Tony Williams (drums)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; Dan Serro 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

74.10.26 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM Broadcast

October 26, 1974 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Creations [62:17]

"...[Carter] remembered William Parker, Roger Baird, Dewey Johnson, Arthur Williams, Rashid Bakr, Hassan Dawkins and two others i cant recall." —Ras Moshe

Daniel Carter, Hassan Abdullah (reeds)
Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax)
Dewey Johnson, Arthur Williams (trumpet)
unknown (piano)
unknown (voice)
Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Baird, Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Ras Moshe 03.06.15; composition title and additional personnel, anonymous correspondence 05.12.31}

74.10.31 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

October 31, 1974 / John's, Soho, New York City

1. unknown title [21:10] (incomplete, fades in, fades out)
radio announcement [1:00]

Hassan Dawkins (tenor sax)
Kazutoki Umezu (alto sax)
Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker, Herb Kahn (bass)
Roger Baird (drums)
"plus 2 unidentifed members"

{Primary Source: CD-R}

74.11.22
74.11.23 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Joe Daley (baritone horn), Ronnie Boykins (bass), Doug Hammond (drums) / Studio RivBEA, New York City [Sam Rivers Interview on WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974]
Rivers runs down the schedule at RivBEA for the month. These dates are not included in Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from the MUNTU Recordings booklet.

75.02.15 • The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble

Roaratorio Records roar 03 (CD) 2001

The Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

2nd Session: [See also 74.04.24.]

February 15, 1975 / Holy Name School Auditorium, New York City

1. Arithmetical Mystic [18:10]
2. Echoes Wind Transpire [8:47]
3. Radiatory Fineness [9:56]

Broadcast Recording only has track 1.

Daniel Carter (tenor sax, alto sax, flutes, drums, percussion)
Malik Baraka (trumpet)
Billy Bang (violin, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Baird (drums, percussion, tabla, flutes)
(Compositions, collective)

{Primary Source: roar 03; James Lindbloom}

75.02.18 • Earl Freeman: The Universal Jazz Symphonette Presents Soundcraft 75 / Fantasy for Orchestra

Anima Record Co. AN 1001 (LP) 1975

February 18, 1975 / Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City

1. Nemesis [23:20]
2. Oreo
Alpha [22:52]

From the liners, an intro to the track titles:

monologue
Profiles!!—Crystals!!
Sudden light,
the bow of ships
Ah—What Miracles spawn
Upon such passage...

orch. transit a-b
Nemesis—Oreo . . 4
Alpha

Earl Freeman (Compositions and Direction)
Raphé Malik, John Marshall, Malik Baraka (trumpet)
Daniel Carter (alto trumpet)
Danny Carter (tenor sax) [sic] "Daniel" as above, we may assume?
John Mingione (flugelhorn)
Richard Dunbar (french horn)
Michael Keith (trombone)
Nancy Ancrum, Art Bennett, Andrew Strasmech (flute)
Henry Warnef (clarinet)
Zane Massey, Kazutoki Umezu, Ernest Washington (tenor sax) —Liner notes have "Kazutoki Umega"
Robert Sardo (grand organ)
James Emery, Mel Smith, Tyrone Nickens (electric guitar) —Liner notes have "Jim Emory"
Billy Bang, Charles Burnham (violin) —Liner notes have "Charles Burnnan"
William Parker, Dave Wertman (bass)
Paul Chambers Jr. (fender bass)
Wade Barnes, Roger Baird (percussion)
Abe Yeme (congas)
Julio Cesar (tabla)
Barbra Blick, Patsy Wilkins (readings)

{Primary Source: AN 1001; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker Discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; Heinrich Smejkal}

75.03.02 (1) - Frank Lowe Ensemble: Frank Lowe, probably William Parker (bass), others / Archival Broadcast Recording at 40:00 / WKCR-FM, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]
75.03.02 (2) - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel. Billed as Jemeel Moondoc Quartet." / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
75.03.30 - KABBALLAH: Bobby Zankel (alto saxophone), Joseph Locandro (piano), William Parker (bass), David Wertman (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion) / 501 Canal Street, NYC [Anonymous 03.12.13]
75.04.06 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel, possibly the same trio that recorded on 75.04.20." —Hazell "Jemeel Moondoc Quartet" —New York Magazine listing / 4:00-7:00pm, Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

75.04.12 • William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, Broadcast in 1994 during the "Loft Festival"

April 12, 1975 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Nascent [45:00]

William Parker (bass)
"Huge band."

{Primary Source: Anonymous 02.10.28; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

75.04.13 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel, possibly the same trio that recorded on 75.04.20." / 4:00-7:00pm, Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

75.04.20 • MUNTU RECORDINGS

NoBusiness Records NBCD7-8-9 (3-CD Box Set) 2009 Lithuania / CD 3—MUNTU: Live At Ali's Alley

"The digipack contains a 115 page book with 3 essays written by Ed Hazell and Jemeel Moondoc about the Jazz Lofts Era in New York City, the Black Artists Movement and musical environment, many beautiful photos, original posters, a complete Muntu sessionography, etc."

See also: 77.04.17 and 79.03.30.

Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

April 20, 1975, 4:00-7:00pm / Ali's Alley (Studio 77), New York City

MUNTU RECORDINGS:
1. Theme For Milford—Mr. Body and Soul (Moondoc) [36:35]

Broadcast Recording:
1. Pegasus [:]: "Pegasus" may be "Theme For Milford" mis-titled.

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

MUNTU Recordings 3CD Box.

{Primary Source: nobusinessrecords.com/NBCD7-8-9.php; WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

75.04.27 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel, possibly the same trio that recorded on 75.04.20." / 4:00-7:00pm, Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
75.05.03 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel. This might be the same date as 75.05.13 below." / Studio RivBea, New York City [ibid]
75.05.13 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Studio RivBea, New York City [ibid]

75.05.28 • Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

May 28, 1975 / Studio 77, New York City

"(at 77 Greene Street, later Ali's Alley)" Broadcast later on WKCR in that era, which makes it possible that this session date is actually the Broadcast date of the 75.04.20 session above. —RL

1. unknown titles [40:00]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 02.10.28; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

I've included this non-William Parker session:
Anecdotal misinformation has Parker contributing to the title track on this well-known Cherry release.
Parker has stated in a recent interview with Brian Carpenter that this is NOT true.

75.00.00 • Don Cherry: Brown Rice

Horizon Records, Horizon 18 SP-717 (LP) 1976 USA; A&M CD 0809 (CD) 1989

Don Cherry: Don Cherry
EMI 3C 064-18107 (LP) 1976 IT

1975, Basement Recording Studios, New York City

1. Brown Rice (Cherry) [5:14]

Don Cherry (trumpet, voice, electric piano)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Ricky Cherry (electric piano)
Verna Gillis (voice)
Charlie Haden (bass w/ wah-wah)
Hakim Jami (bass) [uncredited]
Bunchie Fox (electric bongos)
Billy Higgins (drums)

Original citation:
"[William Parker] talked about the sessions, and how Don led the band, as an intro to a solo version of the title track. But there were (at least) two bassists on that record—the title track features wah-wah bass on one track and acoustic on the other..." —correspondence with Matt Trebelhorn.
CORRECTION:
"I spoke with William tonight. You should take "Brown Rice" off of the sessionography... he did not play on that session... He played at the Five Spot with Don Cherry with Frank Lowe, Hakim Jami, [the "unknown" other bassist... on Brown Rice... according to William.'], Roger Blank, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Denis Charles... and they played for a week. And they played some of that material. But he thinks the record had already been recorded [before] their week at the Five Spot."
—Brian Carpenter 02.04.27, WZBC FM.

{Primary Source: info via Brian Carpenter; EMI 3C 064-18107; A&M Horizon SP-717}

75.06.00 (1) • Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording]

June, 1975 / The Five Spot, New York City

The Cherry Quintet was at the Five Spot from the 3rd through the 8th.

1. unknown title [33:17] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, out at end)

"Just heard snippet of ‘Butterfly Friend,’ one of my favorite songs..." [Steven Joerg 03.08.28]

"...[Parker] played at the Five Spot with Don Cherry with Frank Lowe, Hakim Jami, Roger Blank, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Denis Charles... and they played for a week. ...the [Brown Rice] record had already been recorded [before] their week at the Five Spot." [Brian Carpenter 02.04.27]

"Frank Lowe said it was Sandy Bull in a interview he did at WKCR when they were doing a Don Cherry festival..." [Ras Moshe 03.02.04]

"...I met Don Cherry. He invited me to play at the Five Spot with him in '75 for a week, my first gig at a major jazz club." —William Parker interview/article by Steve Holtje [WIRE #152 October 1996 p.24]

Don Cherry (trumpet, electric piano, voice)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Sandy Bull (guitar, oud?, percussion?)
William Parker (bass)
Roger Blank (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; New York Magazine June 9, 1975 p.25}

75.06.07 • Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording]

June 7, 1975 / The Five Spot, New York City

Untangling the Circulating Recordings:

92:00	74:27	Comments
1. unknown calypso [4:10] unknown pentatonic tune [5:11] unknown [3:39] probably Afro Blue [8:35] Naima * [2:16] Butterfly Friend * [1:51] (cuts at ending) [25:43]	1. unknown titles (incomplete, fades out at end) [18:51]	"track 1 ... goes on a little longer..." Accounted for by the fade out... (8:35 segment a rather lame mash-up of what sounds like Afro Blue/Scarborough Fair) ...and a few additional short pieces.
2. Degi-Degi * (Cherry) [2:30] (fades in) introductions [3:26] unknown [9:59] Chenrezig (Cherry) [7:45] unknown [7:08] Jabulani/Easter Joy [1:52] unknown [2:02] (announcement 1:00 in) [36:43]	2. unknown title [26:03] (incomplete, fades out at end) Chenrezig [12:29] Jabulani/Easter Joy [5:37] (brief announcement at 4:51 in) [44:06]	"track 2 ... starts a little earlier." Accounted for by an additional short piece. introductions first 1:15 of short version. (Abdullah Ibrahim composition) Totals now align at 62:26/62:57
3. Tutti (aka The Good Life, or Theme from a Symphony) March of the Hobbits (Cherry) [10:48]	3. Tutti March of the Hobbits (Cherry) [10:48]	(Ornette Coleman composition)
4. unknown [8:10] Malkauns * (Cherry) [6:48] unknown * [3:47] [18:55]		This track is the difference between versions. Other discrepancies result from labeling, identification of compositions, and interpretation of segues and between-theme wanderings.

Yet another version of titles noted: 1. Don's Five Spot / 2. Cherry Suite Part 1 / 3. Cherry Suite Part 2 / 4. Tintiyana (Dollar Brand)

Track 3... the Ornette Coleman composition, 'Tutti', from Skies of America, also known as 'The Good Life'; 'School Work' on Science Fiction and Broken Shadows; and 'Theme for a Symphony' on Dancing in Your Head.

Help came from all over, including Jack Lefton, Heinrich Smejkal, and Roy Morris.

Don Cherry (trumpet, electric piano, voice)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax, bass sax, soprano sax, flutes)
Hakim Jami (bass)
Ed Blackwell (drums)
Sandy Bull (guitar, oud?, percussion?)
William Parker (bass)
Selena Fung (ching)
Roger Blank (drums)

"Roger Blank and William Parker—of the fine Melodic Art-tet—also sat in..." —Down Beat Vol.42 No.15, September 11, 1975. (RL: Any additional information on the "Melodic Art-tet" is most welcome.)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R of long version; Roy Morris 04.03.02; Jack Lefton 04.06.22; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25}

75.06.00 (2) - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel. This may be same date as [75.07.28]." / Damrosch Park Bandshell, Lincoln Center, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
75.06.23 - Melodic Art-tet: Charles Brackeen (reeds), Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Roger Blank (drums) / 9:00pm, What Is, Jersey City, NJ [www.50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/wparkerinterview.html]
75.06.29 - Melodic Art-tet: Charles Brackeen (reeds), Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Roger Blank (drums) / 5:00pm, EAST, Brooklyn, NY [ibid]

75.07.06 • Kabballah [Audience Recording]

July 6, 1975 / Sunrise Studio, New York City

1. Questioning the Mysteries, part 1 [26:53]
2. Questioning the Mysteries, part 2 [27:50]
3. Questioning the Mysteries, part 3 [8:57]
4. Questioning the Mysteries, part 4 [21:59]
5. Questioning the Mysteries, part 5 [28.43]: [114:27]

Bobby Zankel (alto sax, bells, voice)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Joseph Locandro (piano)
William Parker (cello)
David Wertman (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion)
Dave Easter (congas, bells)
Rashana Bakr, Ellen Christi, Genie Sherman (voice)

{Primary Source: Anonymous correspondence 02.07.02; anonymous 03.12.13; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

75.07.28 - Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Parker, Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Damrosch Park Bandshell, NYC / "Muntu was 'Muntu' or 'Ensemble Muntu' during these times." [Anonymous correspondence]
75.08.02 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
75.08.09 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [ibid]

75.08.11 • Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu: Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

SKI NO. 1 (LP) 1975

August 11, 1975 / Studio We, New York City

1. Stravizauls (Harada) [21:54]
2. Kim (Umezu) [23:05]
3. Not So Long Don (Umezu) [1:59]

Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu (alto sax)
Yoriyuki Harada (piano, bass clarinet)
Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Shinan (drums)

Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai LP cover.

{Primary Source: SKI NO. 1}

75.08.16 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
75.08.23 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [ibid]
75.08.30 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [ibid]
75.10.31 - Planet Zero: Kiko Kamacho (kalimba, synthesizers, kena), Billy Bang (violin, congas), William Parker (bass, cello), Diane Thorner reeds, flute), Roger Baird and T. Nakamura (percussion) / "Night of Wizards", 8:00pm, Cami Hall, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

76.00.00 (1) • William Parker: Corn Meal Suite [Broadcast Audio Recording & Film]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

unknown date, 1976 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Corn Meal Suite [:]

"Film of the performance..."
Screened between sets during David S. Ware, William Parker, & Denis Charles Trio, 78.00.00.

William Parker (bass, Composiotions)
Bilal Abdur Rahman (tenor sax)
James Lott (alto sax)
Will Connell Jr. (alto sax, flute)
Jay Oliver (bass)
Takeshi Zen Matsuura "or perhaps Rashid Bakr" (drums)
Patricia Nicholson (dance, Choreography)
other dancers?

{Primary Source: William Parker Interview, Broadcast 93.04.12; Ed Hazell 10.01.06} Not in my collection.

76.02.05 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WNYU-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival; Originally Broadcast on 76.02.10

February 5, 1976 / Live at WNYU-FM, New York City

1. Theme For Milford... Mr. Body And Soul [51:26]

Session circulating dated 76.02.10, which is the Broadcast date (Anonymous correspondence 02.10.28).

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass, cello)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

"Anonymous" gives this as a quartet. Ed Hazell: "my information says Hennen was on the gig."

{Primary Source: Anonymous 05.12.31; Hazell 06.01.01; WNYU Archive} Not in my collection.

76.02.26 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Sinan (drums) / "Probable personnel." / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

76.02.29 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

February 29, 1976 / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City

broadcast announcement [0:50]
1. continuous set [24:15]
broadcast announcement [2:40]
2. continuous set [46:10]: [73:55]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Sinan (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

76.03.12 - KABBALLAH + 5: Bobby Zankel (alto saxophone, bells, voice), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Joseph Locandro (piano), William Parker (bass), David Wertman (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums, percussion), Genie Sherman (voice) + Malik Baraka (cornet), + Ken Simon (soprano saxophone), + Keshavan Maslak (tenor saxophone), + Carla Poole (flute), + Toshiyuki Tshuchitori (drums, percussion) / Sunrise Studio, NYC [Anonymous 03.12.13]
76.05.02 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Sinan (drums) / Sunrise Studio, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
76.06.10
76.06.11 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City [ibid]
76.06.16 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [ibid]
76.06.27 - Survival: Parker, Bilal Abdur Rahman (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), Khuwana Fuller (drums) / Sunrise Studio, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]
76.06.30 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
76.07.04 - Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Parker (bass, cello), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Sam Rivers Quartet and David Murray Quartet were also on the bill." / Studio RivBea, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]

Photos by Tom Marcello
Dated "July, 1976"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommarcello/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
76.07.16 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

76.08.20 • Billy Bang Trio + 2 [Audience Recording]

August 20, 1976 / Some Place Nice (on St. Mark's Place), New York City

1. unknown title [22:16]
2. unknown title [19:04]
3. unknown title [17:51]
4. unknown title [12:53]
5. unknown title [5:34]
6. unknown title [11:32]
7. unknown title [7:17]
8. unknown title [16:53]: [113:17]

Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Khuwana Fuller (drums)
+ Henry Warner (alto sax)
+ Ramsey Ameen (violin)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 02.07.02; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

76.08.27 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
76.10.05
76.10.06 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "This may be a quartet date without Arthur Williams." / Ali's Alley, New York City [ibid]

76.10.07 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

October 7, 1976 / Ali's Alley, New York City

broadcast announcement [0:22]
1. unknown title [41:45] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning)
broadcast announcement [0:25]: [42:34]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31}

76.10.24 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

Centering Records 1001 (LP) 1981; Eremite Records MTE012 (CD) 1998

2nd Session: [See also74.02.26 (1), 77.08.00, & 79.01.21.]

William Parker Reads, with Billy Bang and Ramsey Ameen [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

October 24, 1976 / Washington Square Church, New York City

Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace:
1. Face Still Hands Folded [8:03]

Broadcast Recording:
1. unknown titles [:]

"Dawn Voice—Music and Dance," listed in Parker's Sound Journal, also included Malik Baraka (cornet), Ellen Christi (voice), Rozanne Levine (clarinet), and Susan Kunn, Leslie Levinson, Kenna Lile, John Mingione, and Patsy Parker (dance).

Billy Bang and Ramsey Ameen (violin)
William Parker (recitation, Composition)

Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at Eremite.

{Primary Source: MTE012; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; William Parker Interview, Broadcast 93.04.12; William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.30}

76.10.30 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
76.10.31 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Jazzmania, New York City [ibid]
76.11.19 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet; New York Magazine November 22, 1976 p.39]
76.11.20 - The Nascent Big Band: William Parker and Frank Clayton (bass), Nancy Ancrum (flute), Alan Braufmann (alto sax, flute), Michael Clark and Kappo Umezu (alto sax), Art Bennent (soprano sax), Mary Drivers (oboe), Malik Baraka (trumpet and cornet), John Marshall and Jeffery [last name obscured] (trumpet), Billy Bang (violin), Roger Baird (percussion), Patsy Parker, Leslie Levinson, Patsy Wilkins, two others [names obscured] (dance) / "Rainbow Light," music by Parker, Ancrum, and Baraka; Dance by Parker and Levinson / Saint Marks Church, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.30]
76.12.17 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "A notice in the Village Voice announced a quartet featuring Bakr. Many gigs at this time featured the quartet without Arthur Williams, so this is the probable personnel." / Ladies Fort, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

76.12.21 • William Parker Ensemble [Audience Recording]

December 21, 1976 / St. Mark's Church, New York City

Document Humanum:
1. Part 1 [20:20]
2. Part 2 [7:56]
3. Part 3 [24:32]
4. Part 4 [2:51]: [55:42]

William Parker (bass, cello, guitar, recorder)
Malik Baraka (flugelhorn, voice)
John Hagen (tenor and soprano sax, bassoon)
Rozanne Levine (clarinet, voice)
Toshiyuki Tsuchitori (drums, percussion)
Patsy Parker and Leslie Levinson (dance)

{Primary Source: Anonymous correspondence 02.07.02; WKCR Archive; William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.30} Not in my collection.

76.12.31 • Muntu Ensemble [Video Recording]

December 31, 1976 / Piano Magic, New York City

1. unknown titles [ : ]

This performance was videotaped as part of a projected documentary.

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet} Not in my collection.

77.01.16 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Environ, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
77.01.30 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / The Brook, New York City [ibid]
77.03.05 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Jet Studio, Washington, DC [ibid]
77.03.11 - William Parker Solo / St. Mark's Church, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]
77.03.18 - Cathedral of Light (Pieces for Bassviolin and Dance): William Parker (bass), Patsy Parker (dance) / 8:00pm, St. Mark's in the Bowery, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.26]
1. Voice/Lake of Light
2. Dedications/A Wedding Painting
3.Mountain Song
4. Honey Drips from Bee's Nest
—intermission 5. Cathedral of Light
6. Swan Knitting a Rainbow
7. For All Life

77.03.19 - Billy Bang (violin), Balil Abdur Rahman (alto sax), William Parker / Noho Gallery, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]
77.03.20 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Sinan (drums) / Jazzmania, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

77.03.27 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM / Broadcast 77.03.28

March 27, 1977 / Live at WKCR Radio, New York City

1. Theme for Milford (Mr. Body and Soul) ...into... One Up One Down [:] (Continuous performance)

Session circulating dated 76.03.28, which is the Broadcast date (Anonymous correspondence 05.12.31).

An anonymous source notes two tracks: 1) Moondoc Theme; 2) Mr. Body And Soul

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Sinan (drums)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; Anonymous 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

77.04.17 • Ensemble Muntu: First Feeding

Muntu Records 1001 (LP) 1977

MUNTU RECORDINGS
NoBusiness Records NBCD7-8-9 (3-CD Box Set) 2009 Lithuania / CD 1—Muntu Ensemble: First Feeding
"The digipack contains a 115 page book with 3 essays written by Ed Hazell and Jemeel Moondoc about the Jazz Lofts Era in New York City, the Black Artists Movement and musical environment, many beautiful photos, original posters, a complete Muntu sessionography, etc."

See also: 79.03.30 and 75.04.20.

April 17, 1977 / Bob Blank Studios, New York City

1. First Feeding [5:26]
2. Flight (From the Yellow Dog) [14:01]
3. Theme for Milford (Mr. Body & Soul) [20:23]

Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet has this misdated as 97.05.17.

"First Feeding is dedicated to: CECIL TAYLOR, SAM RIVERS, JIMMY LYONS, ANDREW CYRILLE, MILFORD GRAVES, BILL DIXON and RASHIED ALI whose feedings have been vital to the growth of this music."

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Compositions)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass, cello)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

First Feeding cover.

MUNTU Recordings 3CD Box.

First Feeding back.

{Primary Source: Muntu Records 1001; nobusinessrecords.com/NBCD7-8-9.php}

77.04.19 - Ensemble Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass, cello), Rashid Bakr (drums) / 1977 NYC Loft Jazz Festival, Ladies' Fort, Bond Street, NYC / "I found my 1977 NYC Loft Jazz Festival poster... Jemeel Moodoc and Ensemble Muntu are listed on April 19th. That would be two days after the album recording session." —Graham Connah [Graham Connah 03.03.10; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
77.05.21 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Probable personnel." / Changes, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

77.05.30 • Billy Bang Survival [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

May 30, 1977 / Live At WKCR, New York City

1. Albert Ayler [:]
2. Going Away Again [:]
3. Hewing The Strings [:]
4. International [:]
5. Swish Now [:]
6. The Fifth Tone [:]
7. Better Than Two [:]

"...not sure of titles..." —anonymous

Another source has this MIS-dated as "77.05.03."
Also noted is a Broadcast Recording listed as "10:00".

Billy Bang (violin)
Balil Abdur Rahman (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; anonymous 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

77.06.16
77.06.17 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Demrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
77.06.19 - William Parker Ensemble: Bilal Abdur Rahman, John Hagen, and James Lott (reeds), Billy Bang and Ramsey Ameen (violin), Arthur Williams, Jalalu K. Nelson, and Malik Baraka (brass), Tobi Kasavan and unknown [name obscured] (piano), Ellen Christi, Carol Hendricks, Emily Collins, and Leslie Levinson (voice), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums), Leslie Levinson, Patsy Parker, Emily Collins, Beth Launa, and Pam Reed (dance) / "Sun Garden" / Environ, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.30]

Also noted: 77.07.23 (date uncertain, no personnel details) possibly the 77.06.19 gig above. / Environ, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]

77.08.00 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

Centering Records 1001 (LP) 1981; Eremite Records MTE012 (CD) 1998

3rd Session: [See also74.02.26 (1), 76.10.24, & 79.01.21.]

August, 1977 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Commitment [18:36]

Arthur Williams (trumpet)
John Hagen (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass / Composition)

{Primary Source: MTE012} Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at the Eremite website.

77.10.05
77.10.06
77.10.07 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
77.11.12 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Piano Magic, New York City [ibid]
77.11.18 - Patsy Parker (dance) and William Parker (bass, guitar) / "A [sic] Evening of Music Dance and Poetry" / 8:00pm, Saint Marks Church, New York City, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]
77.12.31 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Piano Magic, New York City [ibid]

78.00.00 • David S. Ware, William Parker, & Denis Charles Trio [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

unknown date, 1978 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Facing the Sun One is Never the Same [5:18] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, fades out at end)

Two Sets, with a filmed performance of Parker's Corn Meal Suite (76.00.00 shown during intermission.

David S. Ware (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; William Parker Interview, Broadcast 93.04.12}

78.02.26 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording]

February 26, 1978 / Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York City

1. unknown title [:]
2. unknown title [:]

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker (bass, percussion)
Steve McCall (drums, percussion)

"This is the first date of Raphé's that ever got reviewed. Also one of the first ever reviews of WP. A Jimmy Lyons group was on the bill, too." —Ed Hazell 06.01.01

{Primary Source: Anonymous 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

78.03.09 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

March 9, 1978 / unknown venue, New York City

1. unknown title [42:14] (incomplete, cuts in)

This session is not included in Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet. Possible it's a misdated recording from 78.03.19... we've found no references for this date other than the circulating CD-R.

Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass, cello)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

78.03.15 - The Juice Quartet: Juice Akinjorin Omolade (tenor and soprano sax), Kasa Allah (piano), William Parker (bass), Juma Sultan (percussion), Ali K. Aboui (drums) / "Fables"... 2:00pm, Columbia Presbyterian Amphitheatre, Long Island City, NY [RivBEA Schedule, from William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

78.03.18
78.03.19 (See 78.03.09 above.)
78.03.20 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
78.04.01 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Piano Magic, New York City [ibid]
78.04.08 - Billy Bang's Survival Quintet: (no personnel details—possibly Bilal Abdur Rahman, Henry Warner, William Parker, Khuwana Fuller, Rashid Bakr—minus one. / Piano Magic, Washington, DC [CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.34]
78.04.10
78.04.11 - Centering: James Lott (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), William Parker and Jay Oliver (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums), with Suchi Branfman, Leslie Levinson, Patsy Parker, Pan Read, and Juli Tozer (dance) / "The Corn Meal Suite" Music by William Parker, Coreography by Patsy Parker / Danspace, St. Mark's on The Bowery, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

78.04.11 (2) - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik, probably William Parker (bass), others ? / Archival Broadcast Recording at 55:00 / WKCR-FM, NYC [Anonymous correspondence]
78.04.18
78.04.19 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet; New York Magazine April 24, 1978 p.24]

78.04.20 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

April 20, 1978 / Ali's Alley, New York City

1st Set:
1. Elijah (title uncertain) [20:45] (incomplete, cuts in)
announcement [1:11]

2nd Set:
2. unknown title [55:02] (split track at 23:22)
3. unknown title [9:30]
announcement [1:20]: [88:12]

Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Anonymous 04.12.01; New York Magazine April 24, 1978 p.24} !!! NO TRADE !!!

78.04.21
78.04.22 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet; New York Magazine April 24, 1978 p.24]
78.05.00 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Arthur Williams (trumpet), William Parker (bass, cello), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, NYC / "The place didn't have a piano. We hit as a quartet." —Moondoc interview, CODA August 1980 #174 p.7]
78.05.02 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Piano Magic, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

78.05.09 • Jemeel Moondoc's Ensemble Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

May 9, 1978 / WKCR-FM, New York City

1. unknown titles [40:00]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass, cello)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.34; Anonymous correspondence 02.10.28; WKCR Archive} Not in my collection.

78.05.16 • Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: New York Collage

Anima Records A.N. 1002 (LP) 1978

May 16, 1978 / WKCR Radio, Columbia University, New York City

1. Nobody Hear the Music the Same Way (Dedicated to John Coltrane) (B. Bang) [12:17]
2. For Josie Part II (B. Bang) [10:28]
3. Illustration (poetry by B. Bang, music by Bilal A. Rahman) [8:22]
4. Subhanallah (Bilal A. Rahman) [14:35]

Billy Bang (violin, poetry, bells, shaker, percussion)
Bilal Abdur Rahman (tenor sax, soprano sax, bull horn, percussion)
Henry Warner (alto sax, bells, shaker; percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Khuwana Fuller (congas)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: A.N. 1002}

78.05.26 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Piano Magic, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
78.06.25 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Arthur Williams (trumpet), William Parker (bass, cello), Rashid Bakr (drums) (no personnel details) / "There was no piano at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club and the band hit as a quartet." —Ed Hazell 05.01.12, reminding me of the 78.05.00 session at the same venue: Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York City [CODA #162 August 1, 1978 p.32]
"Hennen left the band in late '78 or early '79, some time after Muntu's European tour with Billy Bang in October" —Ed Hazell 05.01.12
Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / European tour [CODA August 1980 #174 p.6]
78.10.00 - "The photo is from a tour of the Netherlands that Muntu did in October 1978..." [Ed Hazell 05.09.19]

An early Muntu line-up, L to R:
William Parker, Tony Brown, Jemeel Moondoc, Billy Bang
photo by Anko C. Wieringa
78.10.01 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Anthony Brown (drums) / WIM Festival, Nijmegen, Holland [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
78.10.06 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Anthony Brown (drums) / de Stadsschouwburg, Tilberg, Holland [ibid]
78.10.07 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Anthony Brown (drums) / Vera, Groningen, Holland [ibid]
78.10.13 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Saddik Abdul Sahib (drums) / Delft, Holland [ibid]
78.10.20 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Saddik Abdul Sahib (drums) / Rotterdam, Holland [ibid]
78.10.23 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Saddik Abdul Sahib (drums) / de Kooeg, Amsterdam, Holland [ibid]
78.11.03 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Saddik Abdul Sahib (drums) / Brussels, Belgium [ibid]
78.11.04 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), William Parker (bass), Saddik Abdul Sahib (drums) / Paris, France [ibid]

78.11.27 • Todd Capp & The Improvising Orchestra: Volume I: Quintessence

Lucky Tiger LT 10013 (CD) 1999 / Ltd. Edition of 1,000

November 27, 1978 / Bragr Times/Tanglewood Gallery, New York City

You're One, Too [39:02]
1. You're One, Too [7:37] (intro & trombone trio)
2. You're One, Too [5:56] (trumpet trio)
3. You're One, Too [7:50] (alto sax and guitar)
4. You're One, Too [3:51] (no Parker)
5. You're One, Too [2:30] (no Parker)
6. You're One, Too [5:00] (no Parker)
7. You're One, Too [6:16] (solo bass)

8. Scuffle Shuffle Blues [15:25]
9. Mother & Child [3:57]

Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Ray Anderson (trombone)
James Lott (alto sax)
Kim Starner (electric guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Augustus Goertz (percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Todd Capp (drums / Compositions)

[On this obscure session, released two decades after the fact:]
"Although I attended dozens of loft jazz gigs throughout second half of the 70's, there were so many new players coming to town all the time, that I did miss a few gigs and musicians. Drummer and organizer Todd Capp was one such name that I can't recall. Todd lived in and ran a loft on Reade St. and formed an improv ensemble in the fall of '78. This historic cd/session comes from one such gig in November of that year at the BragrTimes/Tanglewood Gallery downtown. Half of the players here are ones whose names I now know - Ray Anderson, William Parker and Rashid Bakr, yet the other amazing players include names I don't recognize - Arthur Williams on trumpet, James Lott on alto sax, Kim Starner on el. guitar and Augustus Goertz on percussion. The liner notes tell the stories of these musicians then and since, but it is the free spirited music of this long lost gem that really will still blow some minds. Even twenty years back, William Parker was still playing the bass like a man possessed, pushing the soloist up toward the heavens! In many ways, this music is timeless, this sounds like it could've been from any decade from the 60's onwards. The unknown players are especially a revelation - Arthur Williams' trumpet, James Lott's alto and Kim Starner's el. guitar - all play immense, startling and intense solos. Kim, who now lives in Greece and plays oud, pushes the envelope here from thick noisy shards to quiet jazzy reflections. Much of this reminds me of the 'Wildflower Sessions' five lp set, recorded at Sam Rivers' loft - Studio Rivbea, most of which I attended. This is a cosmic slice of history to be cherished by out/jazz lovers worldwide!" — Downtown Music Gallery in New York City.

{Primary Source: LT10013}

78.12.18 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

78.12.19 (1) • Peter Kuhn: Living Right

Big City Records LPK 225 (LP) 1979

December 19, 1978 / WKCR-FM Radio, Columbia University, New York City

1. Red Tape [12:04]
2. Long Gone [3:25]
3. Monteca [6:18]
4. Chi [3:30]
5. Axistential [18:00]

Peter Kuhn (B-flat bass clarinet, bass clarinet / Compositions)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet, alto horn / left speaker)
Arthur Williams (trumpet / right speaker)
William Parker (bass, bells)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: LPK 225}

78.12.19 (2)
78.12.20
78.12.21
78.12.22 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
79.01.19 - An Evening of Music and Poetry: Daniel Carter (reeds), William Parker (bass), Dennis [sic] Charles (drums) / 8:00pm, Someplace Nice, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

Someplace Nice

79.01.20 - William Parker and Jay Oliver (bass Duo) / 8:00pm, Someplace Nice, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

79.01.21 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

Centering Records 1001 (LP) 1980; Eremite Records MTE012 (CD) 1998

4th Session: [See also74.02.26 (1), 76.10.24 & 77.08.00.]

January 21, 1979 / WKCR-FM Radio, New York City

1. Desert Flower [19:42]
2. Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace [9:43]

Track 1 on MTE012 only.
LP configuration contains an excerpt of track 2.

Steve Petermeier of Minneapolis alerted me to this bit of beauty:

                                                        You,—
The meaning is in the wonder.
...
Through acceptance of the mystery, peace.
And only through peace can come acceptance of the mystery.
We are not open. The glory cannot come in. How soon after our best things
         is the taste bitter again.
As of this earth and what I am on this earth — I fiercely wish to protect the 
           things I love.
They fill my eyes with tears — the things I love.
Suppose they are nothing — They are all I have.

— Excerpted from "Panel Three" in PANELS FOR THE WALLS OF HEAVEN 
© 1946, 1972 by Kenneth Patchen

"I can tell you that William Parker was hugely influenced by Patchen and the Mystery Peace album is dedicated to him. I asked William about Patchen as soon as I read some of his (William's) poetry because it has the same tone and, while a little taken aback, he said that he had discovered Patchen in the public library as a young person and that it had had a powerful effect on his development.
—Sarah Hreha, correspondence w/ S. Petermeier.

Toshinori Kondo (alto horn-1)
Will Connel, Jr. (alto sax-1, flute-2)
Peter Kuhn (bass clarinet-1)
Rozanne Levine (clarinet-1)
Arthur Williams (trumpet-1)
Daniel Carter (alto sax-1, tenor sax-1, flute-1, trumpet-1)
Polly Bradfield, Jason Kao Hwang (violin-2)
Tristan Honsinger (cello-2)
William Parker (bass-1, Compositions)
Denis Charles (drums-1)

Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at the Eremite website.

{Primary Source: MTE012; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; release date Down Beat January 1981 p.12}

79.02.09 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Sha Sha House, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

79.03.04 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Radio Broadcast, WKCR-FM

March 4, 1979 / WKCR-FM Studio, Columbia University, NYC

1. unknown title [15:00]

"I have a tape that I made at Columbia with a drummer who's never been recorded, with William Parker and Glenn [Spearman] in their first performance together in the 70s."
Interview "Raphé Malik: Home on the Range," by Nils Jacobson, rasmiguel.tripod.com/

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Kiwana, aka John Fuller (percussion)

{Primary Source: CODA #166 April 1979 p.37; Heinrich Smejkal 02.12.18} Not in my collection.

79.03.05 - Centering Dance Music Ensemble: Patsy Parker (dance), Ellen Christi and Brenda Bakr (voice), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Encounters" / Bragr Times/Tanglewood Gallery, New York City, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

79.03.30 • Jemeel Moondoc & Quartet Muntu: The Evening of the Blue Men

Muntu Records 1002 (LP) 1979

MUNTU RECORDINGS
NoBusiness Records NBCD7-8-9 (3-CD Box Set) 2009 Lithuania / CD 2—Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Evening Of The Blue Men
"The digipack contains a 115 page book with 3 essays written by Ed Hazell and Jemeel Moondoc about the Jazz Lofts Era in New York City, the Black Artists Movement and musical environment, many beautiful photos, original posters, a complete Muntu sessionography, etc."

See also: 75.04.20 and 77.04.17.

March 30, 1979 / St. Mark's Church, New York City

1. The Evening of the Blue Men, Part 3 (Double Expo) [20:52]
2. Theme for Diane [19:46]: Billy Bang joined the band for the second set, which is not included on LP.

"The Evening Of The Blue Men is dedicated to Diane Moondoc."

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Compositions)
Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

Blue Men LP cover.

MUNTU Recordings 3CD Box.

{Primary Source: Session date from Moondoc Archive and Ed Hazell 09.08.09; Tom Lord Jazz Discography [M9656]; M. Ehlers & B. Coley's Wmilliam Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; Heinrich Smejkal; nobusinessrecords.com/NBCD7-8-9.php}

79.04.29 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Part of the Last Tuesday series at Millenium Film Workshop. Poets Ted Greenwald, Michael Gottlieb, and Hannah Weiner read. In addition, the films Trio A by Yvonne Rainer, Perisphere (silent version) by Joel Singer, and Ornamentals by Abigail Child were shown. John Zorn played a solo set on alto and soprano saxophones, and B-flat clarinet." / Millenium Film Workshop, NYC [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

79.05.04 • William Parker's Big Moon Ensemble [Broadcast & Audience Recordings]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

May 4, 1979 / Washington Square Methodist Church (Peace Church), New York City

Audience Recording:
1. Dedicated To Kenneth Patchen [49:55] (split track at 46:18)
announcement [2:22]
2. unknown titles [63:42]: [117:04]

Broadcast Recording:
1. Dedicated To Kenneth Patchen [48:49] (split track at 46:18)
announcement [2:22]
2. unknown title [98:10] (split track at 40:42, fades out and back in)
3. unknown title [16:51]: [161:40]

"According to your Sessionography the third disc adds some tunes. Unfortunately this Audience Recording does not sound really good." —Norbert Kreutzer 05.09.14

Arthur Williams, Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Jemeel Moondoc, Daniel Carter (alto sax)
William Parker, Jay Oliver (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; James Lindbloom; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

79.05.15 • Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

May 15, 1979 / Live On WKCR Radio, New York City

1. Rainbow In A Dish Of Hot Silver [12:03]
2. Three Generations [14:09]
3. Kamel [31:55] (split track at 3:00)
4. Medley: Grassy Hills, the Sun / Tien Hsiawei Kurg [17:18]

Above titles via WKCR Archive. Session info originally recieved with tracks 1 and 2 as above, track 3 as "Camille," and track 4 as "Cold Water."

Will Connell Jr. (flute-2,4, alto sax-1,3,4)
Jason Hwang (violin)
William Parker (bass, trumpet-2) How about that? "William plays trumpet! (his first instrument)" —Ed Hazell
Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; anonymous 05.12.31; track detailing Ed Hazell 08.04.19} Not in my collection.

79.05.18 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Studio W.I.S., New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
79.06.07
79.06.14 - William Parker Concepts Trio: Daniel Carter (reeds), Denis Charles (drums) / 8:00pm, Daphne's Hibiscuc Jamaican Restaurant, New York City [www.50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/wparkerinterview.html; Ed Hazell 10.01.26]
79.06.16
79.06.17 - "Light Slices My Heart: An Opera" Bilal Adbur Rahman (reeds), Nancy Ancrum (flute), William Parker (bass), Lisa Sokolov, Ellen Christi, and Brenda Bakr (voice), Rashid Bakr (drums), Patsy Parker, Leslie Levinson, and four others [names obscured] (dance) / Environ, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.30]
79.06.21 - William Parker Concepts Trio: Daniel Carter (reeds), Denis Charles (drums) / 8:00pm, Daphne's Hibiscuc Jamaican Restaurant, New York City [www.50milesofelbowroom.com/articles/wparkerinterview.html; Ed Hazell 10.01.26]
79.08.02 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr, "Billy Bang sat in during the second set." / Tin Palace, NYC [CODA October 1979 #169 p.37; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
79.08.12 - Patsy Parker (dance) and William Parker (bass) / "An Afternoon of Music and Dance" / 4:00pm, Environ, New York City, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]
79.09.21 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (reeds), Parker (bass), John Fuller aka Kuwama (drums, percussion) / Environ, New York City [New York Magazine September 24, 1979 p.30]

Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour":

79.10.04 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / Musee des Beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [CODA October 1979 #169 p.32; December 1979 #170 pp.29-30; Moondoc interview, August 1980 #174 p.6; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
Hazell notes that a tour poster has confirmed that the CODA citation had the locales jumbled.
79.10.05 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Double-bill with the Bill Smith Trio, with Bill Smith (soprano sax), David Lee (bass), and David Prentice (violin)." / SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [ibid]
79.10.06 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "Double-bill with the Bill Smith Trio, with Bill Smith (soprano sax), David Lee (bass), and David Prentice (violin). On the final set, all seven musicians played together." / Kingston Artists Association, Kingston, Ontario, Canada [ibid]
79.10.07 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada [ibid]
79.10.11 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu - Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [ibid; CODA October 1979, #169, p.32; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
Hazell notes that a tour poster has confirmed that the CODA citation that included 79.10.12 through 14 was incorrect.
79.10.19 - Peter Kuhn Quintet: Kuhn (reeds), Wayne Horvitz (piano, electronics), William Parker (bass, tuba), Huss Charles (percussion), Dennis Charles (drums) / 8:30pm, Top of the Park, Loeb Student Center, New York University, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

79.10.26 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (reeds), Parker (bass), John Fuller aka Kuwama (drums, percussion) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam [Sander Piek 06.10.15; www.bimhuis.nl]
79.11.11 - Raphé Malik Quartet: Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor sax), Parker (bass), John Fuller aka Kuwama (drums, percussion) / Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, Austria [Bjorn Dirlack 05.08.01; the book "Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf, The 20th Anniversary Album"]

79.12.08 • Peter Kuhn: Ghost of a Trance

hat Hut Records hat Hut Nine (IR09) (LP) 1981 SWZ

December 8, 1979 / Alternative Center for International Arts, New York City

1. Where the Magic Is [19:00]

Peter Kuhn (alto sax, bass clarinet / Composition)
William Parker (tuba)
Philip Wilson (balaphon, cymbals, percussion)

{Primary Source: hat Hut Nine (IR09)}

1970's

1980's

1990's

The 21st Century...

79.12.17 - Centering Dance Music Ensemble: Patsy Parker (dance), Ellen Christi and Brenda Bakr (voice), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "On Fire" / Children's Dance Theater (130 W. 17 St. between 6th and 7th Ave.), New York City, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]

80.02.02 • David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Broadcast, WKCR-FM

February 2, 1980 / Soundscape, New York City

1. unknown title [:]
2. unknown title [:]
3. Angel Eyes [:]
4. Theme [:]
5. Somewhere Time [:]
6. Eleanor Rigby [:]

David S. Ware (tenor sax)
Gene Y. Ashton aka Cooper-Moore (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Cadence Vol.6 No.2 February 1980 p.2; Anonymous 05.12.31; additional info from even more anonymous correspondence} Not in my collection.

80.02.25 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Millenium Film Workshop, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

"A double bill with Arthur Rhames-Saheb Sarbib-Rashid Ali Trio. A short film of Cecil Taylor shot by D.A. Pennebaker was screened between bands. Concert produced by filmmaker Henry Hills. An 8mm film shot by Hills during the concert was later incorporated into his film, Radio Adios. The film can be watched at www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Hills.html:
Radio Adios (1982) is a monologue in 12 plaited strands; an extremely precise, condensed and intensely rhythmic Busby-Berkeleyish spectacle of an examination of conversational and literary language over a fair range of vocal timbre, microphones, volume settings, and single-system sync peculiarities and its dissolution into music to the accompaniment of simultaneous Manhattan ambiances punctuated by fragments of jazz, personalized handheld camera movement, movement from cut to cut—juxtapositions of scale, pulsating changes in light intensity, a varying pallette of various filmstocks, generations, etc., at an appropriately furious pace and in strict one-track sync, offering simultaneously several levels of apprehension or interpretation to encourage multiple viewings.

Brakhage says it's real.

Starring Hannah Weiner, Diane Ward, Sally Silvers, Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu, Aline Mayer, Jackson MacLow, Abigail Child, Charles Bernstein, Bruce Andrews, and Rashied Ali on drums, with George Kuchar as a Maoist revolutionary.

Text published in O.ARS/3: TRANSLATIONS (Cambridge, 1983).

80.02.25 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

February 25, 1980 / Millennium Film Workshop, NYC
"A double bill with the Arhtur Rhames trio with Sarheb Sarbib and Rashid Ali.
Between bands, a short film of Cecil Taylor was shown..."

1. unknown title [13:56]
2. unknown title [11:01]
3. unknown title [14:35]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: info via Norbert Kreutzer 06.10.30} Not in my collection.

80.02.29 • Commitment Ensemble [Audience Recording]

February 29, 1980 / Live at Soundscape, New York City

1. Commitment [11:08]
2. Somewhat High [11:00]
3. Ti Zoie Ori [12:41]
4. Diary Of One At Night [20:51]
5. Charges [4:59]
6. Atone The Hour [1:23]
band introduction [0:39]

Will Connell Jr. (flute-2,3,4; wooden flute-4; alto sax-1,4,6)
Jason Hwang (violin; recitation-5)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: anonymous 05.12.31; track detailing Ed Hazell 08.04.30; Soundscape Schedule—see 80.02.02} Not in my collection.

80.03.21 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Top of the Park, Loeb Student Center (5th floor), New York University, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
80.04.11 - The Big Moon Ensemble in Double Quartet: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Danny Carter (reeds), Arthur Williams and Roy Campbell (trumpet), William Parker and Jay Oliver (bass), Dennis Charles and Rashid Bakr (drums) / M.U.U. Presents... 8:00pm, Third Street Music School, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.25]
80.04.24 - Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: (no personnel details) / Soundscape, NYC [New York Magazine April 28, 1980 p.92; CODA #173 June 1 1980 p.37 also lists the 25th]

80.05.00 • Wayne Horvitz: Simple Facts

Theater for your Mother TFYM 004 (LP) 1980

May, 1980 / Zeami Studios, New York City

1. Simple Facts (Horvitz) [9:00]
2. What Can I Say (Horvitz) [5:15]
3. Adagio (Holcomb) [5:30]
4. Globus Hystericus (Horvitz) [6:50]

Roy Campbell (trumpet)
David Sewelson (alto sax, baritone sax)
Wayne Horvitz (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: TFYM 004}

80.06.19 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Ali's Alley, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

80.06.28 • Billy Bang: Changing Seasons

Bellows 004 (LP) 1981

June 28, 1980 / Studio Henry, New York City

1. Summer Night (with Crickets) [12:45]
2. Aduwa In Autumn [10:15]
3. Winter Rains [14:20]

Billy Bang (violin / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Toshi Tsuchitori (percussion, auto-harp)

{Primary Source: Bellows 004}

80.07.05 - Commitment: Will Connell Jr. (reeds), Jason Hwang (violin), William Parker (bass), Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums) / 3:00pm, Soundscape, New York City [New York Magazine July 7, 1980 p.107]
80.07.10
80.07.11 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Studio Henry, New York City [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

80.10.13
80.10.14 • Commitment Ensemble: Commitment

Flying Panda Records C1001 (LP) 1981

October 13 & 14, 1980 / Venue ?, New York City

1. Mountain Song (Connell) [3:35]
2. The Web of Forces (Connell) [6:50]
3. Famine (Parker) [5:20]
4. Grassy Hills, the Sun (Hwang) [10:30]
5. No Name (Hwang) [11:15]

Ed Hazell writes: "...from an interview I did with Jason Hwang in Cadence a few years ago...":

JH: We had a trio called Commitment. Commitment began as Will, Jay Oliver and myself. We started playing the lofts as much as we could. Later Jay started working with Steve Lacy and we started using William Parker. And Denis Charles joined us, but, well, we weren't making any money (laughs) and he started playing with James Newton at that time, so Takeshi Zen Matsuura played drums. The scene had a lot of the lofts, Lady's Fort, Environ, different galleries that are no longer around. Soundscape. Verna Gillis started to help us and we got into all her events within the Kool Jazz Festival. Eventually, after our record, we went to Moers and Groningen. That was our first time in Europe. We were around for the last of the loft scene. By '83, a lot of the lofts were being lost because of the high rents and the real estate conversions. Major Koch started to make Manhattan more upper class, basically.

EH: The Commitment album came out in 1980, right?
JH: Yes, 1980, and we were together for two or three more years after that.

EH: I remember seeing the band at the Sound Unity Festival in the summer of 1984.
JH: Really. Then we must have broken up in 1984 (laughs). I can't remember. We did record again, but we weren't happy with it and it was never released. I listened to it recently, and it's okay, but it didn't have the spark that I would want in a recording.

Will Connell Jr. (flute-1,4; alto sax-2,5; bass clarinet-3)
Jason Hwang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: C1001}

80.10.17-18 - Billy Bang Quartet + Frank Lowe Quintet / The Brook, NYC [CODA #176 December 1980 p.38]

80.10.24 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: New York Live

Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1006 (LP) 1981

1st Session: [See also 81.04.02]

October 24, 1980 / Public Theatre, New York City

1. Salt Peanuts (D. Gillespie/Kenny Clarke) [19:41]
2. Thanks to the Creator (Campbell) [7:44]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CJR 1006}

80.11.08 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / "One stop on a European tour that also included Zurich and Amsterdam. Other dates are unknown." / De Sieghel, Groningen, The Netherlands [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
80.11.00 (1) - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Zurich, Switzerland [ibid]
80.11.00 (2) - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Amsterdam, Netherlands [ibid]

80.11.00 (3) to 83.03.00 • Amy Sheffer: Where's Your Home?

(Private Issue) AS0084 (LP) 1984

November, 1980 to March, 1983 / Cannings Recording Studios, New York City

1. Where's Your Home [10:26]
2. Amerasia [7:45]
3. Unnumb [8:09]
4. Body Life [7:33]
5. Where's Your Home [5:19]

Amy Sheffer (voice, piano-4 / Compositions)
John Disselt (reeds-1,5, electric piano-2)
Butch Johnson (piano-1,5)
David Durrah (piano-3)
Lou Grassi (electric piano-3,4)
William Parker (bass)
Chacaq Johnson (drums-1,5)

Lord has this issue # as "AS0084"—This is the issue # for Sheffer's We'um. Lord also has the personnel as above, and adds Kenny Gill (piano-3), Billy Bang (violin-4), Lois Schlessinger (viola-1), Steve Tintweiss (bass-3), and Billy Mintz (drums-3). None are present.

{Primary Source: AS0084; Tom Lord Jazz Discography [S5193]; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; www.jamescanning.com}

80.11.18 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax),
William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Art Annex, University of Houston,
Houston, TX / "On a bill with Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ntozake Shange,
and the Houston Free Music Orchestra. It was in a warehouse housing an art show."
[Kevin Meath (who attended the show) 04.12.08 correspondence to Jason Hook,
Cecil Taylor Sessionography; www.webmutations.com/ceciltaylor/1980.html]
80.12.14 - Commitment: Will Connell Jr. (reeds), Jason Hwang (violin), William Parker (bass), Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums) / Soundscape, NYC [Cadence Vol.6 No.11 November 1980 back cover; Down Beat January 1981 p.70]

80.12.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December 17, 1980 / Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.

1. unknown title [80:05] (split track at 45:34 / incomplete, fades out at end.)

"I got a call in December 1980 to do a gig with [Cecil]. ...I simpy got a call from his manager, and he made the engagement at the Blues Alley in DC. And I've done, I guess, every gig with the group since then." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.10]

"Jimmy Lyons and I were getting ready to do a concert in Washington D.C.; we had contracted two other people and they were not available. While I was preparing for the concert, Jimmy got sick and was not able to attend any of the rehearsals, but of course he knew the music... And I remember after the first set, when he played for the first time with Rashid Bakr and William, I went up to the dressing room and I said to him, 'Look, you know, J. I'm sorry about...' and J. looked at me and said, 'Well fuck those cats, who are these cats?'" —Cecil Taylor, interviewed by Brian Priestly [WIRE #82/3 New Year 1991 p.26]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via Heinrich Smejkal; span of session dates CODA #177 p.33}

80.12.18
80.12.19 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Lyons, Parker, Rashid Bakr / Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. [CODA #177 p.33]

80.12.20 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December 20, 1980 / Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.

1. unknown title [81:12] (split track, fades out and back in at 46:19)
2. unknown title [58:05]: [139:17]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R}

81.01.12
81.12.20 • Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill

Soul Note SN 1043 (LP); 121043-1 (LP) IT; 121043-2 (CD)

January 12 & December 20, 1981 / Morton Street, New York City

1. Skeeter [8:23]
2. You [7:19]
3. Being Human [5:52]
4. The Kill [22:59]

Also noted: "Demo Recording," probably same session, with tracks 1,3, and 4 all at same durations. —RL

Peter Kuhn (B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet / Compositions)
Wayne Horvitz (piano, synthesizer)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: 121043-2; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.01.24 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr / 8:00pm, Third Street Music School Settlement, NYC "...following their highly successful European Tour." [CODA February 1981 #177 p.35; New York Magazine January 26, 1981 p.68]
81.03.27 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Butch Morris (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Soundscape, New York City [Down Beat April 1981 p.70; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]

81.04.02 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: New York Live

Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1006 (LP) 1981

2nd Session: [See also 80.10.24]

April 2, 1981 / Studio Henry, New York City

1. High Rise [25:15]

"A bon voyage party for Muntu's trip to Poland..."

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Composition)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (tuba)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Ellen Christi (voice)

{Primary Source: CJR 1006; Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet}

81.04.14 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Intrepid Live in Poland

Poljazz PSJ-106 (LP) 1981 POL

April 14, 1981 / 18th Jazz on the ODRA River Festival, Filharmonia Wroclawskaf, Wroclaw, Poland

1. Blues for Katie [16:58]
2. First Feeding [14:30]
3. The Intrepid [7:40]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Compositions)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

Lord [M9656] & PSJ-106 have Bakr as "Baker."
LP was released in limited club edition by POLJAZZ, purchased by subscription.

{Primary Source: PSJ-106; Tom Lord Jazz Discography [M9656]; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; "A relation from the Wroclaw gig with 2 pictures of Moondoc and Roy Campbell—Jazz Forum (Polish Edition) nr 71 (3/1981)" —Sergiusz Lipnicki 02.12.14, editor, journalist and Pharoah Sanders discographer.}

"A few days later (maybe the very next day—I can't remember) there was a second concert of Muntu... I saw this gig—so this information comes from the ‘first hand.’ It could have been 15-17 April..."

81.04.15-17 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Riviera Club, Warszawa, Poland [Sergiusz Lipnicki 02.12.14, editor, journalist and Pharoah Sanders discographer]

81.05.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

May 29, 1981, 10:30pm / Public Theatre, New York City

1. unknown title [74:18]
2. unknown title [48:06]: [122:19]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; John Rockwell, "Cecil Taylor and Newest Unit Perform at Public," New York Times May 31 1981}

81.05.30 (1) - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Khan Jamal (vibes), Ellen Christi (voice) / 8:00 & 9:30pm, Green Space, NYC "...returned recently from a successful tour of Poland..." [CODA June 1981 #179 p.36; New York Magazine June 1, 1981 p.75]
(This session is missing in Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet
81.05.30 (2) - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / 10:30pm, Public Theatre, New York City [John Rockwell, "Cecil Taylor and Newest Unit Perform at Public," New York Times May 31 1981]
81.06.29 - Commitment Ensemble: Will Connell Jr. (flute, alto sax, bass clarinet), Jason Hwang (violin), William Parker, Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums) / double-bill with Errol Parker Experience / Soundscape, NYC [Down Beat July 1981 p.14]
81.07.01 - Billy Bang Sextet / Double-bill with Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre / 11:30pm, Soundscape, New York City [New York Magazine July 6-13, 1981]
81.07.02 - Ensemble Muntu: Will Connell Jr. (reeds), Jason Hwang (violin), William Parker (bass), Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums) / Double-bill with Marilyn Crispell / 11:30pm, Soundscape, New York City [New York Magazine July 6-13, 1981 p.119]

81.08.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

August 7, 1981 / Fat Tuesday's, New York City

1. unknown title [47:45] (incomplete, fades out)
2. unknown title [38:59]: [84:22]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; anonymous correspondence; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.10.22 • Marilyn Crispell Quintet + 2 [Audience Recording]

October 22, 1981 / Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City

1. Poems [:]
2. Burundi [:]
3. Chant [:]
4. Songs [:]
5. Invention [:]
6. Yemaya [:]
7. Spirit Music [:]

Marilyn Crispell (piano)
Billy Bang (violin)
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (reeds)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)
Jeanne Lee (voice)
Ingrid Berger (voice)

{Primary Source: anonymous correspondence 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

81.10.24 • Jemeel Moondoc Sextet: Konstanze's Delight

Soul Note SN 1041 (LP) 1983 IT; 121041-1 (LP); 121041-2 (CD)

October 24, 1981 / 3rd Street Music School, New York City

1. Konstanze's Delight [29:46]
2. Chasing the Moon [13:17]
3. High Rise [2:21]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Compositions)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Ellen Christi (voice)
Khan Jamal (vibes)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: 121041-2}

81.10.29-11.01 - Cecil Taylor Quartet: Jimmy Lyons, William Parker, Rashid Bakr / S.F. International KJAZ Jazz Festival, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA / "Afternoon concerts at Herbst Theatre will feature the Cecil Taylor Unit...." [CODA #181 December 1981 p.34; Down Beat October 1981 p.13; Cadence November 1981 p.74; "personal recollection by David Gitin, who attended concert..." Jason Hook 03.04.04.]
81.10.31 - Cecil Taylor / San Francisco, CA / No other info, part of (or same as) 81.10.29 above? [Jason Hook]

81.11.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording]
French Radio Broadcast

November 6, 1981 / Salle Pleyel, Paris, France

1. Ahide [93:29] (incomplete, fades to low level at 43:58 for announcement, split track at 44:15)
announcement

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.11.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recording]

November 7, 1981 / International Jazz Festival Zürich, Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland

Broadcast Recording:
announcement [0:05]
1. Ahide [19:50] (incomplete, fades at end)

Audience Recording:
1. Ahide [61:36] (incomplete, cuts in, cuts out at end)

"Another recording of the 81-1107 concert has been found...
This concert is known so far from two incomplete radio broadcasts:
Broadcast 1 starts with a short radio announcement introducing the musicians as well as announcing the composition AHIDE, then reproducing the beginning of the concert, fading out at 20:14.
Broadcast 2 is the same recording, missing the radio announcement, fading out at 13:46.
The now disovered recording obviously is from a private audience recording of the same concert. The sound is quite different from the radio broadcast - obviously the PA mix plus room acoustics were not as brilliant as the radio microphony. Also the private operator must have been a lazy cat: this recording starts 0:17 late compared to the broadcast, and it cuts off at 61:36, thus missing the end. Incomplete, alas, this is a much longer recording of the performance. The composition AHIDE is known from another concert performance, 81-1106 at Salle Pleyel, Paris (France), but the recording (44:15) is incomplete as well (by m.h.o.).
So far from today - peace." —Lukas Lindenmaier, CTResearch posting 07.10.27

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.11.08 • Cecil Taylor: Calling it the Eighth (edited)

hat Musics 3508 (LP) SWZ 1981 [a heavily edited cut-and-paste version.]

Cecil Taylor: The Eighth (complete)
hat ART 2036 (2LP) 1986; hat ART CD 6036 (CD) 1989

November 8, 1981 / 2nd Freiburger Jazztage, Freiburg, West Germany

1. Calling it the 8th [57:40]
2. Calling it the 9th [10:51] —Not included on hat Musics 3508.

Cecil Taylor (Bösendorfer piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: hat ART CD 6036}

81.11.09 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience & Broadcast Recording]

November 9, 1981 / Teatro CIAK, Milano, Italy

Broadcast Recording:
1. unknown title [39:43] (music level down for Italian voice-overs extending from 4:59 to 8:32, and 23:23 to 27:10)

Audience Recording:
1st Set [45:24]
2nd Set and encore [43:33]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal: "I assume it's a ‘soundtrack’ from an Italian TV production..."; John Chacona 09.02.08}

"[Cecil Taylor] recalled ...his own glory time when he took an 8-person Unit into the New York club Lush Life for 8 weeks..." [CODA #220 June 1988 p. 11 "Cecil Taylor in Santa Fe" by Roy Durfee]

"Lush Life, where the quartet is appearing, opened December 26th..." —New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24.
What does this say about 81.12.19 below? —RL, looking for clarity.

81.12.00 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December ?, 1981 / Lush Life Cafe, New York City

1. unknown title [62:27] (incomplete, fades out and back at 40:09, split track at 45:52, fades at end)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; André Martinez archive}

81.12.19 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December 19, 1981 / Lush Life Cafe, New York City

1. unknown title [55:18] (continuous set, split track at 43:52)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography}

81.12.20 • Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill

Soul Note SN 1043 (LP); 121043-1 (LP) IT; 121043-2 (CD)

January 12 & December 20, 1981 / Morton Street, New York City

See 81.01.12 for album tracks.

Can someone provide the tracks by session for this release?

Peter Kuhn (B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet / Compositions)
Wayne Horvitz (piano, synthesizer)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: 121043-2; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.00.00
82.00.00 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Demo Recording]

unknown date, 1981 or 1982 / "probably taken by the musicians from a live show..."

1. unknown title [13:56]
2. unknown title [11:01]
3. unknown title [14:35]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 06.10.30} Not in my collection.

82.00.00 • William Parker Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

unknown date, 1982 / Healing Arts Center, New York City

1. Facing the Sun One is Never the Same [5:18] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, fades out at end)

Two Sets, with a filmed performance of Parker's Corn Meal Suite (76.00.00 shown during intermission.

Daniel Carter (alto sax)
Marilyn Crispell (piano)
Ellen Christie (voice)
William Parker (bass)
Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; William Parker Interview, Broadcast 93.04.12}

82.01.05 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

January 5, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1st Set [49:25] (split track at 43:40)
2nd Set [18:30]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24}

82.01.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

January 6, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [63:06] (split track at 19:06)
2. unknown title [43:45] (incomplete)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24}

82.01.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

January 7, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [78:50] (split track at 43:30, part 2 over-recorded!)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
unknown percussionist (Andre Martinez ?)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24}

82.01.08 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

January 8, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown titles [62:49]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: anonymous correspondence; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24} Not in my collection.

82.01.09 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

January 9, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown titles [31:30] (incomplete, cuts in)

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
unknown percussionist (Andre Martinez ?)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24}

82.01.10 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Lyons, Parker, Bakr / Lush Life, NYC [Anonymous correspondence; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24]

82.02.06 • Wayne Horvitz º Butch Morris º William Parker: Some Order, Long Understood

Black Saint BSR 0059 (LP) 1983 IT; 120059-1 (LP) IT; 120059-2 (CD) IT

Wayne Horvitz º Butch Morris º William Parker [Soundboard Recording]

February 6, 1982 / Studio Henry, New York City

1. Psalm [36:54] (excerpted section from 0:00-21:08 on LP)
2. Some Order, Long Understood [26:07] (incomplete, split track at 7:30; excerpted section from 0:00-21:20 on LP): [63:41]

Black Saint Recordings are incorrectly dated 82.02.05. —RL

1 Morton

Wayne Horvitz (piano / Compositions)
Butch Morris (cornet)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120059-2; BSR 0059; CD-R; William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.26}

82.03.05
82.03.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recordings]

March 5, 6, 8, or 9, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Jan Ström 03.05.03} Not in my collection.

"Cecil Taylor, the pianist, will lead a big band, which has been named the Expanded Unit, in a series of engagements at Lush Life... Mr. Taylor said his band would use new material. 'I have been waiting years to form this band,' he said, 'and the book will be all fresh works.' The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit will perform March 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 9:30 and 11:30pm and 1:15am." [New York Times February 18, 1982]

82.03.07 - Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Craig Harris (trombone), Danny Carter (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor sax), James Newton (flute), Raphé Malik (trumpet), Butch Morris (trumpet), Karen Borca (bassoon), Ken Simon (alto sax), Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Lush Life, New York City [New York Magazine March 3, 1982 p.111]

82.03.08
82.03.09 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Lyons, Parker, Bakr / Possible recording exists, see 82.03.05 and 82.03.06 / Lush Life, New York City [Jan Ström 03.05.03]
82.03.14 - Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Craig Harris (trombone), Danny Carter (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor sax), David Murray (reeds), James Newton (flute), Charles Tyler (baritone sax), Raphé Malik (trumpet), Butch Morris (trumpet), Karen Borca (bassoon), Ken Simon (alto sax), Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Lush Life, New York City
"...residency on Sundays through a recent two-month stretch." [More than the four March dates mentioned above.] "...on this second Sunday, Lyons replaced by Murray ... more than 90 minute set..." [Lee Jeske, Down Beat June 1982, p.59]

82.03.21 • Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording]

March 21, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [53:42] (fades in, split track with fade out and in at 37:08, ends with applause)
2. unknown title [22:15] (fades in, incomplete, cuts out at end): [76:29]

[This session has been circulating with an incorrect date of 82.03.01. It's possible this could have been a misprinting of March 7 or March 21 (Lyons was not present for the 82.03.14 session). —RL]

"for the last few Sundays..." [Village Voice March 30, 1982 review by Stanley Crouch, p.59]
"...all hell broke loose that prior week because of the article that came out the week before, which was an attack on Cecil and the Unit. He was very upset with the author of the column, who then reappeared at the club and was escorted out before the maestro's show commenced on 82.03.21." —Andre Martinez 02.11.06

There are questions raised by the anecdote above. "That prior week" would seem to indicate 82.03.14; "the article that came out the week before" would indicate the first week of March; "the author of the column" would be Stanley Crouch, but if this is referencing "Cecil Taylor: Pitfalls of a Primitive," from the Village Voice on March 30, 1982, then our time-line is destroyed unless there is another article critical of the Unit from a monh earlier. Any help here? —RLopez

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, Ken Simon (alto sax)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Charles Tyler (baritone sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik, Butch Morris (trumpet)
Craig Harris (trombone)
James Newton (flute)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; info via Heinrich Smejkal}

82.03.28 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: Jimmy Lyons, James Newton, David Murray, Craig Harris, Butch Morris, Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello), Karen Borca (bassoon) Raphé Malik, Glenn Spearman, Charles Tyler, Daniel Carter, Ken Simon (soprano sax), William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Andre Martinez / Lush Life, NYC [New York Magazine March 29, 1982 p.118; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography]
82.04.04 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: (no personnel details) similar to above dates, plus Andre Martinez / Lush Life, NYC "...every Sunday I was a full time member of the Band and spent many, many, many hours (and days and years) with the maestro from this point on till Sept. '92. ...There were a lot of changes in the horn section from gig to gig. We rehearsed at the Bell Telephone Building in lower Manhattan across the street from the Odeon Cafe, which is still there. We would go there on many occassions to eat after rehearsals. ...it was at ESP Records [recording studio], Bernard Stollman's place (as confirmed by Karen Borca) and I would see Jerome Cooper there. I missed two [of the] weekends at Lush Life because I was under contract with Dee Dee Sharp to do some concerts for her and Gamble & Huff Productions in Philadelphia. Which was cool with Cecil, as he was always curious about thier operations and show productions. ...extensive conversations I had with Cecil... led to a lot of the new concepts for his upcoming shows. ...From this point on Cecil's shows began to change and become more like productions [with] intros, poetry, dance, chanting... Pieces were scored as sections where moments of inspiration and melodic romantic-type melodies took place, encores were shortened but the power and creative fury and freedom remained. It was about show and production, layout and format: Intro and dance; followed by Chant; then entrance and set theme; followed by a more intense piece; then a few solos; then a medium piece; followed by an all-out piece—then bring it down, then up and out. Then do a small encore, leave, and let them come again for more the next time—Show biz. And it worked very well for Cecil the great entertainer and musician. Some of the other horn players were Steve Coleman, James Newton and David Murray..." [Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.18-19; 02.10 24]

82.04.11 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording]

April 11, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [31:45]
2. unknown title [46:51] (incomplete): [79:33]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, Ken Simon (alto sax)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Charles Tyler (baritone sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik, Butch Morris (trumpet)
Craig Harris (trombone)
James Newton (flute)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; New York Magazine April 12, 1982 p.98}

82.04.12 - INCORRECT date (see 82.04.11) Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit, Lush Life, NYC (The Expanded Unit only performed on Sundays)

82.04.18 • The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit [Audience Recording]

April 18, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [45:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons, Daniel Carter, Ken Simon (alto sax)
Glen Spearman (tenor sax)
Charles Tyler (baritone sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik, Butch Morris (trumpet)
Craig Harris (trombone)
James Newton (flute)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: [ibid; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography} Not in my collection.

82.04.23 • Commitment: [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM (LIVE) Broadcast

April 23, 1982 / Live at Soundscape, NYC

1st Set:
1. unidentified Jason Hwang composition [10:31]
2. Aboriginal Lore (WP) [4:36]
3. Euridice (WC) [12:42]
band intro [1:08]
2nd Set:
4. Sky Sing Light (JH) [15:45]
5. A Poem for Charlie Parker (WP?) [20:28] (split track at 18:12)
6. Blues for Mirage [15:49]
3rd Set:
7. Ocean [13:56]
8. Aboriginal Song (WP) [5:59]

Jason Hwang (violin, viola)
Will Connell Jr. (alto sax, flute, bass clarinet)
William Parker (bass)
Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums)

With Orchestra:
Lisa Sokolov (vocals)
Moutha Seigel (cello)
Shela Shanks (violin)
Lois Slessinger (violin, viola)
Wendy Kerner (string harp)
Will Connelly (soprano sax, bassoon)
Henry Warner (cl)
Susan Feiner (flutes)
Billy Johnson (bass)

{Primary Source: WKCR Archive 07.07.31; track detailing Ed Hazell 08.05.02} Not in my collection.

82.04.24 - Commitment: Hwang, Connell, Parker, Matsuura / Inroads, NYC / "two gigs Jason mentions in the announcements at the end of the night..." (of the Broadcast recording from 82.04.23) [Ed Hazell 08.05.02]
82.04.25 - The Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit: (as above) / Lush Life, NYC [New York Magazine April 26, 1982 p.136]
82.04.27
82.04.29- Commitment: Hwang, Connell, Parker, Matsuura, with dancer Theodora Yoshikami and poets Mae Mae Bursenberg and Fay Chiang / St. Marks Church, NYC / "two gigs Jason mentions in the announcements at the end of the night..." (of the Broadcast recording from 82.04.23) [Ed Hazell 08.05.02]

82.05.01 • Khan Jamal [Audience Recording]

May 1, 1982 / Live at Soundscape, New York City

1. The Huckster Man [:]
2. Sunny's Back [:]
3. Ocaline [:]
4. Slow Poke [:]
5. Testing [:]
6. Oh Yeah [:]

Khan Jamal (vibes)
Grachan Moncur III (trombone)
William Parker (bass)
Sunny Murray (drums)

{Primary Source: anonymous correspondence}

82.05.27 - Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit (Segments) / Judson Memorial Church, NYC (see 82.05.28 below)

82.05.28 • Cecil Taylor and Segments / Expanded Unit [Audience Recording]

May 28, 1982 / Judson Memorial Church, New York City

1. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 1 [13:18]
2. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 2 [17:12]
3. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 3 [9:24]
4. The Eye of the Crocodile, part 4 [19:03]: [59:42]

The music was composed specifically for a dance by Diane McIntyre. —Jan Ström

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Craig S. Harris (trombone)
Muneer Adbul Fataah (cello) ???
Don Pate, William Parker (bass)
Brenda Bakr, Eve Smith (voice)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:
Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers)

This piece was performed in this venue on the evenings of May 27th through the 30th according to correspondence with Andre Martinez, 02.05.27, as stated in his printed programs from these sessions. —RL

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography, p. 60; info via André Martinez archive}

82.05.29
82.05.30 - Cecil Taylor Expanded Unit (Segments) / Judson Memorial Church, NYC (see 82.05.28 above)
82.06.00 - Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Parker, unknown drummer / "During the summer of '82 from around late May to the end of August I went and stayed in Brooklyn with a friend. I hung out on the jazz scene all around town... One evening while walking the streets I chanced upon a club that had a billboard in front with Sun Ra Big Band on weekends. Tonight: Jemeel Moondoc. I went in and there was Jemeel with a trio of Parker and a drummer whose name I've forgotten." [correspondence Lofton A. Emenari, III 02.04.16]
82.06.07 - "A Thousand Cranes, for orchestra, dance, and a 1,000 school children choir, performed at the opening of the UN Special Session on Disarmament in June, 1982" / NYC [Liners, RouletteTV 11 (DVD); www.atomicbombmuseum.org/5_timetable.shtml]
82.06.29
82.06.30
82.07.01
82.07.02
82.07.03 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, William Parker, Rashid Bakr, Raph´ Malik, Glen Spearman, Martinez / Lush Life, NYC "Lester Bowie sat in on one of the gigs." —Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.18, in which he also confirms all dates: "Lush Life schedule from the back of 'Hot House' (a jazz night-life guide) Vol.1 No.5 July 1982" [Only 06.29 & 06.30 mentioned in review in CODA #185 August 1982 pp.25-6; New York Magazine July 5, 1982 p.144]

82.07.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 3, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [74:44] (fades out)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raph´ Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; info via André Martinez archive}

82.07.00 (Festival duration 82.07.16-18) - Cecil Taylor Unit: Lyons, Spearman, Malik, Parker, Martinez, Bakr / North Sea Jazz Festval '82, Congresgebouw, The Hague, Netherlands [CODA #184, April 1982 p.36]

82.08.01 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

August 1, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

1. unknown title [62:49]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Raph´ Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

82.08.15 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

August 15, 1982 / 6th Annual Artpark Jazz Festival, Lewiston, New York

1. unknown title [45:11]
2. unknown title [5:17]
3. unknown title [4:12] (fades in)
4. unknown title [7:55]
5. unknown title [5:26]
6. unknown title [11:24]: [79:53]

"Art Park was a wonderful experience... I do remember going to see Niagara Falls with Rashid, Brenda, and William." —Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.23

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax-1,4,6)
William Parker (bass-1,2,6)
Brenda Bakr (voice-1,3,6)
Andre Martinez (percussion-1,6)
Rashid Bakr (drums-1,3,6)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; CODA #184, April 1982 p.37}

New York Magazine

5-22, 2001

82.08.22 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), William Parker (bass), Brenda Bakr (voice), Rashid Bakr (drums), Andre Martinez (drums, percussion) / Lush Life, New York City [New York Magazine August 23, 1982 p.118]

82.09.02 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Recording; Audience Recording]

September 2, 1982 / Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, IL

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive; festival date from Chicago Sun-Times article of Friday, 82.09.03, Section 3, pg. 3} Not in my collection.

82.11.05 - Commitment: Hwang, Connell, Parker, Matsuura / Soundscape, NYC [Jon Pareles review, New York Times 82.11.08]

"March '83, from the 8th to the 19th, ...marked my first European tour with Cecil. The pieces were titled 'Children of the Air' (first section); 'Tunakapec'; and 'Tutuzso'."

83.01.23 - Wayne Horvitz Quartet: Horvitz (piano), Lesli Dalaba (trumpet), Lisa Sokolov (voice), William Parker (bass) / 3:00pm, Manhattan Healing Arts Center, New York City [New York Magazine January 24, 1983 p.90]
83.03.08 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, Martinez / Vienna, Austria "in a major Concert Hall (name?). ...It was their main opera house—I remember taking photos in the balcony with William. It was red and gold..."
83.03.09
83.03.10
83.03.11 - Cecil Taylor Unit and Sounds in Motion Dance Company: Taylor, Parker, Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, Martinez; Dancers - Diane McIntyre, Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Edward Jordan, Kevin Wynn / "Children of The Air" / Palazzo Dei Congressi, Bologna, Italy [Andre Martinez Archive 02.10.14]

83.03.12
83.03.13 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Television Broadcasts]

March 12 & 13, 1983 / Rome, Italy

1. Children of the Air (1st section) [:]
2. Tunakapec [:]
3. Tutuzso [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

"While in Rome they treated us to a banquet dinner and I remember all [of us] being interviewed at the restaurant the night before taping by a TV crew... we went shopping for leather jackets in downtown Rome." —Andre Martinez 02.11.06

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

83.03.15 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Video Recording]

March 15, 1983 / Jazz '83, "Palazzo dei Congressi," Fiera di Cagliari, Sardania, Italy

1. television introduction [4:20]
2. unknown title (excerpt) [44:00]

"Before the show we had lunch with Scavolo, a famous sculptor, who gave Cecil a piece that day. Concert was in a beautiful part of town—you could look across the waters and see Africa. There were lots of merchants in the streets selling all kinds of exotic birds, very beautiful ones... I was translator for the band when necessary since I understand and speak Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and some French. And many times when boarding and unboarding planes I was greeted as though I was from their country... Which the guys found amusing." —Andre Martinez 02.10.16; 02.11.06

"The name of the Sardinian Sculptor is Pinuccio Sciola: as Martinez says,the lunch was in the garden of Sciola. The concert was at "Palazzo dei Congressi," Fiera di Cagliari (Sardinia). I had the opportunity to print the photos of Isio Saba taken that afternoon during the visit and the lunch. Nice situation. The festival ‘Jazz'83,’ few [months] later take the name ‘Jazz in Sardegna’ (Sardinia for the U.S.A)." — Jazz Photographer Agostino Mela, 04.10.06

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Video Recording; info and exact date from Andre Martinez Archive}

83.03.16 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, Martinez / Al Teatro Franschini, Pavla, Italy "This was a beautiful city, but the water was pure sulfur—strange odor. This was the first concert I recall Cecil ever asking if it was recorded, since he does not like hearing things back once they are done." [Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.16, 02.11.05; Cadence Vol.9 No.5 May 1983 p.92]

83.03.19 • Cecil Taylor & Diane McIntyre Sound in Motion Dance Co. [Audience Recording]

March 19, 1983 / Camden Jazz Week, The Roundhouse, 19th March 1983, Camden, England

1. The Eye of the Crocodile, Part 1 [41:14]
2. The Eye of the Crocodile, Part 2 [44:23] (fades out)

"Recorded on dictaphone so it is not good quality, but excellent music..."

"[The Unit played] the final concert at this great concert hall which closed after this... It was a week-long event which featured The Gil Evans Big Band, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Lester Bowie and Freddie Hubbard." —Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.13

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice, drums / Composition)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Dancers: Diane McIntyre, Cheryl Banks, Mickey Davidson, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.27}

83.03.31-04.01 - "Solos and spontaneous combinations from duo to Bigband with following musicians": Konrad Bauer, Alan Tomlinson, and Hannes Bauer (trombones), Heinz Becker (piano, flugelhorn), Peter Brötzmann, Louis Sclavis, and Vladimir Chekasin (reeds), Larry Stabbins (soprano and tenor sax), Hugh Davies (live electronics), Diamanda Galas (voice), Vyacheslav Ganelin (piano), Toshinori Kondo (trumpet), William Parker and Peter Kowald (bass), Tony Oxley and Vladimir Tarasov (drums) / Berlin, Germany [Bjorn Dirlak 05.08.01; www.freemusicproduction.de/freemusicproduction/projekte/p_wfm_1983.html]
83.04-05.00 - Peter Brötzmann Trio: Parker, Rashid Bakr / Three concerts, late April or early May, (no venue listed), NYC [CODA #192 October 1983 p.36]
83.05.06 - Khan Jamal Quartet: Jamal, Karl Berger, William Parker, Sunny Murray / Double-bill with Peter Brötzmann & Andrew Cyrille Duo / Soundscape, New York City [New York Magazine May 9, 1983 p.112]

83.05.20 • Commitment [Audience Recording]

August 3, 1983 / New Jazz Festival, Moers, West Germany

1. Ocean (Hwang) / Pathway* [29:03]
2. Diary for One at Night (Hwang) [9:44]
3. Continuous (Parker) [22:28]
4. Grassy Hills, the Sun [16:36]
5. Whole Grain (Parker) [9:38]: [87:32]

"Pathway is an improvisation, titled after the fact." —Ed Hazell

Will Connell jr. (reeds, fl)
Jason Hwang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Takishi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Ed Hazell 10.01.27; Norbert Kreutzer 06.10.30; www.jazzmexx.com/00_main/history/1983.php; CODA #189 April 1983 p.38; Jakob Blumenthal 07.09.03}

83.05.21 - Commitment: Will Connell jr. (reeds, fl), Jason Hwang (violin), William Parker (bass), Takishi Zen Matsuura (drums) / Groningen Jazz Marathon, Groningen, Germany [Ed Hazell 10.01.27]
83.06.24 - Jimmy Lyons Quartet: Parker, Karen Borca (bassoon), Paul Murphy (drums) / Opening night (06.24-07.03), Kool Jazz Festival, Soundscape Series, NYC [CODA #192 October 1983 p.37; Down Beat July 1983 p.12]

83.08.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

August 3, 1983 / Akademia Theatre, Vienna, Austria

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.27} Not in my collection.

83.08.27 • Cecil Taylor Unit: Nicaragua: No Parasan / Willisau '83 Live

Nica (no #) (2LP) 1984 SWZ

August 27, 1983, 14:30 / Willisau Jazz Festival, Festhalle, Willisau, Switzerland

1. F = Seite 1 [21:05]
2. S = Seite 2 [21:50]
3. L = Seite 3 [22:20]
4. N = Seite 4 [13:00]

"Cleaning shelves I found this reel-tape with a private audience recording of the CT Unit performance at Willisau Jazz Festival, 83.08.27. This tape is a 1st generation copy from the original cassette recording, probably an almost complete version of 77:40 plus 6:05 (encore). There is a slightly audible (cut and glue) edit at 45:44, when the recording cassette had to be flipped/changed, thus missing a few seconds at this moment in the performance. Otherwise there is no audible gap in this tape. A recording of this same performance has been available in a bootleg 2LP vinyl pressing on so-called Nica-Records. The 4 sides of this release are F(1) 21:03 / S(2) 21:50 / L(3) 22:26 / N(4) 5:45 + 6:03 (the encore). After rehearsing the tape versus the vinyls, there are some obvious divergences:

the material as on vinyl is not from an Audience Recording, rather from a soundboard recording, or microphones had been set up on stage especially for the recording; the sound is quite different from the (audience) sound as on the tape.
the vinyl F(1) does not include the initial 2:50 of the performance, which is a section of percussions, handclapping, plus the voices of Cecil Taylor, and Brenda Bakr.
there are most probably no gaps at the flips of parts F(1) to S(2) as well as from parts L(3) to N(4) on the vinyl, but there is an obvious gap of some 2:50 between parts S(2) and L(3), missing an ensemble transition leading into the alto-sax statement (the actual beginning of part L(3) on the vinyl.

So far to those who care—Other point of interest: The same Unit (Jimmy Lyons, Brenda Bakr, CT, William Parker, Rashid Bakr, André Martinez) played a quite different version of exactly the same material/composition(s) at the Jazz Festival Saalfelden (Austria), a few days later 83.09.04." —Lukas Lindenmaier posting to CTResearch Group 07.01.26

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

"My mother was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua No Parasan a film by David Bradbury, an Australian filmmaker, was shown at the Film Forum2 in NYC in November 1984." —Andre Martinez 02.11.06 —Does anyone know anything about this? —Rick Lopez

From the liner notes:

"Cecil Taylor's Musik entstand in den 60er Jahren als Ausdruck der afroamerikanischen Revolte gegen die Herrschaft der US-Imperialisten in den schwarzen Ghettos und Vietnam. Heute droht Zentralamerika zum zweiten Vietnam zu werden. Die US-Invasion im freien Nicaragua ist seit Monaten im Laufe.

Soweit spielt die Creme der schwarzen Avantgarde-Jazzer ihr Staendchen im Weissen Haus vor dem Praesidenten.

Auch Taylor.

Trotzdem, das Konzert in Willisau war eine Hymne der kolonialisierten Afroamerikaner fuer den vulkanischen Aufstand der 3. Welt, fuer Freiheit und Frieden.

Wir produzieren diese Platte fuer Euch und gegen die Mafia des Musikbusiness. Wir widmen sie dem revolutionaeren Volk von Nicaragua, besonders den schwarzen Sandinisten der Atlantikkueste. Der Reingewinn, ca. Fr. 7000,—, geht als Unterstuetzung an eine Misikkooperative in Nicaragua."

Translation by Igor Danilishen:

"Cecil Taylor's music originated in the sixties as an expression of African Americans' revolt against the domination of U.S. imperialists in the black ghettoes and Vietnam. Today, there is a threat of Central America's becoming a second Vietnam. The American invasion in free Nicaragua has been under way for several months.

So far, the creme of the black avant garde jazz musicians play their serenades at the White House in front of the President.

Taylor, too.

However, the Willisau Concert was an anthem of colonized African Americans for the volcanic uprising of the Third World, for freedom and peace.

We are producing this record for you and against the mafia of the music business. We dedicate it to the revolutionary people of Nicaragua, especially to the black Sandinists of the Atlantic coast. The net proceeds, approximately 7,000 franks, go for the support of a music cooperative in Nicaragua."

{Primary Source: CD-R; R. Shapiro's Cecil Taylor Sessionography; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; Free Jazz vol.2, pg. 280, by T. Kamimura; Heinrich Smejkal; Lukas Lindenmaier 07.01.26}

83.08.31 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, William Parker, Andre Martinez / FABRIK Mid-Summer Jazz, Hamburg, Germany
"This was a strange hit perhaps the strangest we ever did... First of all this place was a bomb factory during the war and had a very strange vibe. When we got there [it] is was filled with hardcore raver-punk types with Mohican haircuts—not our usual crowd. Anyway we played the first set and played our butts off and the response from the crowd was luke-warm. Cecil and crew went to dressing room for a break, Cecil in amazement said ‘what the hell is going on here this crowd is strange or very demanding’. He then suggested that Rashid and I, followed by William and Jimmy, then the Maestro, do a whole percussion intro batucada style to start the second set. The crowd flipped, they danced on tables and then started chanting, just going wild. We then played the set and they were hooked, as the standing ovations and encores proved..." [Andre Martinez correspondence]
83.09.02 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, William Parker, Andre Martinez / Messina, Sicily
"...We did a concert TV show in Messina Sicily, titled "6 Messina Jazz Meeting," held in the Arena della Libertad. It was a trip because the guards in the place were equipped with machine guns." [Andre Martinez correspondence]

83.09.04 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Recording]

September 4, 1983 / Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Tage Jazz 3, Saalfelden, Austria

1. unknown title [64:19]
2. unknown title [18:35]
3. unknown title [3:41]: [86:35]

"a quite different version of exactly the same material/composition(s)" [as on 83.08.27] —Lukas Lindenmaier posting to CTResearch Group 07.01.26

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Lukas Lindenmaier 07.01.26}

83.09.26
83.09.27 (1) • Jimmy Lyons: Wee Sneezawee

Black Saint BSR 0067 (LP) 1984 IT; 120067-1 (LP); 120067-2 (CD)

September 26 & 27, 1983 / Vanguard Studios, New York City

1. Wee Sneezawee [7:26]
2. Gossip [7:29]
3. Remembrance [6:56]
4. Shackinback [9:10]
5. Driads [11:44]

Jimmy Lyons (alto sax / Compositions)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
Paul Murphy (drums)

{Primary Source: 120067-2}

83.09.27 (2)
83.09.28
83.09.29
83.09.30
83.10.01
83.10.02 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Recordings; Audience Recordings]

September 28 through October 2, 1983 / Sweet Basil's, New York City

1. Sahmieros "T" [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

"There is a story about the Bosendorfer they brought for Cecil and held an extra day for Abdullah Ibrahim October 3rd. CODA #193 1983 P.32 article by Kazunori Sugiyama." —Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.18

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive; Advertisement, The Villager September 29, 1983 p.10; Steve Israel "Cecil Taylor's Jazz: A Club event of the year" The Villager September 29, 1983 p.11; article by Jon Pareles, New York Times 83.09.28 in reference to "Sahumieros T" debut; New York Magazine September 26, 1983 p.144 and October 3, 1983 p.128} Not in my collection.

83.10.18 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 18, 1983 / Programme Du 6th Nancy Jazz Pulsations, Nancy, France

1. unknown title [71:36] (split track at 46:36)
2. unknown title [1:33]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)
Dorothea Davidson (dance, voice)
Pauline Tagnelie, Philip Band (dance)

"Sun Ra opened the show, 4,000 people attended... we opened with poetry and Bata drums." Andre Martinez 02.11.02

{Primary Source: CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive; Norbert Kreutzer}

83.10.26 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 26, 1983 / Festival Internacional Jazz de Zaragoza, Coliseo Equitiva, Zaragoza, Spain

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

"I remember walking the streets looking at the stores and at tools with William. I learned a lot about [my] Heritage on this trip and do remember how wonderful it was to see Latin names on banks and huge complexes on a plaque in front of the buildings, a lot more reassuring than what I had to see back home at the time. Definitely an uplifting experience, the people were wonderful, and the food was great... Zaragoza was Oct. 26—I have a huge poster of event autographed to me from Max Roach [who] writes 'Fly Strong Andre!!' " Andre Martinez 02.10.19; 02.10.21; 02.11.03

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

83.10.27 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recording]

October 27, 1983 / IV Festival de Jazz de Madrid, Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:
Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers)

"In '83 we went on tour with Diane McIntyre and her dance troupe from Harlem, NYC. After that tour Cecil and Diane were to do a show at the Brooklyn Academy but they had a falling out. So Cecil hired Mickey Davidson and her choice of dancers to do the '85 shows. Mickey was a principal dancer with Diane and did do the '83 tour..." —Andre Martinez, 02.05.25

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

"Then we took a 13-hour train ride to Paris..."

83.10.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording]
Recorded by SIMLO for Radio France

October 29, 1983 / Orléans Théatre Carré St. Vincent, Orleans, France

announcement [0:13]
1. unknown title [12:39] (incomplete, fades in)
2. unknown title [16:30]
announcement [0:41]: [30:04]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

"Then our driver takes over, Gunnar Pfabe, a very beautiful and fun guy and a scarey great driver—especially around mountains and curves. ...takes us to Berlin." [Andre Martinez 02.11.02]

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21} Not in my collection.

83.10.30 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings]

October 30, 1983 / Berlin Jazz Festival, Total Music Meeting '83, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, Germany

Broadcast Recording:
1. unknown title [34:13] (excerpt, cuts in at beginning, fades at end)

Broadcast Video Recording:
1. unknown title [61:06] (continuous set, incomplete, cuts in at beginning, out at end)

Also noted: "Audience Recording, composition titled 'Shining Shirt', 90:00"

"Taylor played better than ever for over two hours." —CODA #194 February 1984 p.22

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)
Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion:
Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Video Recording; Andre Martinez Archive}

83.11.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit + Dancers [Soundboard Recording]

November 3, 1983 / Capitol Theater, Mannheim, West Germany

1. unknown title [93:36] (split track at 47:10, fades out and back in)
2. unknown title [14:29]: [108:15]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass, conga)
Rashid Bakr (drums, conga)
Andre Martinez (drums, conga, percussion)
Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Pauline Tagnelie, Philip Band, Leon Brown (dancers)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive 02.11.02; Norbert Kreutzer}

83.11.08 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording; Audience Recording]

November 8, 1983 / Dornbirn, Austria

1. unknown title [96:36] (split track at 45:18, fades out and back in)
2. unknown title (Taylor solo) [2:58]
3. unknown title [9:44] (incomplete, fades in): [109:21]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive; H. Smejkal; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21} Not in my collection.

83.11.10
83.11.11 • Cecil Taylor Unit [hat HUT Recording session]

November 10 & 11, 1983 / Black Forest, Germany

1. unknown titles [:]

83.11.14 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, William Parker, Andre Martinez with Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion—Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers) / Munich, Germany [Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.02]
83.11.15 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Rashid Bakr, Brenda Bakr, William Parker, Andre Martinez with Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion—Cheryl Banks, Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Diane McIntyre, Warren Spears, Kevin Wynn (dancers) / Neon, Geneva, Switzerland / "...the river waters were rough at the time and it was very foggy." [ibid]

83.11.16 • Cecil Taylor Unit with Diane McIntyre and Sounds in Motion [Audience Recording]

November 16, 1983 / Stadttheater, Foyer, Basel, Switzerland

1. unknown title [87:12] (split track at 71:08, incomplete, fades out)
2. Encore [10:17]
3. Encore (CT Solo) [3:19]
4. Encore [10:42]: [111:30]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Dorothea Mickey Davidson, Pauline Zaguehi, Leon Brown, Philip Bond (dance)

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 08.02.06} Not in my collection.

83.11.18 - "Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges (Penn) presenting ... Cecil Taylor (11/18/83)" [Cadence September 1983 p.80; Michael Fitzgerald, posting to the Cecil Taylor Research Group (CTResearch@yahoogroups.com) 03.04.09, Subject: Earliest CT - Hames discography] From a review of Mike Hames's Albert Ayler, Sunny Murray, Cecil Taylor, Byard Lancaster, and Kenneth Terroade: On Disc and Tape. Photography by Val Wilmer, printed privately by the author with the financial assistance of the Arts Council of Great Britain January, 1983, p. i-iv, p. 1-65 / George Scala: "The book is typewritten, printed on one side of each page and bound with two staples. There is a full page photo of Ayler on the cover, and one of each of the other musicians at the beginning of their sections..."
84.01.29 - Jemeel Moondoc Sextet: Parker, Roy Campbell, Rahn Burton, Ellen Christi, Ed Blackwell (!!!) / Sweet Basil, NYC [CODA #195 April 1984 p.34]
84.02.04 - Commitment: Hwang, Connell, Parker, Matsuura / Soundscape, NYC [New York Times 84.02.24]
84.02.26 - Masakatsu "Mabo" Suzuki Quartet: Parker, Takehisa Kosugi, Rashied Ali / Manhattan Healing Arts Center, NYC [ibid]

84.03.05 • Wayne Horvitz [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

March 5, 1984 / New York City

Broadcast Recording:
1. unknown title [12:51]

WKCR-FM Archival recording has complete performance, and adds Joe Gallant on bass.

Wayne Horvitz (piano, casio organ, inside of grand piano)
Tom Cora (cello)
Jason Hwang, Jim Katzin (violin)
William Parker, Joe Gallant (bass)

{Primary Source: CD-R; WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31}

84.03.17 - Wayne Horvitz: William Parker, Jim Katzin, Jason Hwang, Joe Gallant, and Tom Cora, + guest soloist Butch Morris / "New work for strings, organ, and piano" / Roulette, NYC [www.roulette.org/events/event.php/HORVITZ84]
84.04.01 - William Parker & Masahiko Kono (trombone) Duo / Life Cafe, NYC [CODA #196 June 1984 p.38]
84.05.06 - Raphé Malik Trio: Parker, Sid Smart (drums) / Curtis Hall, Tufts University, Somerville, MA [CODA #197 August 1984 p.35]
84.05.15 - Peter Kowald Trio: William Parker, Patsy Parker / Public School 1, NYC / "Kowald also set up five different trios, about one hour each and all involving himself... for the opening of 'An Australian Accent' exhibition." [CODA #196 June 1984 p.38]
84.05.19 - William Parker's Centering Big Band: (no personnel info—until Hazell arrives below...) / Inroads, NYC "...a kind of prelude to the Sound Unity Festival." [Cadence Vol.10 #5 May 1984 p.77; Sound Unity Fest schedule / review in Cadence Vol.10 #8 August 1984; CODA #197 August 1984 p.28]
Ed Hazell 06.08.21 ::: "I was cleaning out the attic and found a flyer for this concert. I wasn't there for it, I just had a habit of picking up flyers when ever I was in NYC and saving them." [GOOD BOY! —RL]
"William Parker Centering Ensemble, Saturday, May 19, 1984, 9:30pm, Inroads, 150 Mercer St (between Houston and Prince)
Extending the Clues: Daniel Carter, Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax); Ricardo Strobert (as, fl); David S. Ware (tenor sax, ss!); Roy Campbell, Jr (trumpet); Masahiko Kono (trombone); Ellen Christi (voice); William Parker (bass); Takeshi Zen Matsuura (percusion). Admission was $5."

84.00.00 • Jackson Krall: Jackson Krall & the Secret Music Society

Stork Music Stork1003 (CS) 1984

Summer, 1984 / Shuttle Theatre, New York City

1. Beyond the Yellow Line (Krall) [29:54]
2. Somewhere on Columbus Ave. (Krall) [25:30]

Yaya Mohammed Majid (tenor sax)
Earl Cross (trumpet)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Jackson Krall (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R copy; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; K. Waxman; venue info via Marco Eneidi; Roy Morris 04.03.02}

84.06.01 • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
William and Patsy Parker Ensemble

Ebba Jahn / Film Pals (VHS) 1985 GER/USA; FilmPals DVD 01 (DVD) 2005 Germany

[This film also features Peter Kowald Trio; Billy Bang's Forbidden Planet; Peter Kowald Quartet; Charles Tyler Quintet; Don Cherry and Sound Unity Festival Orchestra; Jemeel Moondoc Sextet 84.06.03 (2); Schweizer/Carl Duo; & Peter Brötzmann Ensemble 84.06.02 (2).]

June 1, 1984 / Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, New York City

William Parker interview [0:50]
1. A Thousand Cranes Opera (excerpt) [1:05]
William & Patsy Parker interview [4:45]
2. A Thousand Cranes Opera (excerpt) [5:40]
William & Patsy Parker interview [2:10]

The video contains the excerpts above [14:30 total] beginning at 32:00 in. —RL

Ricardo Strobert (alto sax, flute)
Masahiko Kono (trombone)
Wayne Horvitz (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis (sic) Charles (drums)
Lisa Sokolov, Jeanne Lee, Ellen Christi (voice)
"a children's choir" (voices)
Patsy Parker, Maria Mitchell, Carol Penn Muhammed, Frank Boyer, Keith Dames (dance)
A.R. Penck (dance, sets)

This video is available from FilmPals.

{Primary Source: Rising Tones Cross; date via NY Times Sunday 84.05.27}

84.06.02 (1) - Jimmy Lyons Quintet: Karen Borca (bassoon), Raphé Malik (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Paul Murphy (drums) / (opening act of the evening) Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, New York City [Cadence Vol.10 #8 August 1984 p.32]

84.06.02 (2) • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
Peter Brötzmann ALARM Ensemble

Ebba Jahn / Film Pals (VHS) 1985 GER/USA; FilmPals DVD 01 (DVD) 2005 Germany

[This film also features Peter Kowald Trio; Billy Bang's Forbidden Planet; William and Patsy Parker Ensemble 84.06.01; Charles Tyler Quintet; Don Cherry and Sound Unity Festival Orchestra; Jemeel Moondoc Sextet 84.06.03 (2); Schweizer/Carl Duo; & Peter Kowald Quartet.]

June 2, 1984 / Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, New York City

milling around, setting up, announcement excerpts [2:05]
1. Alarm [5:15] (incomplete)

The video contains a first excerpt [2:05] which appears at 1:31:30 in; and a second (BLISTERING!!!) excerpt [5:15] which appears at 1:33:40. —RL

Peter Brötzmann, Charles Gayle, David S. Ware, Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet)
Masahiko Kono (trombone)
Irene Schweizer (piano)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Rashied Ali (drums)

This video is available from FilmPals.

{Primary Source: Rising Tones Cross}

84.06.03 (1) • Commitment [Audience Recording]

June 3, 1984 / 1st Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, NYC

1. unknown title [5:37]
2. unknown title [17:56]
3. unknown title [16:39]
4. unknown title [6:35] (incomplete)

Will Connell jr. (alto sax, flute)
Jason Hwang (violin, viola)
William Parker (bass)
Takishi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: anonymous 07.12.19; CODA #197 August 1984 p.29; Cadence Vol.10 #8 August 1984 p.32}

84.06.03 (2) • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
Jemeel Moondoc Sextet

Ebba Jahn / Film Pals (VHS) 1985 GER/USA; FilmPals DVD 01 (DVD) 2005 Germany

[This film also features Peter Kowald Trio; Billy Bang's Forbidden Planet; Peter Kowald Quartet; Charles Tyler Quintet; Don Cherry and Sound Unity Festival Orchestra; William and Patsy Parker Ensemble; Schweizer/Carl Duo; & Peter Brötzmann Ensemble.]

June 3, 1984 / Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, New York City

1. In Walked Monk (excerpt) [6:10]

The video contains the excerpt above beginning at 1:20:05 in. —RL

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet)
Ellen Christi (voice)
Rahn Burton (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashied Ali (drums)

This video is available from FilmPals.

{Primary Source: Rising Tones Cross; Cadence Vol.10 #8 August 1984 p.72}

84.06.07 • Peter Brötzmann ALARM Ensemble [Audience Recording]

June 7, 1984 / Taller Latino-Americano, New York City

tuning up, announcement [2:13]
1. unknown title [43:48] (incomplete, split track at 42:15, cuts out)
2. unknown title [1:49] (incomplete, cuts in, split track at 1:33, cuts out)
3. unknown title [41:54] (incomplete, cuts in)
applause and announcement [1:48]: [90:15]

Peter Brötzmann, Charles Gayle, David S. Ware, Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet)
Masahiko Kono (trombone)
Irene Schweizer (piano)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Rashied Ali (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 04.03.02; CODA #197 August 1984 p.29; Flyer from Ed Hazell archive} Not in my collection.

84.06.15 • Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Recording]

June 15, 1984 / Paul Robeson House, Bennington College, Vermont

1. evolves from [A440] tuning tone [29:06]
2. Dixon solo at head [10:52]
3. crashing start [1:30]
4. BD solo [1:54]
5. BD unaccompanied to start, then add Parker [5:28]
6. unknown [10:25]
7. WP arco at head [2:50]

"Original tapes are labeled (in unfamiliar handwriting probably belonging to the recordist): 'Demo TAPE ONE AND TWO'"

"Eneidi hitchhiked to Bennington to play with Dixon in the first part of 1984. He and William Parker were invited back in June of that year for this session coincident with the campus graduation dinner. Eneidi stayed at Bennington for most of the ensuing year, playing in Dixon's ensemble and acting as a teaching assistant in the Division."

Bill Dixon (trumpet)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)

{Primary Source: All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R84-0615, p.270} Not in my collection.

84.06.25 - William Parker's Centering Big Band: (no personnel info) / KOOL Jazz Festival, Irving Plaza, NYC [CODA #197 August 1984 p.29]

84.06.28 • Ellen Christi w/ Menage: Live at Irving Plaza

Soul Note SN 1097 (LP) 1984 IT; 121097-1 (LP); 121097-2 (CD)

June 28, 1984 / Kool Jazz Festival, Irving Plaza, New York City

1. Awakening [10:10]
2. Frightened of Feeling [10:50]
3. Bird with a Broken Wing [18:22]

Ellen Christi (voice / Compositions)
Lisa Sokolov (voice)
Rahn Burton (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tom Bruno (drums)

{Primary Source: 121097-2}

84.06.00 - ("end of June") Raphé Malik Trio: Parker, Sid Smart (drums) / Jazz Coalition of Boston, The 1369, Boston, MA [CODA #197 August 1984 p.34]
84.06.29 - Raphé Malik Trio: Parker, Sid Smart (drums) / Festival with "Billy Bang (solo violin); Lowell Davidson (solo, playing an acoustic aluminum bass, very weird!); ...Joe Morris Trio: Morris (g); Laurence Cook (drums); Sebastian Steinberg (b) / First Congregational Church, Cambridge, MA [Ed Hazell 03.12.19]
84.07.00-12.00 - A music program by Sound Unity coordinated by William Parker, featuring Billy Bang, Jemeel Moondoc, Rashid Al-Akbar, Petra Plecko, Rrata Christin Jones, the Gamala Taki Band with Karl Berger, Babatunde Olatunji, Denis Charles, Peter Kowald, Charles Gayle, Rashied Ali, William Parker, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Rashid Bakr, Karen Borca, Jackson Krall, Ellen Christi, Alex Lodico, Patsy Parker, John Hagen, Dicky Dworkin, Dave Hofstra / The Shuttle Theatre, New York City [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
84.08.25 - In Order to Survive: "a block association street event," performed by William Parker, Miguel Algarin, Karl Berger, Bruce Richard Nuggent, Roy Campbell, Jeemeel Mondoc, Arleen Schloss, David Street, Alfa Diallo, Sara Farley, Sandro Dernini, Giuseppe Sacchi, James Oliver Jones Jr., Denis Charles, and Nelson Oceundy / 523 East 6 Street, New York City [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
84.09.00 - The Lower East Side Music, Poetry, Arts Festival '84: featuring Butch Morris, Gunter Hampel, Nelson Oceundy, Karl Berger, William Parker, Miguel Algarin, Jemeel Moondoc, Brian Smith, Arleen Schloss, Robert Aaron, Ahvan Henry, Miguel Pinero, Billy Bang, and Pleasure. An art show was installed by Alfa Diallo and Jean Cyriaqueque. / "...presented by Sound Unity, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Artists International Communication" / The Shuttle Theatre, New York City [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
84.00.00 "probably Fall, 1984" - Bill Dixon Quartet: Bill Dixon (trumpet), "probably—" John Voigt (bass), Mario Pavone (bass), Lawrence Cook (drums); "second bass player could with equal likelihood have been Voigt or William Parker..." / "All info extrapolated from 1985 Compositions List, which may mean to attach these titles to R84-0615" (See 84.06.15 above) / Composition titles: 1) Velvet 2) Llaattiinnoo Suite 3) The Sirens / "While it is plausible that these titles apply to one of the 1984 concerts listed with a specific date on adjacent pages, there is no clear correspondence based on the number of pieces or the number of players." / Bennington College, Bennington, VT [All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry 84-1095, p.271]

84.09.13 • Raphé Malik Quartet: Last Set: Live at The 1369 Jazz Club

Boxholder Records BXH042 (CD) 2004

September 13, 1984 / The 1369 Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA

1. Sad C [15:02]
2. Companions #2 [29:56]
3. Chaser [10:16]

Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, voice)
William Parker (bass)
Syd Smart (drums)

{Primary Source: BXH042}

84.09.19
84.09.29 • Billy Bang Sextet: Fire from Within

Soul Note SN 1086 (LP) 1985 IT; 121086-1 (LP); 121086-2 (CD)

September 19 & 29, 1984 / Vanguard Studios, New York City

1. The Glow of Awareness [5:38]
2. The Nagual Julian [5:46]
3. The Shift Below [6:24]
4. Petty Tyrants [5:32]
5. The New Seers [10:41]
6. The Mold of Man [7:34]
7. Inorganic Beings [5:29]

Billy Bang (violin / Compositions)
Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
Oscar Sandees (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
John Betsch (drums, cowbells)
Charles Bobo Shaw (cowbells-2)

{Primary Source: SN 1086; 121086-2}

84.10.04 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / "Actually we started in October, went through October, November, and part of December, stopped, and started back again in January... it's been going ever since." [Moondoc interview WKCR, see session 85.05.09]
84.10.11 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / From the quote above, and the reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
84.10.14 - Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents): personnel same as 84.10.15 below plus Brenda Bakr / "Sala Verdi del Conservatorio," Concert Hall of Conservatorio, Milano, Italy / "The first major concert of the 'Two Continents Tour'... We had just finished this great concert and Rashid and Brenda Bakr and myself were packing our instruments away and at the same time the stage hands were taking down the lights on ladders. ...all of a sudden they lost control and dropped the lights—I'm talking about the huge 20 foot units—came down and struck Brenda in the head, she fell, luckily the piano stopped the fall of the lights preventing a tradgedy. My percussion table got crushed. Brenda really got hurt and had to return home with Rashid. She did stay a couple of days in Milan which gave Rashid the time to record the album [84.10.22] which was really wonderful. (We went to Milan a couple of times. We did the concert first, then we went back to do the record for Giovanni Bonandrini of Soul Note.) I had to take the drum chair afterwards which at the time was a real challenge for me since I had become so familiar with my parts in the Unit with Rashid, and without him everything had to change immediately—my whole approach—and believe me I was sweating it the first couple of days. A real education in motion." [Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.03; 02.11.05]

84.10.15 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording]

October 15, 1984 / Opera der Stadt Köln Offenbachplatz 1, Köln (Cologne), Germany

1. First Set [69:12] (continuous set, split track at 46:50)
2. Second Set [55:48] (continuous set, split track at 47:01)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Enrico Rava (trumpet)
Tomasz Stánko (trumpet, fleugelhorn)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, voice)
John Tchicai (alto sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute, vibes)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass, percussion)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R of 1st Set only, 68:00 w/ cut-off at end; complete concert info via Norbert Kreutzer 05.07.30; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography; info via Anre Martinez archive}

84.10.18 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Video Tape]
Television Broadcast [Pragokoncert Ceskoslovenska' umelecka' agentura porada' pod zastitou ministerstva kultury CSR]

October 18, 1984 / Jazzovy Festival Praha 84, Ministry of Culture, Prague, Checkoslavakia

1. Music for Two Continents, part 1 [72:42] (incomplete)
radio announcement [0:51]
2. Music for Two Continents, part 2 [12:12] (incomplete)
announcement [0:18]

84.10.20 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Recording]
Swiss Radio Broadcast

October 20, 1984 / Mühle Hunzigen, Rubigen, Switzerland

1. Music for Two Continents, part 1 [77:03]
2. Music for Two Continents, part 2 [27:49]
3. unknown title [15:28]: [120:20]

A shorter version is circulating:
1. Music for Two Continents, part 1 [72:42] (split track at 44:29, fades out and back in)
radio announcement [0:51]
2. Music for Two Continents, part 2 [12:12] (incomplete)
announcement [0:18]: [88:29]

"This was a great little place, with the stage was in the middle of the room. People all around you and above because there was a balcony that went around the stage. This was a great hit, lots of good vibes and a packed house. [The crowd was] charged and that fueled us like being in a stadium." —Andre Martinez 02.11.06

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice)
John Tchicai (tenor sax, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R (both versions); Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons, A Sessionography}

84.10.21
84.10.22
84.10.23
84.10.24 • Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)

Soul Note SN 1089 (LP) 1985 IT; SN 1089 CD (CD); SN 1089C (CS)

Various Artists: Black Saint / Soul Note Critics' Pick Sampler Vol. 3
Black Saint / Soul Note BS/SN-C003 (CD) 1998 IT

October 21, 22, 23, & 24, 1984 / Studio 7, Milano, Italy
* Martinez adds the 21st, not included in the final edit, to the other three dates.

1. Taht [8:50]
2. Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [13:04]
3. Cun-Un-Un-Un-Un-An [7:10]
4. Winged Serpent [13:54]: BS/SN-C003 Sampler has track 1.

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stánko (trumpet, voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax, voice)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, voice)
John Tchicai (tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, voice)
Karen Borca (bassoon, voice)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Rashid Bakr (drums, voice)
André Martinez (drums, vibraphone, percussion, voice)

{Primary Source: SN 1089; BS/SN-C003; Andre Martinez 05.07.04}

84.10.26 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Video Tape]

"This was a televised event." —Martinez

October 26, 1984 / Jazz Jamboree 84 - 26th International Jazz Festival, Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice)
John Tchicai (tenor sax, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)

"...a very educational experience for William and myself and the others: seeing how the other side lives. William and I went instrument shopping for trumpets which we still have... That Tomazo Stanko was from Poland and a celebrity was to our great benifit. Buddy Rich, Michele Rosewoman and Ornette Coleman also performed at this major event. Kamal Sabir (drummer for Ornette) was there along with Rosewoman's conga players, Eddie Bobe and Eddie Rodridguez, all of whom I grew up playing and studying with through the years. ...After concerts all festival participants would gather on the first floor of the hall and then be taken to various clubs to hang and jam. Some of the clubs were called AKWARIUM, HYBRYDY, RIVIERA-REMONT and the STODOLA, all nearby the concert hall... It was a wonderful trip for us and I remember when we were leaving I noticed alot of people crying, young people especially, and Jimmy said [it was] because their relatives were leaving and they were older—perhaps they would never see them again. Young people at the time were not allowed to leave the country..." —Andre Martinez 02.10.20; 02.11.02; 02.11.05

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

84.10.27 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording]

October 27, 1984 / Grande Salle, Nouveau Theatre De Belfort, Belfort, France

1. Music for Two Continents, part 1 [70:25]
2. Music for Two Continents, part 2 [38:06]: [108:31]

Cecil Taylor (piano,percussion, voice)
Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax, voice)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, voice)
John Tchicai (alto sax, flute, clarinet, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Anonymous; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

84.11.01 • Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings]
French Radio & Television Broadcast

November 1, 1984 / Festival de Paris, Teatre Musical De Paris, Paris, France

1. Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [47:45]
2. unknown title [30:39] (Video Recording only): [79:44]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax, voice)
Frank Wright, John Tchicai (tenor sax, voice)
Gunter Hampel (baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute, voice)
Karen Borca (bassoon, voice)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums, percussion, voice)

"...watching the Paris tape... if you notice after the first set, we leave the stage and don't come back for encore. Reason being, the night before Cecil was put on the spot and was made to play with the Art Ensemble of Chicago as part of contract, and monies of entire tour was tied in somehow. So the maestro did perform with them. The next day the maestro plays, but one set only, as agreed. So we play, the crowd is going wild chanting and all, and no band returns. You know these crowds can level the place if you don't respond quick enough. Needless to say the promoter is flipping out. The response from the maestro: "Well, if we are to play a SECOND SET!!! Then that will require SECOND SET!!! compensation. The frantic promoter then compensates the maestro, and we return to the stage... The Paris gig was the finale of the Two Continents tour and of the Paris Jazz fest." —André Martinez 02.05.26; 02.10.29.

{Primary Source: CD-R; Video Recording; info via André Martinez archive}

84.11.04 • Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin Djungle

FMP 1120 (LP) 1987 (West Germany)

November 4, 1984 / Jazzfest Berlin, Delphi Theater, Berlin, Germany

1. What a Day / first part [24:37]
2. What a Day / second part [23:15]

Peter Brötzmann (clarinet, tenor sax, tarogato / Compositions)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet)
Johannes Bauer, Alan Tomlinson (trombone)
Tony Coe, J.D. Parran, Ernst Lubwig Petrowski (clarinet)
Louis Sclavis (clarinet, bass clarinet)
John Zorn (clarinet, mouthpieces)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP 1120; info via James Lindbloom}

84.11.05 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Video Recording]

"recorded on Hi-Fi by Video Toshiba"

November 5, 1984 / Cinema Ciak, Milan Italy

Two Shows
1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.02} Not in my collection.

84.11.08 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
84.11.10 - Expirations II: Mabo Suzuki (alto sax, alto clarinet), Takehisa Kosugi (violin), William Parker (bass), Rashied Ali (drums) / 8:00pm, Manhattan Healing Arts Center, NYC [William Parker's Sound Journal, Ed Hazell 10.04.26]

Expirations II

84.11.15 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 84.11.08.

84.11.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

November 17, 1984 / Irving Plaza, New York City

1st Show:
1. unknown title [78:43]
2. encore [4:07] (incomplete)

2nd Show:
3. unknown title [90:51] (split track at 79:41, incomplete): [173:41]

"Roy Campbell [recently told me] that it was one of his most memorable concerts" —Andre Martinez 02.10.15

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: 4CD-R; CODA #199 December 1984 p.37; Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.05; Village Voice ad, Nov. 20 1984 p.128}

84.11.22 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
84.11.29 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
84.12.06 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC

84.12.11
84.12.12
84.12.13
84.12.14
84.12.15
84.12.16 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Andre Martinez (drums) / Blue Note, New York City [CODA #201 April 1985 p.34; Andre Martinez Archive]

84.12.00 (1) • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December ?, 1984 / Blue Note, New York City

1. unknown title [45:28]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

Gary Giddens writes:
"Jack DeJohnette / Cecil Taylor: The jazz club double bill of the year, perhaps the decade thus far. The drummer will lead Special Edition, the pianist his Unit. Rest up and make a reservation."
[Village Voice Center Page / Week of December 12-18, 1984]

"I cut school for a week to hang out at the Blue Note when Cecil and Jack were there. I was 15 years old. I hung out in the dressing room with those cats almost every night too. Frank Wright was a very funny guy. My dear moms said "boy, is Cecil going to do your homework for you?" Heh heh......." Ras Moshe 03.12.23

Andre Martinez, 02.06.16:
"One night Cecil and I are hanging out in the city as we [had] done many times through the years... [and] we pass by the Blue Note. And I said to him why don't we play here we've played all the other places. He said 'nah' as to say they would not understand what the music is about being a more main-stream-type place. ...I told Cecil to wait there a minute and I went inside and introduced myself to the door guy and asked to speak to the owner. I mentioned who I was and made an intro to him about Cecil—he had no idea who he was. Luckily for us Abbey Lincoln was there—next thing you know Cecil comes in, the owner [buys] us champagne and [gives] us 6 nights. Opening the show was Jack Dejohnette. These were great shows playing to packed houses most nights, especially weekends. It was especially rewarding for me because Jack had been voted #1 drummer in Down Beat and all week I received great compliments from outstanding drummers... Art Blakey, Louis Hayes, DuDuka Fonseca, and the beautiful Billy Hart, who I saw recently and [who] still remembers the event. Recently I saw an up-and-coming young player, Ras Moche, who was there every night and said those nights inspired him for life. ...the last night of the [engagement] Cecil was awarded a plaque by Down Beat magazine..."

{Primary Source: CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive}

84.12.00 (2) • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

December, 1984 / Blue Note, New York City

1. unknown title [52:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums; percussion)

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

84.12.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Video Recording]

Design Audio Visual Inc., Melville NY

December 17, 1984 / Imac Theater, Huntington, Long Island, NY

Two Shows
1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

"...we just returned from the Two Continents tour." —Andre Martinez 02.10.18

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

84.12.00 - The 2° Lower East Side Jazz Festival '84: featuring Chevere Makun Chevere, Michael Bocian Quartet, Ernst Bier Quartet, Jemeel Moondoc's Orchestra with Butch Morris, Jim Pepper Quartet, Karl Berger's Rhythm Changes with Ingrid Sertso, Jazz Doctors with Billy Bang, Frank Lowe, Wilber Morris and Thurman Barker, Juny Booth, Peter Kowald Sextet, Roy Campbell's Inner Force Band, James McCoy and an art jam by Arturo Lindsay. / The Shuttle Theatre, New York City [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
84.12.19 - Jemeel Moondoc Jus Grew Orchestra: conducted by Butch Morris (no personnel info) Parker ? / Shuttle Theatre, NYC "a week long mini-festival..." [CODA #201 April 1985 p.34]
84.12.20 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
84.12.27 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.

85.00.00 (1) • A. R. Penck: Going Through

[No label or issue #] (LP) 198?

"probably mid 1980s" / Fred Hersch (?) Recording Studio, New York City

Going Through:
Side A—Part One [24:26]
Side B—Part Two [21:57]

A. R. Penck (piano)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Billy Bang (violin)
Jeanne Lee (voice)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis (sic) Charles (drums)

"This is one of 19 titles privately issued by visual artist Penck, usually in company with Frank Wollny and Heinz Wollny. Frank Wollny e-mailed me scans of all the covers, and I haven't been able to fill in any more of the details." —George Scala

The A.R. Penck LP Discography, a William Parker Sub-document.

Going Through LP cover.

{Primary Source: Going Through LP; info via G. Scala}

85.00.00 (2) • William Parker Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

unknown date, 1985 / La Mama Theatre, New York City

1. Vision, Peace and Battle Cries [7:04] (incomplete, fades in)

"A small section before the Intermission."

William Parker (bass, homemade instrument, Compositions)
Arthur Williams, Lewis Barnes, Lesli Dalaba, John Wilcairn(?) (trumpet)
Rob Brown, Will Connell Jr, Henry Warner (alto sax)
"NOW" (tenor sax)
Masakatsu "Mabo" Suzuki (reeds)
Dave Sewelson (baritone sax)
Kono Masahiko, Alex Lodico (trombone)
Dave Hofstra (tuba)
Lisa Sokolov (voice)
Takeshi Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; William Parker Interview, Broadcast 93.04.12}

85.01.03 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez

85.01.07 • Billy Bang Quartet [Audience Recording]

January 7, 1985 / Le Culot, New York City

1. The Glow of Awareness [14:01]
2. The Nagual Julian [15:21]
3. The Shift Below [8:21]: [37:46]

Billy Bang (violin)
Oscar Sanders (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
John Betsch (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; track detailing Ed Hazell 04.11.05}

85.01.10 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.01.16 - The Artist in the First Person, a lecture introduced by Sandro Dernini and performed by: Ralston Farina, Paolo Buggiani, William Parker, Ken Hiratsuka, Peter Grass, Joan Waltermath, Willoughby Sharp, Luca Pizzorno, Arleen Schloss, Julius Klein, Leo Panar, James Mc Coy, Amir Bey, Liz and Val, and Snoky Tate / New York University, NYC [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
85.01.17 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.01.24 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC

85.01.31 • John Carter Trio [Audience Recording]

January 31, 1985 / Sweet Basil, New York City

1. Sticks and Stones [29:38]

John Carter (clarinet)
William Parker (bass)
Andrew Cyrille (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.02.06 • Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording]

February 6, 1985, 10:00pm / "Music is an Open Sky" Series, Sweet Basil, New York City

1. untitled improvisation [30:43]
2. untitled improvisation [15:30]
announcement [1:51]

Announcement identifies this as the "first show". Does a tape of the evening's second show exist? —RL

Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax, taragato)
William Parker (bass, percussion)
Milford Graves (drums, percussion, voice)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.02.07 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez

85.02.12 • Jimmy Lyons Quartet: The Box Set

Ayler Records aylCD-036-040 Limited Edition (5CD) 2003 (Sweden)

February 12, 1985 / Jazz Now Festival, Tufts University, Boston, MA

CD 040:
1. Wee Sneezawee [13:16]
2. After You Left [9:33]
3. Tortuga [12:57]
4. Gossip [13:26]
5. Shakin' Back [13:06]
6. Driads [15:46]
7. Jump Up [0:34]

Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
William Parker (bass)
Paul Murphy (drums)

This set also contains sessions with Hayes Burnette, Henry Letcher, Raphé Malik, and Sidney Smart. Additional info at the Ayler Records web-site

{Primary Source: aylCD-036-040}

85.02.13 • Ensemble Muntu [Audience Recording]

February 13, 1985 / Jazz Now Festival, Cohen Auditorium, Tufts University, Medford, MA

announcement [0:24]
1. Nostalgia in Times Square (Charles Mingus) [14:56]
2. Double X... ? (Moondooc) [15:37]
3. unknown title (Campbell) [14:17]
4. Broadway Blues (Ornette Coleman) [11:12]
announcement [0:42]: [58:41]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Gerard Faroux (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #201 April 1985 p.32}

85.02.15
85.02.16 - Muntu Ensemble: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Gerard Faroux (drums) / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA [CODA #201 April 1985 p.32; announcement on tape of session 85.02.13]
85.02.18 - Peter Brötzmann Trio: Parker, Pheeroan ak Laff / Carnegie Recital Hall, NYC / Double bill with Peter Kowald Trio: David S. Ware and Andrew Cyrille; "...the final sections, when all six musicians played together, was really fun." !!! [CODA #201 April 1985 p.34]
"...my Music Is An Open Sky program from early 1985 has an ad on the backside indicating an upcoming show by Ware/Kowald/Cyrille, and Brotz/WP/Graves." [Grahm Connah 03.03.10]

85.02.21 • Roy Campbell, Jr. Trio [Broadcast Recording]

February 21, 1985 / The Joint, WBRS-FM, Winer Wing, USDAN Student Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

1. unknown title [16:35]
2. unknown title [18:22]
3. unknown title [9:18]
4. unknown title [10:42]
5. unknown title [4:51]
announcement [0:31]
6. unknown title [17:56]
7. unknown title [14:44]
8. unknown title, announcement [11:21]: [101:58]

Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet, flute)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; venue from CODA #201 April 1985 p.32}

85.02.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.03.07 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.03.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.03.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.04.04 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC

85.04.05 - Bill Dixon Group: Bill Dixon (trumpet), John Buckingham (tuba), Marco Eneidi (alto sax), Stephen Horenstein (baritone sax), William Parker (bass), Mario Pavone (bass), Lawrence Cook (drums) / "Dixon's 1985 Compositions List supplement labels this performance 'I', the R85-0516 recording [See 85.05.16] 'II', and both as premieres—possibly indicating they were substantially different." / Composition title: 1) For Nelson and Winnie / "The concert may have been held as part of Bennington's Spring Festival in which groups of Milford Graves, Eneidi, and visiting pianist Clyde Criner also took part..." / Bennington College, Bennington, VT [All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry 85-0405, p.274]
85.04.11 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.04.13 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Lyons, Frank Wright (tenor sax), Karen Borca (bassoon), Parker, Rashid Bakr, Andre Martinez / Real Art Ways, Charter Oak Temple, Hartford, CT [CODA #202 June 1985 pp.28-9; Details from Andre Martinez Archive, 02.10.14]
85.04.18 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 85.04.11 above.

85.04.24 • Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording]

April 24, 1985 / Workshop Freie Musik, Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1. unknown title [7:04] (incomplete, fades in)
2. unknown title [6:04]
3. unknown title [9:58]
4. unknown title [20:28]
5. unknown title [9:02]
6. unknown title [7:05]: [62:32]

Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax, alto sax, clarinet, taragato)
William Parker (bass)
Han Bennink (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.04.25 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez

85.04.26 • Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Broadcast & Audience Recording]

April 26, 1985 / Workshop Freie Musik, Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Germany

1. Alarm [60:48] (Audience Recording has split track at 46:53, incomplete)
2. unknown title [18:33]: [79:21]

Peter Brötzmann (alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, composer)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet)
Hannes Bauer, Alan Tomlinson (trombone)
Larry Stabbins (soprano sax, tenor sax)
David S. Ware (tenor sax)
Curtis Clark (piano)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Louis Moholo (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Tapes.aspx?s=19850426}

85.04.29 • Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
Broadcast GDR

April 29, 1985, Kammerspiele, East Berlin, Germany

announcement [0:27]
1. unknown title [49:23]
announcement [0:46]: [50:38]

Peter Brötzmann (alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, composer)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet)
Hannes Bauer, Alan Tomlinson (trombone)
Larry Stabbins (soprano sax, tenor sax)
David S. Ware (tenor sax, saxello)
Curtis Clark (piano)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Louis Moholo (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R} !!! NO TRADE !!!

85.05.01 • Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Audience Recording]

May 1, 1985 / Borse, Grenzüberschreitungen, Wuppertal, Germany

announcement PB [1:01]
1. unknown title [69:38]

Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax, alto sax)
Toshinoro Kondo (trumpet, voice)
Johannes Bauer, Alan Tomlinson (trombone)
Larry Stabbins (tenor sax, soprano sax)
David S. Ware (tenor sax)
Curtis Clark (piano)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Louis Moholo (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.05.02 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.05.00 - Third Lower East Side Music Festival 1985, in collaboration with Sound Unity, Plexus/Shuttle and the Lower East Side Community Music Workshop: Roy Campbell and Wiliam Hooker Duo, Jeanne Lee and Voices, William Parker Septet, Hellen Christi, Krall Trio, Jeemel Moondoc Quartet with Bern Nix, William Parker, Ed Blackwell, Luther Thomas Quintet, Bangception with Billy Bang and Denis Charles, WilberForce with Eli Fountain, Vincent Chauncy, Wilber Morris, Trio with Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, Butch Morris, Frank Lowe Trio, Rashid Al Akbar Trio, James Oliver Jones Jr, and Ethica with Myrna Renaud, Rashid Al Akbar, Roy Campbell, Denis Charles, Mabo Suzuki / CUANDO, 9 Second Avenue, NYC [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]

85.05.09 • Jemeel Moondoc Jus Grew Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR FM, New York

May 9, 1985 / Neither/Nor, New York City

In the interview segment Moondoc states that the Orchestra is playing Neither/Nor "...every Thursday night this year..."
"They have been in residence, on Thursdays, 'for about a year'" [WIRE #21 November 1985]

Moondoc interview segment [4:52]
1. Queen of Spades (Morris) [18:42]
2. Blues for Katie (Moondoc) [18:44]
interview segment [3:39]
3. Judy's Bounce (Moondoc) [1:56] (fades out) *
interview segment [2:47]
4. In Walked Monk (Moondoc) [8:52] *
interview segment [1:50]
5. Queen of Spades, reprise (Morris) [14:00] (incomplete, fades out) *: [73:15]

* My copy omits track 5, and combines tracks 7 & 9 as "In Walked Monk (Moondoc) / Queen of Spades, reprise (Morris) [4:40 / 4:42] (incomplete, fades out)" —total time on my copy at 60:49.

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax, soprano sax, flute)
Will Connell (alto sax, flute, bass clarinet)
Larry Price (alto sax, flute)
Dave Sewelson (baritone sax)
Zane Massey (tenor sax)
Kono Masahiko (trombone)
Frank London (trumpet)
Ellen Christi, Bonnie ? Bay (voice)
Bern Nix (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Wadu Richard Williams (electric bass)
Sam Bennet (percussion)
Gerard Faroux (drums)
Butch Morris (conductor)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.05.16 • Bill Dixon: Thoughts

Soulnote SN 1111 (LP) 1987 IT; Soulnote SN 1111 (CD) 1987 IT; SN 1111 (CS) 1987; SN CD 121111-2 (CD) IT

Bill Dixon Septet [Audience Video Recording]

May 16, 1985 / Paul Robeson House, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Thoughts:
1. Thoughts [11:20]
2. Windows [4:40]
3. For Nelson and Winnie (a suite in four parts)
a) Time I [4:04]
b) Essence [4:30]
c) Transfiguration [5:10]
d) Time II [5:09]
4. A Song for Claudia's Children [8:30]
5. Brothers [8:30]
6. Points [8:45]: "Though listed on side A of the LP, 'Time II' occupies the first band on the record's B side." —Dixonia

"Video original" order:
1. Windows [2:30] (take 1)
2. Windows [5:20] (take 2)
3. Windows [3:30] (take 3)
4. Windows [4:40] (take 4, master)
5. Windows [4:40] (take 5)
6. Time I [6:15] (take 1)
7. Time I [4:04] (take 2, master)
8. Time II [5:30] (take 1)
9. Time II [5:09] (take 2, master)
10. Thoughts [11:20]
11. A Song for Claudia's Children [8:30]
12. Brothers [9:00]
13. Points [9:15]

Track 12: "Dixon's flugelhorn solo is incomplete due to a tape switch on the video original, but that tape still holds roughly 30 seconds following his first phrase that do not appear on the record." —Dixonia
Track 13: "LP timed at 8:45. That piece too was probably edited for Thoughts." —Dixonia

Bill Dixon (piano, trumpet, flugelhorn, Compositions)
Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
John Buckingham (tuba)
William Parker, Peter Kowald, Mario Pavone (bass) / "The basses were independently recording-baffled to isolate their sounds." —Dixonia
Lawrence Cook (drums)

Thoughts CD cover.

{Primary Source: SN 1111; All quoted info and video track listing from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R85-0516a & R85-0516b, pp.275-6} Video Recording not in my collection.

85.06.22 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Parker, Lyons, Wright, Martinez / duMaurier International Jazz Festival, "The New Wave of Jazz," The Diamond Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [CODA #202 June 1985 inside front cover]
85.06.23 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez

85.06.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Private & Broadcast Recordings]
Broadcast on October 5, 1985, CBC-CBOF FM Jazz Sur le Vif

June 29, 1985 / Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Theatre St. Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Audience Recording:
announcement [0:16]
1. Aliocha, Song of the Trees [95:26] (split track at 46:02 and 92:27)

Broadcast Recording:
1. Aliocha, Song of the Trees [53:43] (begins 0:46 into beginning of piece)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax, bass clarinet, voice)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)

{Primary Source: Broadcast CD-R; Private 2CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive, 02.11.02; John Chacona 09.08.16}

85.06.30 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.07.04 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.

85.07.11 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 11, 1985 / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA

1st Set:
1. unknown title [42:51]

2nd Set:
2. unknown title / announcement [42:20]

3rd Set:
3. unknown title / announcement [47:24]: [132:35]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive 02.11.02; Graham Connah on 03.03.10 confirms dates as noted; *** CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14}

85.07.12 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 12, 1985 / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA

1st Set:
1. unknown title [47:29]

3rd Set:
2. unknown title [47:32]: [95:01]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Andre Martinez Archive 02.11.02; Graham Connah 03.03.10 confirms dates as noted; CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14}

85.07.13 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker, Andre Martinez / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA [Andre Martinez Archive; Graham Connah 03.03.10 confirms dates as noted; CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14]
85.07.14 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons, Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker, Andre Martinez / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA [CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14, the only evidense I've found of this third date.]
85.07.17 - CUANDO. In the Night of No Moon: Purgatorio Show '85 New York, an open call for the future international community house, a three hour event with over 350 artists, including Patsy Parker, William Parker, Jemeel Moondoc, Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, Rob Brown, Haki Jami, Matt Shipp, Arturo Lindsay, Rhys Chatham, Ellen Christi, Vincent Chauncey, Kali Susan Faistenau... and an enormous number of others, with no session or group details. / The Shuttle Theatre, NYC
85.07.18 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.07.25 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.08.01 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.08 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.00 (Festival duration 85.08.11-17) - Cecil Taylor: possibly or probably the Unit... no personnel details / Edmonton Jazz Festival, Alberta, Canada [CODA #203, August-September 1985 p.32]
85.08.15 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.29 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.05 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.12 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.19 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.20 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Parker, Lyons, Wright, Steve McCall (!) / Afro-American Museum, Philadelphia, PA [CODA #205 December 1985 p.28; specific date from musictravel.free.fr/concerts/concerts80.htm]
"According to Karen Borca, Jimmy Lyons played his last gig with the Unit in September 1985 in Philadelphia." [Jan Strom 02.12.31]
85.09.26 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 85.07.18 above.
85.10.03 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.10 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.17 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.18 - Jemeel Moondoc Quintet: Parker, Rahn Burton, Bern Nix, Denis Charles / Charlie's Tap, Boston, MA [CODA #205 December 1985 p.25]

85.10.19 • Jemeel Moondoc Quintet [Audience Recording]

October 19, 1985 / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA

1st Set:
1. Nostalgia in Times Square
2. Konstanze's Delight
3. Portrait of Flora
4. In Walked Monk: [69:46]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto and soprano sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rahn Burton (piano)
Bern Nix (guitar)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #205 December 1985 p.25}

85.10.00 - Jemeel Moondoc's Just Gru (sic) Orchestra: (no personnel listed) / Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA [CODA #205 December 1985 p.28]
85.10.24 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.10.25 - Jemeel Moondoc's Just Gru Orchestra: William Parker, Bern Nix, Gunter Hampel, Roy Williams, Susan Fasteau, others... / Neither-Nor Bookshop, NYC [CODA #205 December 1985 pp.27-8] Possible wrong date—this is a Friday, unusual as Jus Grew were booked Thursdays from October 24th through at least the end of '85.
85.10.26
85.10.27 - William Parker (bass), Joe McPhee and Bill Smith (soprano sax), Andreas Stehle (alto sax), Jack Wright and Todd Whitman (reeds), Raymond Boni (guitar), Roger Turner (drums, percussion), Steve Hunt (drums) / "The improvisors jammed in two quintets and a septet, and all nine played in a continuous set of overlapping duets and trios. Bassist William Parker played in all these combinations..." —Kevin Whitehead / East Coast Free Music Festival, Community Education Center, West Philadelphia, PA [CODA #204 October 1985 p.31; CODA #205 December 1985 p.36 (Whitehead)]
85.10.31 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 85.10.24 above.
85.11.07 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.11.14 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.11.15 - CODA #206 February 1986 pp.30-1 has Cecil Taylor at the New Music Network, SUNY-Buffalo, in Buffalo, NY (no personnel info), which somehow doesn't fit with the reference below.

85.11.16 • Cecil Taylor Unit & Afrodancers [Soundboard Recording]

November 16, 1985 / Foyer Stadttheater Basel, Bern, Switzerland

1. unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Brenda Bakr (voice)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums, percussion)
Dorothea "Mickey" Davidson, Pauline Zaguehi, Leon Brown, Philip Bond (dance)

{Primary Source: Andre Martinez Archive} Not in my collection.

85.11.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.11.23 - "November 23, 1985, New York, 523 East 6th Street. The building of the Shuttle Theatre burned in a fire accident." [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]

85.11.24 • Jemeel Moondoc Quintet: Nostalgia in Times Square

Soul Note SN 1141 (LP) 1986 IT; 121141-1 (LP); 121141-2 (CD)

November 24, 1985 / Zen's Studio, Brooklyn, NY

1. Nostalgia in Times Square (Charles Mingus) [13:12]
2. Flora (Moondoc) [12:18]
3. In Walked Monk (Moondoc) [15:16]
4. Dance of the Clowns (Moondoc) [10:51]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax, soprano sax)
Bern Nix (guitar)
Rahn Burton (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: SN 1141; 121141-2}

85.11.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / Reference in session 85.05.09, Moondoc's Jus Grew are listed nearly every Thursday from 84.10.04 above through end of '85, unless other references show Parker elsewhere. Confirmation of these dates is most welcome! —Rick Lopez
85.12.05 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.12.12 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.12.19 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.12.26 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC

85.12.27 • Amy Sheffer: We'um

I Am Shee Records [ no issue # ] (LP) 1987

1st Session: [See also 86.06.18.]

December 27, 1985 / Sorcerer Sound, Brooklyn, NY

1. We'um [4:58]
2. Dark Countenance [12:06]
3. You and Me [4:06]
4. Le le le Lah [1:17]
5. Lawoe [0:48]
6. Wee'um [4:25]

Amy Sheffer (voice, piano-2,3,4,5 / Compositions)
Billy Bang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums)

{Primary Source: We'um LP}

85.00.00 (2) - Matthew Shipp: "I've been playing with William about thirteen years....the whole time I've been in New York. 'Cause I met him the first week I was there. When I originally moved to New York, I had a producer—a guy that I met who had a computer business. He had some dollars to throw around, so he used to produce these concerts and I would change the group every concert. Steve McCall, the drummer, was a member ...Abdul Wadud, the cellist... and William [Parker] did some of the concerts. And then from there... I remember the first duo concert I did with William was at the Knitting Factory right around the time when it first opened, which was actually ten years ago this month. But I've played with William in different groups... lots of different groups with some musicians that have never recorded. I remember this Italian alto player who was around in New York—William and I did a few things together with him. Then also in my own groups and with David S. Ware and Roscoe Mitchell." [Shipp Interview in UNC's Signal to Noise WXYC March 1997]
85.00.00 (3) - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, VARIOUS / "A brochure from Matt Shipp... A note at the end says that Convection's first performance was in 1985. The group also performed at the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, and the Brownstone Parlor Concerts in Harlem prior to 1987. In early 1987, they also performed at the New York Public Library sponsored music series." [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive]

*** Dates listed below: 86.12.20; 87.01.26; 87.04.13; 87.05.18. Any additional information is MOST welcome. —Rick Lopez

85.12.30 • Billy Bang's The Fire Within [Audience Recording]

December 30, 1985 / Neither/Nor, New York City

1st Set:
Intro [:]
1. Going Through/Echo Vamp [:]
2. unknown title [:]
3. unknown title [:]

2nd Set: (incomplete)
4. The Glow of Awareness [:]
5. Music for the Love of It [:]: [72:00]

"Neither/Nor was a good old-fashioned anarchist bookstore that opened up their back room for concerts. It was located between avenues C and D, which, during the 80's was a no-man's land that resembled Beirut more than Manhattan, in fact, Neither/Nor was the only building left standing on the block, the rest were rubble-strewn lots, and abandoned hovels."

Billy Bang (violin)
Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet—2nd Set only)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25; John Chacona 08.02.26} Not in my collection.

86.00.00 - "As if that's not enough to be getting on with, Shipp says, ‘I have one demo ready to be put on a record with Steve McCall, myself, William Parker and Leo Smith.’" [WIRE #127 September 1994 p.16]

"Referring to this demo and a Shipp/Wadud/Yamashita tape, Steve Holtje continues: ‘They're earlier sessions reflecting the work he did after he came to New York City in 1984.’ I think that we're looking at a recording from the mid-80s here..." —Kevin C. White 03.02.18

86.01.18 • Billy Bang Sextet [Audience Recording]

January 18, 1986 / Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

1st Set:
announcement [1:06]
1. Music for the Love of It [11:47]
2. The Nagual Julian [17:33]
3. The Glow of Awareness [14:42]
announcement [0:45]

2nd Set:
4. The New Seers [21:10]
announcement [0:43]
5. Inorganic Beings [15:07]
announcement [0:45]: [83:45]

I received notice that It was Earl Parker on bass, not William—but the announcer clearly introduces "William Parker."

Billy Bang (violin)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Oscar Sanders (piano)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25}

86.01.30 • Steve Cohn: The Beggar and The Robot in Diamonds

ITM-Media Pacific ITMP 970089 (CD) 1996 GER

January 30, 1986 / Zen's Studio, Brooklyn, NY

The Robot in Diamonds
1st Movement [11:11]
2nd Movement [11:15]
3rd Movement [17:01]

Steve Cohn (piano, shakuhachi, hichiriki, Compositions)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Karl Berger (vibes)
William Parker (bass, musette)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: ITMP 970089}

86.02.01 • Frank Wright Quartet [Audience Recording]

February 1, 1986 / Jimmy Lyons Benefit, Public Theater, New York City

1. unknown titles [21:53]

Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Maurice McIntyre (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Andrew Cyrille (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #207 April 1986 p.29}

86.02.04-16 - Cecil Taylor: (no personnel details, no specific date) / "Music is an Open Sky" Series, Sweet Basil, NYC [CODA #206 February 1986 p.30]
86.03.25 - William Parker & Paul Murphy Duo / The Joint, WBRS-FM, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA [www.angelfire.com/id2/laotan/psl.html]

86.04.10 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

April 10, 1986 / Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

1. First Set [52:43]
2. Second Set [50:12]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice, Composition)
Earl McIntyre (bass trombone)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

86.04.11 • Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa

Soul Note SN 1139 (LP) 1986 IT; 121139-2 (CD) 1994

Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

1st Session: [See also 86.04.12.]

April 11, 1986 / Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Olu Iwa:
1. Olu Iwa (Lord of Character) [27:09]

Audience Recording:
1st Set:
1. unknown title [35:00]
2nd Set:
2. Olu Iwa (Lord of Character) Introduction [8:00]
3. Olu Iwa (Lord of Character) [27:09]
4. piano solo [:]: [72:30]

"...track 2 credits correctly the four instrumentalists... additionally there were Frank Wright and Earl McIntyre (voice), they did not play any trombone or reeds during the whole concert, which was intensely structured in several sections, the first set dominated by voices and marimba, plus some drums and a marimba/drums/bass section. Both Set 1 and 2 were about 35 minutes; Set two appears on the Soul Note CD as ‘Olu Iwa,’ omitting an introduction of about eight minutes. This whole concert (72.5 minutes, closed by a short piano solo again) took place on April 11th, not 12th, as incorrectly stated on the Soul Note CD." —Hannes Schneider posting to CTResearch Group 04.05.28

On some versions of the Soul Note CD the "Olu Iwa (Lord of Character)" session date is mistakenly given as 86.04.12.

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Earl McIntyre and Frank Wright (voice-2)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion, voice)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Steve McCall (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R at 182:58, which also contains tracks below (need to sort this out...); Soul Note 121139-2}

86.04.12 • Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa

Soul Note SN 1139 (LP) 1986 IT; 121139-2 (CD) 1994

Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

2nd Session: [See also 86.04.11.]

April 12, 1986 / Workshop Freie Musik 1986, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

Olu Iwa:
1. B Ee Ba Nganga Ban'a Eee! [48:21]

Audience Recording:
1. unknown title [10:16] (incomplete, fades in)
2. piano solo [1:06]
3. unknown title [66:42] (split track at 27:22)
4. B Ee Ba Nganga Ban'a Eee! [48:21]
5. piano solo [1:46]: [127:41]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Earl McIntyre (trombone)
Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax & taragato-1,2,3)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)

"though Peter Brötzmann was present with the Unit during the first set (68:00), he is wrongly stated on the CD as [a] player." —Hannes Schneider posting to CTResearch Group 04.05.28

{Primary Source: 2 CD-R; Soul Note 121139-2}

86.04.13 • Cecil Taylor Euro-American Big Band [Audience Recording]

April 13, 1986 / Workshop Freie Musik 1986, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

Cecil Taylor: Berlin + NYC 1986
Documentary—Spielen, als sei es das letzte Mal, by Ralph Quinke
[This Video documentary includes Cecil Taylor interviews; parts of Berlin 86.04.09 Solo, Berlin 86.04.13 Cecil Taylor Euro-American Big Band (Rehearsal); and 86.05.16 Cecil Taylor Unit in NYC]

1. unknown title [46:26]
2. unknown title [12:25]
3. unknown title [4:53]: [63:48]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Earl McIntyre (trombone, conductor)
Johannes Bauer (trombone)
Guido Mazzone, Lars Rudolph (trumpet)
Peter Brötzmann and Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Wolfgang Fuchs (soprano sax)
Floros Floridis (alto sax)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

86.04.18 - Jemeel Moondoc (no personnel info) / Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA [CODA #208 June 1986 p.32]
86.04.22
86.04.23
86.04.24
86.04.25
86.04.26
86.04.27
86.04.28 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Earl McIntyre (trombone), Carlos Ward (alto sax), Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Steve McCall (drums) —Personnel not confirmed, though Barker had left to tour with Sam Rivers around the 25th of April. / Sweet Basil, New York City [New York Magazine April 21, 1986 p.134; CODA #207 April 1986 p.29; CODA #208 June 1986 p.33]

86.05.00 • Marco Eneidi: Vermont, Spring, 1986

Botticelli Records 1001 (LP) 1986 SWZ

May, 1986 / City Hall Auditorium, Burlington, VT

1. Stand Back (traditional West Indian folk song) [14:30]
2. Sorry... Ballada (Jimmy Lyons) [10:05]
3. Rise Up (traditional West Indian folk song) [3:05]
4. Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman) [15:27]

Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Denis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: Botticelli 1001}

86.05.15 - Bill Dixon Quartet: Dixon (trumpet, flugelhorn), William Parker (bass), Mario Pavone (bass), Laurence Cook (drums), "Matt Henderson (guitar), Michael Downs (voice) for one piece" / "Dixon's quartet, in addition to playing his own music, was joined by two student musicians to perform a piece written by Dixon's composition student, John Bepler." / Bennington College, VT [All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / "Thoughts," entry 86-0515, p.279]

86.05.16 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Video Recording]

May 16, 1986 / "Vital Expression in American Art Series," Studio Museum, Harlem, NYC

Cecil Taylor: Berlin + NYC 1986
Documentary—Spielen, als sei es das letzte Mal, by Ralph Quinke
(This Video documentary includes Cecil Taylor interviews; parts of Berlin 86.04.09 Solo, Berlin 86.04.13 Cecil Taylor Euro-American Big Band (Rehearsal); and this 86.05.16 session)

1. Two Sets + encore [63:48]

"At the time I watched the Unit's rituals, and jotted down their similarity to a funeral procession. I had no idea what lay three days ahead..."
—Peter Pullman, in WIRE #32 October 1986, pp.20-1
(Sadly, see 86.05.19 note below...)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Earl McIntyre (trombone, conductor)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Mickey Davidson (dance)
William Parker (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; WIRE #32 October 1986 pp.20-1; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

86.05.18 - Convection Jazz Trio: Matthew Shipp (piano), William Parker (violin), Abdul Wadud (cello) / "Music for piano, violin, cello." 3:00pm, Brownstone Parlor Concerts, 459 w. 141st St., New York City [New York Magazine May 19, 1982 p.149]
86.05.19 - Jimmy Lyons succumbs to cancer... [CODA #208 June 1986 p.33]

86.05.28 • MEMORIAL SERVICE for JIMMY LYONS [Audience Audio & Video Recordings]

May 28, 1986 / Jimmy Lyons Benefit, St. Peter's Church, New York City

Audience Audio Recording [225:00]: (Audience Video exists by Raymond Ross, for Karen Borca)

Rev. John Gensel
Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Jemeel Moondoc, Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Joseph Jarman (reeds)
Michele Rosewoman (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Andrew Cyrille, Sunny Murray, Denis Charles (drums)
Ellen Christi (voice)
Thulani Davis Jarman, Brenda Bakr, Patsy Parker, Jeanne Phillips, Joan Thornell (dancers)
Rivers-Pullen Quartet
Anthony Davis
Sun Ra
Archie Shepp All Stars
Walt Dickerson
"...and others..."

{Primary Source: Jan Ström Jimmy Lyons—a Sessionography} Not in my collection.

86.06.17 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Earl McIntyre (trombone), Carlos Ward (alto sax), Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Steve McCall (drums) —Personnel not confirmed. / Tue. through Thu. 9:30 and 11:30pm, extra show on Fri. and Sat. at 1:00am, Carlos 1, New York City [New York Magazine June 16, 1986 p.109]

86.06.18 • Amy Sheffer: We'um

I Am Shee Records [ no issue # ] (LP) 1987

2nd Session: [See also 85.12.27]

June 18, 1986 / Sorcerer Sound, Brooklyn, NY

1. In the Warm [6:27]
2. Do You Want to be an Angel [4:34]
3. From the Warm [1:32]

Amy Sheffer (voice, piano-1,3 / Compositions)
Lois Schlessinger (viola)
William Parker (bass)
Lou Grassi (drums)

{Primary Source: We'um LP}

86.06.18 (2)
86.06.19
86.06.20
86.06.21
86.06.22 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Earl McIntyre (trombone), Carlos Ward (alto sax), Frank Wright (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Steve McCall (drums) —Personnel not confirmed. / Tue. through Thu. 9:30 and 11:30pm, extra show on Fri. and Sat. at 1:00am, Carlos 1, New York City [New York Magazine June 16, 1986 p.109]
86.00.00 ("Summer") - Afro-American Fragments: William Parker (bass), Michael Wimberly (percussion), Alan Michael (alto sax), Cooper-Moore (voice, home-made instruments, percussion), Words by Langston Hughes / Fashion Moda, NYC [Cooper-Moore]
"Fashion Moda was a storefront art gallery located in the South Bronx, a first of its kind. Juma Santos was helping to run things there and had begun a concert series on Saturday afternoons."

86.08.25 • Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds

Black Saint SN 102 (LP) 1994 IT; 120102-2 (CD) 1994

August 25, 1986 / Xandor Recording Studios, Orinda, CA

1. North (Murphy) [15:22]
2. South (Murphy) [10:58]
3. East (Parker) [18:49]
4. West (Spearman) [2:18]

"In the Summer of 1986 Trio Hurricane formed to perfrom and record a suite of music dedicated to saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, who had just died... The music sat unreleased until 1994..."
—Cadence Vol.23 no.9 September 1997, p.41

Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Paul Murphy (drums)

{Primary Source: 120102-2}

86.08.00 - ("later in the month") Billy Bang Quintet: Roy Campbell, Oscar Sanders (guitar), William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / Koncepts Kultural Gallery, San Francisco, CA [CODA #212 February 1987 p.36]
86.09.01 - ("circa September 1, 1986") Bill Dixon Quartet: Dixon (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Mario Pavone (bass), Laurence Cook (drums) / "The Lexington organization 'Art Awareness' sponsored this Labor Day weekend concert." / Lexington, NY [All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R86-0901, p.280]
86.09.14 - Hothouse Improvisations: Marion Soto, Patricia Parker, William Parker, Philip Johnson, Anthony Fine / 4:00pm, P.S. 122, New York City [New York Magazine September 15, 1986 p.189]
86.09.19- Billy Bang Quintet: Roy Campbell, Oscar Sanders (guitar), William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / New York City [CODA #212 February 1987 p.34]

86.09.20 (1) • Ellen Christi: Star of Destiny

NYCAC Records NYCAC 504 (LP) 1986; NYCAC no issue # (CS)

September 20, 1986 / Calliope Recording Studios, New York City

1. Midnight Moon [8:05]
2. Dance of the Arabesque [7:15]
3. Harry, Paint the Lawn [6:45]
4. Urban Mania [5:05]
5. Japanese Twilight [7:15]
6. No Good-Byes [4:25]

Ellen Christi (voice, piano / Compositions)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Tom Bruno (drums)

{Primary Source: NYCAC 504}

86.09.20 (2) • Billy Bang Quintet [Audience Recording]

September 20, 1986 / Charlie's Tap, Boston, MA

1. unknown titles [118:36]

Billy Bang (violin)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Oscar Sanders (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; CODA #212 February 1987 p.34}

86.00.00 - Cecil Taylor: (no personnel details, no specific date) / "Fall," Charlotteville, VA, WTJU Radio sponsored
86.10.10 - Cecil Taylor Unit: (no personnel listed) / Los Angeles Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA [CODA #217 December 1987 p.25]

86.10.22 • Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Video Recording]

October 22, 1986 / Middlebury College, Vermont

1. starts with Dixon Solo [11:50]
2. untitled [14:05]
3. untitled [2:35]
4. starts with Dixon Solo [16:21]

"Dixon spent a week (October 21-6) as a 'Distinguished Visitor in the Arts' at Middlebury, during which his activities included (in order):
—a radio interview on the college station (October 21)
—a master class with the jazz band
—a master class with the symphony orchestra
—this open quartet rehearsal (October 22)
—master classes in Dance (probably October 23)
—a college-wide lecture (October 24)
—a quartet performance (October 25) adding Penny Campbell." [See 86.10.25]

Bill Dixon (trumpet)
William Parker and Mario Pavone (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)

{Primary Source: All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R86-1022, p.281} Not in my collection.

86.10.25 • Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Video Recording]

October 25, 1986 / Middlebury College, Vermont

1. rehearsal [22:19]
2. rehearsal [1:55]
3. rehearsal [27:36]

First concert:
4. unknown title [34:54]
5. unknown [22:08]

Second concert:
6. unknown [24:10]
7. unknown [27:08] (switches to flugelhorn at 21:00)

Bill Dixon (trumpet-1,2,3,4,6,7, flugelhorn-5,7)
William Parker and Mario Pavone (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)
Penny Campbell (movement)

{Primary Source: All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R86-1025, p.282} Not in my collection.

86.11.01 • Billy Bang Quintet [Audience Audio & Video Recordings]

November 1, 1986 / Leverkusen Jazztage, Leverkusen, Germany

Audio Recording:
announcement [1:16]
1. Sinawe Mandelas (dedicated to the late Johnny Dyani) (Bang) [9:20]
announcement...
2. Thank You Ma'am—adapted from a short story by Langston Hughes (Bang) [10:35]
announcement [0:27]
3. Sad Song (Bang) [5:57]
announcement [0:21]
4. The Mold of a Man (Bang) [7:58]
announcement [0:12]
5. Going Through (Bang) [33:09] (split track at 24:33, incomplete, cuts out a few seconds before ending)
announcement [0:19]
6. Music for the Love of It (Butch Morris) [11:40] ("introduction of the musicians during the music"): [69:40]

Video Recording:
announcement...
1. Thank You Ma'am, adapted from a short story by Langston Hughes (Bang) [11:20]
announcement...
2. Sad Song (Bang) [6:00]
3. Going Through (Bang) [29:00] Received as "unknown title": [48:00]

Billy Bang (violin)
Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Oscar Sanders (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: Video Recording; Norbert Kreutzer 05.08.22} Audience Recording Not in my Collection

86.11.00 - Billy Bang Quintet: Roy Campbell, Oscar Sanders (guitar), William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland [www.tampere.fi/festival]
86.11.07-09 - Billy Bang Quintet: Roy Campbell, Oscar Sanders (guitar), William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / Zurich, Switzerland [Cadence Vol.12 no. 11 November '86 p.93]
86.11.17 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Karen Borca (bassoon), Carlos Ward (alto sax), William Parker, Thurman Barker (vibes), Freddie Waits (drums) / The Bam Boo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Frank Rubolino correspndence]
86.11.18
86.11.19
86.11.20
86.11.21
86.11.22 - Billy Bang Sextet: Billy Bang (violin), Roy Campbell (trumpet), Oscar Sanders (guitar), Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion), William Parker (bass), Zen Matsuura (drums) / Carlos 1, New York City [New York Magazine November 17, 1986 p.155]

86.11.23 • Billy Bang Sextet: Live at Carlos 1

Soul Note SN 1136 (LP) 1986 IT; 121136-1 (LP); 121136-2 (CD)

November 23, 1986 / Carlos 1, New York City

1. Thank You Ma'am (adapted from a short story by Langston Hughes) [8:33]
2. Sinawe Mandelas (dedicated to the late Johnny Dyani) [6:57]
3. Sad Song [4:37]
4. Abuella (dedicated to M. Ramirez) [13:40]
5. Rainbow Gladiator [5:48]
6. Going Through [6:45]

Billy Bang (violin, clave / Compositions)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Oscar Sanders (guitar)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)
Eddie Conde (congas-2,4)

{Primary Source: 121136-2}

86.12.05 • "Bill Dixon in Concert" [Private Recording]

December 5, 1986 / Carriage Barn, Bennington College, Vermont

1. unknown titles [:]

"...works for solo piano; ensemble; ensemble and dancer; trumpet and synthesizer, although the music may not have taken exactly that form."

"From Bennington College Week: 'This event, which commemorates Mr. Dixon's Fortieth Anniversary in music, will consist of: three new compositions in music; the unveiling of three paintings [ca. 1983 and 1985] (not previously or publicly exhibited); the METAMORPHOSIS MUSIC publication of L'Opera, Volume One, a collection of writings, drawings, music manuscripts, and photographs—covering the period 1962 to 1986; and the release of Thoughts, Mr. Dixon's latest recording, being internationally released in January 1987 on LP, cassette, and compact disc.' Details from concert program and Bennington College Week Vol. LXXXV No. 13, December 1-7."

Bill Dixon (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Tony Widoff (synthesizer)
William Parker and Mario Pavone (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)
Penny Campbell (choreography, movement)

{Primary Source: All info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry 86-1205a, p.283} Not in my collection.

86.12.12-14 - Fourth Lower East Side Music Festival, by Sound Unity, the Lower East Side Community Music Workshop and Plexus, featuring: Wilber Force, William Parker Ensemble, DC YA YA Band, Charles Gayle, Zane Massey Quartet, Luther Thomas Sextet, Ted Daniel, Joe Morris, Jemeel Moondoc, and Roy Campbell, with a jazz portraits exhibition by Judy Levy and Anita Steckel, and an art jam by Joan Waltmath and Cicci Borghi / Alchemical Theatre, NYC [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
86.12.16
86.12.17
86.12.18
86.12.19 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Karen Borca (bassoon), Carlos Ward (alto sax), William Parker, Thurman Barker (vibes), Freddie Waits (drums) / Tue.-Thu. 9:30 and 11:30pm, extra show Fri. and Sat. at 1:00am, Carlos 1, New York City [New York Magazine December 22-29, 1986 p.213]
86.12.20 (1) - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Abdul Wadud / Middle Collegiate Church, NYC
"A brochure from Matt Shipp... A note at the end says that Convection's first performance was in 1985. The group also performed at the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, and the Brownstone Parlor Concerts in Harlem prior to 1987. In early 1987, they also performed at the New York Public Library sponsored music series." [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive]
—Any additional information is MOST welcome. —Rick Lopez
86.12.20 (2)
86.12.21 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (piano), Karen Borca (bassoon), Carlos Ward (alto sax), William Parker, Thurman Barker (vibes), Freddie Waits (drums) / Tue.-Thu. 9:30 and 11:30pm, extra show Fri. and Sat. at 1:00am, Carlos 1, New York City [New York Magazine December 22-29, 1986 p.213]
87.00.00-88.00.00 - Roy Campbell, Jr, William Parker, Zen Matsuura / (no date "1987-8") Live at the Knitting Factory, NYC / Radio Broadcast, 30:00 cassette exists, somewhere...
87.00.00 - Rob Brown Trio: Parker, Frank Bambara (drums) / "Trio work with William Parker and Frank Bambara from 1987..." [CODA #259 January 1995 p.27]
87.01.23
87.01.24 - Steve Cohn Trio: William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA [CODA #213 April 1987 p.37; Cadence Vol. 13 no. 1, January '87 p.94]
87.01.26 - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Akua Dixon-Turre / Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th Street, NYC [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive] (See note 86.12.20)

87.02.00 • Jerome Cooper Quintet: Outer and Interactions

About Time Records AT-1008 (LP) 1988

February, 1987 / Acoustilog, New York City

1. Moments [9:48]
2. Outer and Interactions [10:35]
3. Monk Funk [4:24]
4. The Hteb of Hanavel [13:03]
5. The Crouch Opinion [6:14]
6. Acrunum II [3:38]

Jerome Cooper (drums, chiramia, balaphon, Mexican flute, hourglass drum, frame drum / Compositions)
Joseph Jarman (tenor sax, flute)
Jason Hwang (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

{Primary Source: AT-1008}

87.03.04 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

March 4, 1987 / Carlos 1, New York City

1. unknown title [44:01]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
William Parker (bass)
Freddie Waits (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

87.03.15 - Bern Nix Trio: Nix (guitar), William Parker, David Cappella (drums) / Roulette, NYC [www.roulette.org/events/event.php/PARKER01]

87.03.25 • William Parker & Paul Murphy Duo [Broadcast Recording]
WBRS-FM Radio Broadcast / Program: "The Joint"

March 25, 1987 / Winer Wing, USDAN Student Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

announcement [0:14]
1. improvisation [29:56]
announcement [0:10]
2. improvisation [31:29] (split track at 4:51)
3. improvisation [13:57]: [77:47]

Paul Murphy (drums)
William Parker (bass, shenai, percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.31}

87.03.26 - William Parker & Bern Nix (Duo?) / The Joint, Somerville, MA [Cadence Vol. 13 no. 1, January '87 p.94]
87.04.13 - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Leroy Jenkins, Steve McCall / Middle Collegiate Church, NYC [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive] (See note 86.12.20)

87.04.23 • Charles Gayle & William Parker [Audience Recording]

April 23, 1987 / New York City

1. unknown titles [30:00]

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) ???

{Primary Source: Anonymous correspondence} Not in my collection.

87.05.01
87.05.02 - The New York Free Jazz Quintet: William Parker (bass), Raphé Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor saxophone), Karen Borca (bassoon), Paul Murphy (percussion) / 10:00pm, Kraine Club Theater, NYC [New York Times 87.05.01]
87.05.18 - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Abdul Wadud / Middle Collegiate Church, NYC [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive] (See note 86.12.20)
87.06.25 - Charles Gayle Trio: probbly Parker (no personnel given) / 10:30pm, Tea & Comprovisation Festival, Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine June 29, 1987 p.200]

87.07.03 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

July 3, 1987 / El Bohio, New York City

1st Set:
1. mprovisation [46:10] (incomplete)

2nd Set:
2. mprovisation [37:35]: [83:45]

Jazz Arts Expo ran from 06.26 through 07.05, "by the Lower East Side Community Music Workshop" (El Bohio was a community center in New York, formerly P.S. 64.)

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: Anonymous 04.03.02; New York Magazine June 29, 1987 p.204} Not in my collection.

87.07.09 • Takashi Tazamaki: Eikou no Hata ["The Flags of Ships in Tow"] / Live in New York, 1987

Ombasha Records Omba 004 (CS) JAP 1988

July 9, 1987 / Kraine Club Theater, New York City

1. Side B / no title given [33:25] (incomplete, fades in)

New York Magazine July 13, 1987 p.79 also has Billy Bang on violin.

Takashi Tazamaki (percussion)
Danny Davis (alto sax)
William Parker (bass, marimba)
(Composition, collective)

OMBA 004

This cassette is available for $13.50 + postage ($4.50 airmail from Japan to USA) from The Improvised Company in Tokyo. Contact Kouichi Ohshima for further information, and please tell him I sent you. —Rick Lopez

{Primary Source: Omba 004; title translation and release date via Producer Yoshiyuki Kitazato.}

87.08.02 - William Hooker Trio: William Hooker (drums), Booker T (saxophone), William Parker (bass) / 7:00pm, the Citicorp Center, St. Peter's Church, NYC [New York Times 87.08.01; Cadence Vol. 13 no. 8, August '87 p.92]
87.08.10 - Matthew Shipp & William Parker Duo / 11:00pm, Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine August 10, 1987 p.77]
87.08.16 - Rob Brown Project: Brown (alto sax), William Parker, Denis Charles (drums) / 9:00, Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine August 17, 1987 p.85]

87.08.24 • Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording]

August 24, 1987 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1. unknown title [23:40] (incomplete, cuts off)
2. unknown title [4:09] (incomplete, cuts in)
3. unknown title [39:17] (split track)

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) Can anyone confirm William was on this date?
unknown (drums)

"...The bass player... [does not strike] me as being Parker, plus, I didn't think he was in Gayle's working trio at the time." —James Lindbloom 03.08.24

{Primary Source: CD-R; info implicating Parker in this session, perhaps falsely, via anonymous; home.gwu.edu/˜flota/Unofficial.htm}

87.09.00 - Cecil Taylor Unit: "In September of 1987, and in Santa Fe as the opening artist in the New Mexico Jazz Workshop's Tenth Annual Guest Artists Series, Cecil was returning to the daily practice of music after a long hiatus brought about by the passing of Jimmy Lyons the previous year. ...he was already looking toward the next week's rehearsal of The Unit at his home in Brooklyn. ...it had taken him over a year to reconstitute The Unit without Jimmy. ...current members were compared to the ideal: Jimmy's "extraordinary peace" found partially in William Parker, his ability to work the band found in ...Earl McIntyre." / "...his focus was on the future, the coming west coast tour with The Unit, a European tour, a festival in Montreal, more gigs in [New York City]." [CODA #220 June 1988 p.10 "Cecil Taylor in Santa Fe," by Roy Durfee]
87.10.10 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Carlos Ward (tenor sax), William Parker, Leroy Jenkins (violin), Thurman Barker (drums) / Los Angeles Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA [CODA #217 December 1987 p.25]

87.10.12 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 12, 1987 / Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA

1. unknown titles [70:14] (split track at 46:25)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)
Carlos Ward is listed on tenor sax, but none is heard on the tapes. —RL

"...I am pretty sure they opened at Yoshi's the following evening and ran at least through the 17th..." [Graham Connah 03.03.10]

{Primary Source: CD-R}

87.10.13
87.10.14
87.10.15 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Carlos Ward (tenor sax), William Parker, Leroy Jenkins (violin), Thurman Barker (drums) / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA [ibid]

87.10.16 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 16, 1987 / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

1. unknown titles [75:58]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)
Freddie Waits (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

87.10.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 17, 1987 / Yoshi's, Oakland, CA

1. First Set [67:51] (split track at 46:19)
2. Second Set [70:32] (split track at 46:21): [138:23]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

87.10.27 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 27, 1987 / Quasimodo, Berlin, Germany

1st Set:
1. unknown title [111:48]

2nd Set:
2. unknown title [110:04]: [221:52]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)

{Primary Source: 4CD-R}

87.10.30 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Carlos Ward (tenor sax), William Parker, Leroy Jenkins (violin), Thurman Barker (drums) / Teatro Tenda, Firenze, Italy [Luc Barzaghi 03.01.12]

87.10.31 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 31, 1987 / Belga Jazz Festival, Theatre 140, Brussels, Belgium

1. unknown title [74:36] (split track at 46:10)
2. unknown title [18:13] (incomplete, fades in): [92:54]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

87.11.03 • The Cecil Taylor Unit: Live in Bologna

Leo Records LR 404/405 (2LP) 1988 England; CD LR 100 (CD) 1994 England

November 3, 1987 / Bologna, Italy

No title given to this continuous piece:
1. [22:20]
1. [25:25]
1. [24:18]
1. [19:58]

CD LR 100 abbreviated to 69:58 by the Forces of Evil.

Cecil Taylor (piano, Composition)
Carlos Ward (reeds)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba, drums)

The stylish LP cover-image.

{Primary Source: CD LR 100}

87.11.07 • The Cecil Taylor Unit: Live in Vienna

Leo Records LR 408/409 (2LP) Special Ltd. Edition 1,000 copies 1988 England; CD LR 174 (CD) 1991, Reissued 2003

November 3, 1987 / Vienna, Austria

No title given to this continuous piece:
1. [22:37]
2. [22:25]
3. [21:20]
4. [24:05]

CD LR 174 abbreviated to 71:21 by the Forces of Evil.

Cecil Taylor (piano, poetry / Composition)
Carlos Ward (reeds)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba, drums, voice)

{Primary Source: LR 408/409; CD LR 174}

87.11.09 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

November 9, 1987 / Elizabethbühne, Salzburg, Austria

1. unknown title [90:43] (split track at 48:28, incomplete, fades at end)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute, voice)
Leroy Jenkins (violin, voice)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba, percussion, voice)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

87.11.11 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Cecil Taylor (piano), Leroy Jenkins (violin), Carlos Ward (alto sax), William Parker (bass), Thurman Barker and Freddie Waits (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 05.03.08; www.bimhuis.nl]

87.11.13 • Cecil Taylor: Tzotzil Mummers Tzotzil

Leo Records LR 162 (2LP) 1988 England; CD LR 162 (CD) 1994 U

November 13, 1987 / New Morning, Paris, France

1. Tzotzil Mummers Tzotzil [55:43]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Carlos Ward (reeds)
Leroy Jenkins (violin)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)

{Primary Source: CD LR 162}

87.12.05 - William Parker: "The Silent Screen" / "Transformation String Series, a festival of chamber jazz." / 10:30pm, Kraine Club Gallery, New York City [New York Magazine December 7, 1987 p.189]

88.00.00-1 • Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording]

unknown date, 1988 / New York City

1. unknown titles [60:00]

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) ?

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.01.18 • Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

January 18, 1988 / Live On WKCR Radio, New York City

1. unknown title [:]

Elliot Bratton (voice)
Richard Fairfax (reeds)
Vincent French (congas)
Brian Keizer (guitar)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; Anonymous 05.12.31} Not in my collection.

88.02.04
88.02.05 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor (Bösendorfer concert grand), Leo Smith (trumpet, fluegelhorn), Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute), Parker, Barker / Knitting Factory, New York City / "Friday's first set [88.02.05], compressed to 70 minutes because Mr. Taylor arrived late..." [Jon Pareles, New York Times, 88.02.07]

88.02.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

February 6, 1988 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1st Set [44:59]
2nd Set [45:56]
3rd Set [45:41]: [138:36]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R}

88.02.15 • William Parker Solo [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

February 15, 1988 / unknown venue, New York City

1. A Nast in Crisis, Mouth Full of Fresh Cut Flowers [:]
2. Sentences Forming Pictures that Dream of Freedom [:]
3. Ashes in Ascent [:]
4. Eternal Sunshine [:]

William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

"During 1988, we played at the New York City Public Library as preparation for the Silkheart Record, Passage To Music. I contacted the library and set up three gigs. Bassist Dave Saphra made the first gig only. He was replaced by William Parker..." [Marc Edwards]
88.02.24 - Call of Nature Trio: David S. Ware (tenor sax), David Saphra (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Wednesday 6:30pm, New York Public Library, Ninety-Sixth Street Regional Branch, 112 East 96th Street, NYC
88.03.01 - Call of Nature Trio: David S. Ware (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Tuesday 6:30pm, New York Public Library, Saint Agnes Branch, 444 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC
88.03.05 - Jemeel Moondoc, Bern Nix (guitar), William Parker, Rashied Ali (drums) / Roulette, New York City [New York Magazine March 7, 1988 p.129]
88.03.08 - Call of Nature Trio: David S. Ware (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Tuesday 6:00pm, New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street, NYC
88.04.03 - Call of Nature Trio: David S. Ware (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine April 4, 1988 p.179]

88.04.04
88.04.05 • David S. Ware Trio: Passage to Music

Silkheart Records SHLP-113 (LP) 1989 Sweden; SHCD-113 (CD) 1989 Sweden

Various Artists: Silkheart Sampler / Spirit of New Jazz
Silkheart Records SHCD-130 (CD) 1990 Sweden

April 4 & 5, 1988 / A & R Recording, New York City

Drummer Marc Edwards: "Most of the record was done on the first day. Recording two or three days in a row isn't the way I like to record. My experience is that if you have strong musicians, chances are, you'll have 99 percent of the record done during the first session."

1. An Ancient Formula [6:00]
2. Ancient Visitors [7:30]
3. Passage to Music [10:46]
4. African Secrets [10:47]
5. The Elders Path [13:20]
6. Phonetic Hymn [9:00]
7. Mystery [11:43]

SHCD-130 Sampler has track 1.
Tracks 6 and 7 are on SHCD-113 only.

David S. Ware (tenor sax, saxello-2, stritch-4 / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Marc Edwards (drums)

{Primary Source: SHCD-113; SHCD-130}

88.04.09 - "William also played with the Cecil Taylor Unit (Carlos Ward, alto sax; Thurman Barker, drums/marimba) at a jazz festival I organized at Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA) right around this time... Neither Richard Shapiro's nor the Webmutations/CTResearch Group's sessionography mention it..." Scott Currie 06.07.10

"The Second International Sound Unity Festival of Third Wave Jazz (...the first of its kind in four years...) ...from April 12 through 17 at... The Kraine Club Gallery and The Knitting Factory..." [CODA #221 August 1988 pp.36-9]
88.04.12 - David S. Ware Trio: William Parker, Marc Edwards / The 2nd International Sound Unity Festival, 3rd Wave Festival of Jazz, Kraine Art Gallery, NYC / "We opened the Sound Unity Festival..." —Marc Edwards
88.04.12-17 (1) - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra: (no personnel info, no specific date) [ibid]
88.04.14 - William Parker Group + Glenn Spearman / The 2nd International Sound Unity Festival, 3rd Wave Festival of Jazz, Kraine Art Gallery, NYC [New York Magazine April 18, 1988 p.148]

"On the flyer for the 2nd Sound Unity Festival, there's a William Parker Ensemble (with Glenn Spearman, no other personnel listed) scheduled for 11:30pm at the Knitting Factory (47 East Houston). That's the only ensemble listed under WP's name—he's also listed under the Ware Trio (there are no personnel listings on the flyer for... Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra..." Scott Currie 06.07.10 (Additional info welcome —Rick Lopez)

88.04.15 • Various Artists: Mouthful of Sweat / Chemical Imbalance Video Compilation #1

Atavistic Video / Chemical Imbalance, no catalogue or issue number (1989)
[Featuring live videos of the punk/indie scene of the late '80s: Daniel Johnston; Missing Foundation; IDF; Slovenly; Yo La Tengo; Max; Jad Fair & Charles; Unsane-NYC; Velvet Monkeys; Mudhoney; Daniel Johnston again; Steve Fisk; Live Skull; B.A.L.L.; Unrest; Max again; Cop Shoot Cop; Galaxie 500; Great Plains; Fifteen; Mofungo; IDF again; Reverb Motherf**kers; Prong; Honeymoon Killers; and a heartfelt and uplifting performance by G.G. Allin. Most of the tape dates are from 1988 or 1989.]

Peter Brötzmann Trio [Audience Recording]

April 15, 1988 / Sound Unity Festival, Knitting Factory, New York City

Mouthful of Sweat:
1. improvisation [7:41]
brief announcement by Brötzmann, gentle rant by Graves [1:30]: The video track begins at 1:26:15 of "Mouthful of Sweat". —RL

Audience Recording:
1. improvisation [15:14]
2. improvisation [8:43]
3. improvisation [12:07]
4. improvisation [7:41]
brief announcement by Brötzmann, gentle rant by Graves [1:30]: [43:46]

Peter Brötzmann (alto sax, tenor sax, taragato, clarinet)
William Parker (bass, guimbri)
Milford Graves (drums, frame drum)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Mouthful of Sweat}

88.04.17 • Bill Dixon Ensemble ("Sound Unity Orchestra") [Audience Recording]

April 17, 1988, 7:30pm / Sound Unity Festival, Kraine Art Gallery, New York City

1. Sisyphus [:]

"This was Sound Unity's closing act to nearly a week of good music." —Marc Edwards

"Dixon's ensemble composition, part of the Second International Sound Unity Festival, was given a single performance after rehearsals at Jemeel Moondoc's loft on at least the days of and before the concert. According to Dixon, the piece would have benefited from further and more focused rehearsals: 'At the first rehearsal, everyone wasn't there—and they were being paid for these things. At the second one, some of the people who had been there the day before sent substitutes. I was ready to go right back to Vermont; I can't deal with that kind of thing where everyone sight reads a part, then struts out and does a funny solo, and thinks they're into something. I come from a different tradition where a thing has to be definitive.' —LP liner notes to Son of Sisyphus...; some details from the leaflets for the series; also announced in Jazznews [Dublin] July/August 1988"

"...an orchestra piece... that Bill did. And that was a written piece, but again it was approached with a certain amount of adding spontaneity to it even in the way we came on stage, in a theatrical way, which I related to Cecil. Of course it was Bill Dixon's way, which is different, but it's a very similar approach to letting the individual bring what they have to the music..." —Willliam Parker [Cadence Vol.16 #12 December 1990 p.11]

Bill Dixon (trumpet, conductor)
Arthur Brooks, Roy Campbell, Leo Smith (trumpets)
David S. Ware, Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Bill Lowe (tuba)
Nioka Workman mentioned on cello in correspondence from Marc Edwards, but not included in the Dixonia entry.
William Parker, Mario Pavone (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)

{Primary Source: info from Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Thoughts, entry R88-0417, p.286} Not in my collection.

88.04.25 • Roy Campbell Jr. Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

April 25, 1988 / unknown venue, New York City

1. Jahne's Waltz (Campbell) [:]
2. Peace (Massey) [:]
3. I Remember Lee (Campbell) [:]
4. To the Spot (Massey) [:]
5. Charmaine (Campbell) [:]

Roy Campbell Jr. (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Zane Massey (tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax)
Bryan Carrott (vibes)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

88.04.28 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Arthur Brooks, Carlos Ward, William Parker, Thurman Barker / Knitting Factory, NYC [Jeff Schlanger, music Witness® Archive, performance painting, "UNIT," ink and acrylic, 27.5 x 39 inches]

88.04.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

April 29, 1988 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1. Two sets [102:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Arthur Brooks (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.04.30 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

April 30, 1988, 9:00 & 10:30 / Knitting Factory, New York City

Early Show:
1. unknown title [56:43] (split track, fades out and back in at 43:34)
announcement [1:38]
Late Show:
2. unknown title [82:53] (split track, fades out and back in at 47:52)
announcement [2:09]: [141:14]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Arthur Brooks (trumpet, flugelhorn)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 08.02.06}

88.05.14 - Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo / 8:00pm, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, New York City [New York Magazine May 16, 1988 p.135]
88.05.15 - William Parker (no personnel details) / St. Mary's Church, NYC [Cadence Vol. 14 no. 4 April 1988, p.92]
(Schedule also mentions Moondoc on 06.18)

88.06.00 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

June ?, 1988 / unknown venue, New York City

1. unknown titles [60:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.06.15 - Cecil Taylor Unit / Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine June 20, 1988 p.96]
88.06.17 - Cecil Taylor arrives in Berlin...
BERLIN ! / Quotes below excerpted from "Berlin Daze June 1988" by Roger Parry, CODA #223 December 1988 pp.21-3.
88.06.19 - Cecil Taylor Unit / Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine June 20, 1988 p.96]
88.06.20 - William Parker Group / Knitting Factory, New York City [New York Magazine June 20, 1988 p.96]
88.06.27 - William Parker, Enrico Rava (trumpet), Peter Brötzmann (bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor sax), Hannes Bauer (trombone), Alex Schlippenbach (piano "who, although not formally included in the overall proceedings was nevertheless a welcome addition."), Han Bennink (drums) / "...approaching 11:30 p.m., all embarked on a three-quarter hour septet extemporisation, for a diminishing audience, due to the lateness of the hour, which terminated, after the definitive drum-beat for which Han is well-known, with a short, somewhat surprising (by virtue of its out-of-placeness) quote by Alex of what appeared to be a composed item." / Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany
88.06.28 - Peter van Bergen (reeds), Hannes Bauer, William Parker, Han Bennink / Last set, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany
88.06.29 - Enrico Rava, Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Martin Mayes (french horn), Evan Parker (reeds), Tristan Honsinger (cello), Peter Kowald (bass), William Parker, Gunter Hampel (vibes), Han Bennink (drums) / Last set, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany

88.07.01 • Cecil Taylor European Orchestra Workshop [Audience Recording]

July 1, 1988 / Improvised Music II/88, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany

The Day Before Alms Part I [62:32]
The Day Before Alms Part II [43:27]: [106:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Peter Van Bergen (tenor sax)
Peter Brötzmann (alto sax, tenor sax, taragato)
Hans Koch (soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet)
Evan Parker (soprano sax, tenor sax)
Louis Sclavis (soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet)
Johannes Bauer, Christian Radovan, Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Martin Mayes (french horn)
Gunter Hampel (vibes)
Tristan Honsinger (cello)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Han Bennink (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

88.07.02 • Cecil Taylor: In Berlin '88

Free Music Production FMP (no #) (11CD, limited edition boxed-set.) 1989 GER

Cecil Taylor European Orchestra: Alms / Tiergarten (Spree)
FMP CD 8/9 (2CD) 1988 GER
(This release was identical to the original contained in the 11-CD set above.)
Cecil Taylor: Concrete {3}
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 89.11.02, 89.11.03, and 90.07.08.]

Concrete CD Cover
Cecil Taylor European Orchestra [Audience Video Recording]

July 2, 1988 / Improvised Music II/88, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany

1. Involution / Evolution [58:51]
2. Weight º Breath º Sounding Trees [63:48]

FMP MJ 02 has a [22:42] excerpt of first track.

The Audience Video is of "bad quality!"

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Enrico Rava (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Tomasz Stánko (trumpet)
Peter Van Bergen (tenor sax)
Peter Brötzmann (alto sax, tenor sax, taragato)
Hans Koch (soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet)
Evan Parker (soprano sax, tenor sax)
Louis Sclavis (soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet)
Johannes Bauer, Christian Radovan, Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
Martin Mayes (french horn)
Gunter Hampel (vibes)
Tristan Honsinger (cello)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (bass)
Han Bennink (drums)

* The Concrete CD, FMP MJ 2, is available with the Musica Jazz back issue, n.1/1998, for Lit. 25000 (around $12-$13) payable by check, postal giro account n.641209, or international money order to: Rusconi Editore / Servizio Abbonamenti / Viale Sarca 235 / 20126 Milano, Italy.

{Primary Source: FMP MJ 02; FMP Ltd. Edition 11-CD box... Yes, I own(ed) it. Yes, It is beautiful.}

88.08.06 • William Hooker Quartet: Lifeline

Silkheart Records SHLP-119 (LP) 1989 Sweden; SHCD-119 (CD) 1990

August 6, 1988 / Real Art Ways, 10th Annual RAW Jazz Festival, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

1. Schools of Thought [7:20]
2. Revisited (Science) [12:30]
3. Maitreya [12:10]
4. Tune [11:00]
5. Beauty's Apocalypse [5:00]: [Continuous performance, 49:52]

William Hooker (drums, recitation / Compositions)
Alan Michael and Claude Lawrence (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: SHCD-119}

88.08.23 - William Parker Solo / 6:00pm, Garden of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York City [New York Magazine August 22, 1988 p.179]

88.09.02 • Khan Jamal: Speak Easy

Gazell GJCD 4001 (CD) 1989

September 2, 1988 / Morning Star Studio, Springhouse, PA

1. Speak Easy (Jamal) [6:32]
2. Jennifer's Poem (Jamal) [5:10]
3. Rain Colors (Jamal) [2:08]
4. Blues for An Endangered Species (Jamal) [7:25]
5. Family of the Spirits (Jamal) [6:56]
6. Easy Living (Rainger) [6:31]
7. Free Nelson (Jamal) [7:33]

Khan Jamal (vibes)
Dave Burrell (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Sunny Murray (drums)

{Primary Source: GJCD 4001}

88.09.14 - William Hooker Quartet: Parker (bass), Claude Lawrence and Alan Michael (alto sax) / P.S. 122, NYC [CODA #223 December 1988, p.27]

88.10.21 • Cecil Taylor: Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

October 21, 1988 / Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Leverkusen, Germany

Audience Recording:
1. unknown title [35:45]
2. unknown title [6:11]
3. The Question [5:31]
4. encore [1:08]
5. 2nd encore [2:03]: [50:41]

Broadcast Recording:
1. unknown title [18:23] (incomplete, fades in)
2. unknown title [5:09]: [23:30]

Cecil Taylor (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Jazzpodium via Heinrich Smejkal 02.09.16; H. Lukas Lindenmaier; Jan Carlsson 04.03.28; Broadcast info from Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21} Not in my collection.

88.10.22 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Broadcast Recording]

October 22, 1988 / Nancy, France

[Also circulating * incorrectly * as 88.11.21]

1. unknown title [26:38] (incomplete, fades at end, French radio announcer begins voice-over)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

Heinrich Smejkal: "The remark on the web-site (www.nancyjazpuls.com) speaking of a QUINTET is very questionable and in my opinion wrong. In the German jazz magazine Jazzpodium both festivals—Freiburg (88.10.23) and Leverkusen (88.10.21)—have feature articles (festival reports) mentioning the Cecil Taylor Trio with W. Parker and T. Oxley." —RL concurs.]

{Primary Source: CD-R; Session date from Heinrich Smejkal}

88.10.23 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

October 23, 1988 / Freiburg Jazz Festival, Freiberg, West Germany

1. First Set [47:04]
2. Second Set [34:01]
3. Encore [1:32]: [82:37]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jazzpodium, Heinrich Smejkal 02.09.16}

88.10.27 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Cecil Taylor (piano), Evan Parker (reeds), Arthur Brooks (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Pheeroan ak Laff (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 05.03.08; www.bimhuis.nl]

88.11.05 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 5, 1988 / Catalinas Bar & Grill, Hollywood, CA

1. unknown title [44:03]
2. unknown title [51:09]: [95:12]

"November opened with a rare club appearance by..." —May have been more than one night.

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous; Cadence Vol.14 no.12, December 1988 p.92 ; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21} Not in my collection.

88.11.17 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 17, 1988 / Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX

1. First Set [38:04]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: Anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.11.18 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 18, 1988 / Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX

1. First Set [52:43]
2. Second Set [37:02]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

88.11.19 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 19, 1988 / Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX

The William Parker Sessionography

" ‘...what was played, in what order,’ as William said once,‘it all is like the same concert, it is constantly transforming into itself,an ongoing endless One Gig.’ "

Session List :::

73.03.00 • Frank Lowe: Black Beings

73.07.01 • Sunny Murray and the Byard Lancaster Quintet [Audience Recording]

73.08.12 • Black Kraut [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM

73.10.05 • Frank Lowe Quintet [Audience Recording]

73.11.29 • Harold Smith Trio [Broadcast Recording]

74.01.19 • Unit Core Enesmble [Audience Recording]

74.02.26 (1) • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

74.03.12 • Cecil Taylor Unit Core Ensemble [Audience Recording]

74.04.24 • The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble

74.07.03 • Daniel Carter, William Parker, and Roger Baird [Broadcast Recording]

74.07.23 • Charles Brackeen Trio [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, New York

74.08.02 • Raphé Malik Trio [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, New York

74.10.06 • Raphé Malik Quartet + 1 [Audience Recording]

74.10.15 • Melodic Art-Tette [Broadcast Recording] Recorded Live on Live Music Show WKCR

74.10.26 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM Broadcast

74.10.31 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

75.02.15 • The Music Ensemble: The Music Ensemble

75.02.18 • Earl Freeman: The Universal Jazz Symphonette Presents Soundcraft 75 / Fantasy for Orchestra

75.04.12 • William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, Broadcast in 1994 during the "Loft Festival"

75.04.20 • MUNTU RECORDINGS

75.05.28 • Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM

75.00.00 • Don Cherry: Brown Rice

75.06.00 (1) • Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording]

75.06.07 • Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording]

75.07.06 • Kabballah [Audience Recording]

75.08.11 • Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu: Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

76.00.00 (1) • William Parker: Corn Meal Suite [Broadcast Audio Recording & Film] "Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

76.02.05 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] WNYU-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival; Originally Broadcast on 76.02.10

76.02.29 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

76.08.20 • Billy Bang Trio + 2 [Audience Recording]

76.10.07 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

76.10.24 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

76.12.21 • William Parker Ensemble [Audience Recording]

76.12.31 • Muntu Ensemble [Video Recording]

77.03.27 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM / Broadcast 77.03.28

77.04.17 • Ensemble Muntu: First Feeding

77.05.30 • Billy Bang Survival [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM

77.08.00 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

78.00.00 • David S. Ware, William Parker, & Denis Charles Trio [Broadcast Recording] "Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

78.02.26 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording]

78.03.09 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

78.04.20 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

78.05.09 • Jemeel Moondoc's Ensemble Muntu [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM

78.05.16 • Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: New York Collage

78.11.27 • Todd Capp & The Improvising Orchestra: Volume I: Quintessence

78.12.19 (1) • Peter Kuhn: Living Right

79.01.21 • William Parker: Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

79.03.04 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Live Radio Broadcast, WKCR-FM

79.03.30 • Jemeel Moondoc & Quartet Muntu: The Evening of the Blue Men

79.05.04 • William Parker's Big Moon Ensemble [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

79.05.15 • Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] WKCR-FM

79.12.08 • Peter Kuhn: Ghost of a Trance

80.02.02 • David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Live Broadcast, WKCR-FM

80.02.25 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

80.02.29 • Commitment Ensemble [Audience Recording]

80.05.00 • Wayne Horvitz: Simple Facts

80.06.28 • Billy Bang: Changing Seasons

80.10.13 80.10.14 • Commitment Ensemble: Commitment

80.10.24 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: New York Live

80.11.00 (3) to 83.03.00 • Amy Sheffer: Where's Your Home?

80.12.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

80.12.20 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

81.01.12 81.12.20 • Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill

81.04.02 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: New York Live

81.04.14 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Intrepid Live in Poland

81.05.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

81.08.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

81.10.22 • Marilyn Crispell Quintet + 2 [Audience Recording]

81.10.24 • Jemeel Moondoc Sextet: Konstanze's Delight

81.11.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording] French Radio Broadcast

81.11.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast & Audience Recording]

81.11.08 • Cecil Taylor: Calling it the Eighth (edited)

81.11.09 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience & Broadcast Recording]

81.12.00 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

81.12.19 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

81.12.20 • Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill

81.00.00 82.00.00 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Demo Recording]

The
William Parker
Sessionography

" ‘...what was played, in what order,’ as William said once,
‘it all is like the same concert, it is constantly transforming into itself,
an ongoing endless One Gig.’ "

73.08.12 • Black Kraut [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

74.07.23 • Charles Brackeen Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

74.08.02 • Raphé Malik Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

74.10.15 • Melodic Art-Tette [Broadcast Recording]
Recorded Live on Live Music Show WKCR

74.10.26 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM Broadcast

74.10.31 • Music Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

75.04.12 • William Parker Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, Broadcast in 1994 during the "Loft Festival"

75.05.28 • Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

76.00.00 (1) • William Parker: Corn Meal Suite [Broadcast Audio Recording & Film]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

76.02.05 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WNYU-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival; Originally Broadcast on 76.02.10

76.02.29 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

76.10.07 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

77.03.27 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM / Broadcast 77.03.28

77.05.30 • Billy Bang Survival [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

78.00.00 • David S. Ware, William Parker, & Denis Charles Trio [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

78.05.09 • Jemeel Moondoc's Ensemble Muntu [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

79.03.04 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Radio Broadcast, WKCR-FM

79.05.04 • William Parker's Big Moon Ensemble [Broadcast & Audience Recordings]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival

79.05.15 • Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

80.02.02 • David S. Ware Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Live Broadcast, WKCR-FM

80.10.13
80.10.14 • Commitment Ensemble: Commitment

81.01.12
81.12.20 • Peter Kuhn Quartet: The Kill

81.11.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording]
French Radio Broadcast

81.00.00
82.00.00 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Demo Recording]

82.00.00 • William Parker Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
"Afternoon Music," WKCR-FM, Broadcast 93.04.12

82.03.05
82.03.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recordings]

82.04.23 • Commitment: [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM (LIVE) Broadcast

83.03.12
83.03.13 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Television Broadcasts]

83.09.26
83.09.27 (1) • Jimmy Lyons: Wee Sneezawee

83.09.27 (2)
83.09.28
83.09.29
83.09.30
83.10.01
83.10.02 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Recordings; Audience Recordings]

83.10.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording]
Recorded by SIMLO for Radio France

83.11.10
83.11.11 • Cecil Taylor Unit [hat HUT Recording session]

84.03.05 • Wayne Horvitz [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York

84.06.01 • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
William and Patsy Parker Ensemble

84.06.02 (2) • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
Peter Brötzmann ALARM Ensemble

84.06.03 (2) • Various Artists: Rising Tones Cross / a Jazzfilm by Ebba Jahn
Jemeel Moondoc Sextet

84.09.19
84.09.29 • Billy Bang Sextet: Fire from Within

84.10.18 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Video Tape]
Television Broadcast [Pragokoncert Ceskoslovenska' umelecka' agentura porada' pod zastitou ministerstva kultury CSR]

84.10.20 • Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Broadcast Recording]
Swiss Radio Broadcast

84.10.21
84.10.22
84.10.23
84.10.24 • Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents): Winged Serpent (Sliding Quadrants)

84.11.01 • Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents [Broadcast Audio & Video Recordings]
French Radio & Television Broadcast