The
William Parker
Sessionography

A work in progress,
by Rick Lopez.

Document begun April 26, 1999

UPDATES

July 2, 2009

Photo © Susan O'Connor.
Reproduced with permission.

The Deep Digging; The Incantations;

The Inspirations; All These Words...

Tour and concert info at AUM Fidelity.

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.

"Not in my collection." A list of out-of-print and difficult to find recordings I'm searching for,
along with new releases not yet included in this document.

MUSIC COLLECTION Sale List

" ‘...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 at Studio We [Audience Recording] NYC
73.10.05 / Frank Lowe Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
73.11.29 / Harold Smith Trio [Broadcast 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
74.10.15 / 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 has Parker contributing to the title track]
75.04.20 / Jemeel Moondoc Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
75.06.00 / Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
75.06.07 / Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
75.08.11 / Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu: Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai (Sky)
76.02.05 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast Recording] NYC
76.02.29 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Broadcast 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
77.04.17 / Ensemble Muntu: First Feeding (Muntu)
- 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
78.02.26 / Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
78.03.09 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording] NYC
78.04.00 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording] NYC
78.05.16 / Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: New York Collage (Anima)
IMAGE: An early Muntu line-up
78.11.27 / Todd Capp & The Improvising Orchestra: Volume I: Quintessence (Lucky Tiger)
78.12.19 / Peter Kuhn: Living Right (Big City)
79.00.00 / Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: The Evening of the Blue Men (Muntu)
- IMAGE: Blue Men LP
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
79.05.04 / 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 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 Tape]
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
82.02.05 / 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] 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 / Jimmy Lyons: Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint)
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 & Broadcast Video] 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] 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] Warsaw
84.10.27 / Cecil Taylor (Orchestra of Two Continents) [Audience Recording] Belfort
84.11.01 / Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents [Broadcast Recording & Video] Paris
84.11.04 / Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project: Berlin Djungle (FMP)
84.11.05 / Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Video] 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] Long Island
85.12.30 / Billy Bang's The Fire Within [Audience Recording] NYC
85.00.00 / A. R. Penck: Going Through (no label)
- IMAGE: Going Through LP cover
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 [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 Gru Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
85.05.16 / Bill Dixon: Thoughts (Soul Note)
- Bill Dixon Septet [Audience Video]
- IMAGE: Thoughts CD cover
85.06.28 / 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
86.03.25 / William Parker & Paul Murphy Duo [Broadcast Recording] Waltham
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 Recording & Video] 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] Middlebury
86.10.25 / Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Video] Middlebury
86.11.01 / Billy Bang Quintet [Audience Video & Recording] 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 / Paul Murphy & William Parker [Broadcast Recording] Waltham
87.04.23 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] NYC
87.07.03 / Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording] El Bohio
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] 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]
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
89.01.25 / Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording] Washington D.C.
89.01.28 / David S. Ware Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia * Not a Parker session. See notes by Marc Edwards.
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 Corona Ensemble [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
90.06.29 / (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Celebrated Blazons (FMP)
- (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: [Audience Recording] Berlin
90.06.28 / Joelle Leandre & William Parker [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] 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] Barcelona
91.00.00 / Cecil Taylor: Burning Poles (Mystic Fire)
91.00.00 / The Associated Big Band: The Associated Big Band (Stork)
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)
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 / 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
92.05.15 / 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
92.06.30 / 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)
+ 93.00.00 (2); 93.00.00 (3); 97.01.26
93.00.00 (2) / William Parker Solo: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity)
+ 93.00.00 (1); 93.00.00 (3); 97.01.26
93.00.00 (3) / 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
93.00.00 (4) / Various Artists: Now Hear This (P-Form)
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)
93.04.13 / 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 &mp; 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 Brotzmann: 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] Saalfelden
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 [Audience Recording] NYC
95.03.24 / Prima Materia [Broadcast Video] 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
95.09.15 / 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] 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] New York City
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] 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
96.06.21 / David S. Ware Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
97.06.24 / William Parker's In Order to Survive [Audience Recording] Toronto
96.06.26 / Ivo Perelman Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
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 Brotzmann: 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 Brotzmann: 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 Brotzmann: 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 Brotzmann: 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 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
99.09.11 / 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 Brotzmann: 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 Recording & Video] 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 Recording & Video] 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 Recording & Video] 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
01.06.08 / 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)
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 / William Parker, Daniel Carter, Jackson Krall, Mark Hennen [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; (02.02.12) or 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); 02.02.12 (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)
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 or 02.10.01 or 02.11.01; 02.06.24-25
- 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) 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 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 (1) / 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 or (02.10.01) 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 (02.10.01) 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)
02.10.02 / 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 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 02.10.01 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)
02.11.16 (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)
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 Tape] 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)
03.02.15 / 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 / 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
03.03.26 / 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] New York City
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 / 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's Nu Bop [Broadcast Recording] Rome
04.04.06 / William Parker Ensemble "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 w/ 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 Recording & Video] Cagliari
04.09.03 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording & Video] 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] 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 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)
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] New York City
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: Raphe 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 "Raphe 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
06.09.16 / 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
07.06.02 / Rob Brown Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
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)
07.06.23 / Eddie Gale All Star Band [Audience Recording] New York City
07.06.24 / Louis Moholo Quartet [Audience Recording] New York City
07.06.28 / Matthew Shipp Trio [Audience Video Recording] Ljubljana
07.07.08 / Cecil Taylor Trio + Anthony Braxton [Audience and Broadcast Recordings] London
07.07.12 / Hamid Drake & Bindu: Blissful (Rogue Art 11)
07.07.13 / Hamid Drake & Bindu: Blissful (Rogue Art 11)
07.08.11 / Eddie Gale & The Allstar Band: Tribute To Coltrane, At The San Jose Jazz Festival (Creative View)
07.09.07 / William Parker: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [Audience Recording] Guelph
07.09.11 / Other Dimensions in Music [Audience Recording] NYC
07.09.21 / Charles Gayle Trio: [Broadcast Recording] London
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
07.12.00 / 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)
08.05.30 / William Parker's Raining on the Moon [Broadcast Recording] Novara
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 SOLO / [CBC Radio Recording] Toronto
08.07.28 / William Parker Quintet [Audience Recording] Hartford
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: Program cover and group page. Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee, Tribute To Albert Ayler, Wels
08.11.12 / Roy Campbell & Joe McPhee Tribute To Albert Ayler [Broadcast Recording] Nevers
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
09.01.26 / Joelle Leandre & William Parker: Live At Dunois (Leo Records)
09.04.11 / William Parker Quartet [Audience Recording] New York City
09.04.24 / William Parker Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Paris
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
09.06.13 / Milford Graves Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
09.06.14 / Fred Anderson Trio [Audience Recording] NYC

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 [Santos?] ...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's] 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 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]
"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) England

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]

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

Audience recording exists of this complete concert. [anon. 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.

* "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 at Studio We [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

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 (Music Ensemble?) [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

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

The Prayer [ : ]
The Vampire [ : ]
The Hill [ : ]
Birds And Things [ : ]

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

unknown titles [95:00]

Frank Lowe (reeds)
Joseph Jarman (as; fl; voice)
Raymond Lee Cheng (v)
William Parker (b)
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

unknown titles [ : ]

Harold Smith (dr, perc, piano)
Art Bennett (ss, flute, piano)
William Parker (b)

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

"William includes a RivBea flyer with the details of Muntu's New York debut in the first edition of Sound Journal." —Ed Hazell 07.12.15

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]
73.12.13 - Ensemble Muntu: as above [ibid]
73.12.20 - Ensemble Muntu: as above [ibid]
73.12.27 - Ensemble Muntu: as above [ibid]
74.01.19 - Cecil Taylor Unit Core Ensemble: Jimmy Lyons (director; as), Bobby Zankel (as), Hassan Abdullah (ts), Craig Purpura (ts), Karen Borca (bassoon), Raphe´ Malik (tp), unidentified (tp), unidentified (tb), Carla Poole (fl), unidentified (g), William Parker (bass), unidentified (perc), Rashid Bakr (drums; perc), Andrew Cyrille (director; drums; tym; perc) / A performance of nearly two-hours duration of the composition "HEKEPTAH" / Ferris Booth Hall, Columbia University, NYC / *Venue erroneously noted as "Wollman" (amphitheatre in Central Park) [info via very various very anonymous sources, who wish to remain so]

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

Prana
Rattles and Bells and the Light of the Sun
ATMIC Patterns
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 [anon. 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 tape circulating at 58:33—missing the final 23:00+ end section.

Also another at 85:22 that shows first track at 60:29, second at 24:48. —RL

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)
Raphe´ Malik, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Arthur Williams, Kevin Powell/identified elsewhere as "Fitzpatrick" (trumpet)
Joe Bowie, Craig Harris ? (trombone)
Sharon Freeman (french horn)
Carla Poole (fl)
David First, Bud Neuber, 3rd unidentified (g)
Sirone, William Parker, Dave Saphra, Earl Henderson (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Sunny Murray, Marc Edwards (drums; perc)
Andrew Cyrille (tym; perc)
unidentified (perc)

From anonymous source who attended concert, via personal email to Jason Hook (CTResearch / http://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 St Station in Philadelphia twice a week and driving him (approx 45 min) 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..." 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.

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via H. Smejkal, Marc Edwards and 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
Excerpt of track below at [22:00]

1st Session: [See also 75.02.15.]

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

Stance Dance (Courage) [31:47]

Daniel Carter (tenor sax, alto sax, flutes, drums, percussion)
Malik Baraka (trumpet)
Billy Bang (violin, percussion)
Herb Kahn (bass-1)
William Parker (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; info via James Lindbloom; Tape} The Music Ensemble at the ROARATORIO website.

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, no author, no issue info]
74.07.03 - Daniel Carter - William Parker - Roger Baird / Live at unknown venue, NYC / Broadcast WKCR-FM, NYC, in 1994 during "Loft Festival" [info via anonymous]
74.07.23 - Charles Brackeen Trio: Brackeen (tenor and soprano sax), Parker, Roger Baird (drums) / Live at WKCR-FM, NYC [info via anonymous]
74.08.02 - Raphe Malik Trio: Malik, probably William Parker (bass), other ? / archival Broadcast Recording at 105:00 / WKCR-FM, NYC [anon. correspondence]
74.10.06 - Raphé Malik Quartet Plus One: Malik (trumpet), Hassan Abdullah (tenor, soprano saxophones, wood flute), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums, perc), + Daniel Carter (alto saxophone, wood flute) / Performance of two sets, nearly an hour each. / The Open Mind, NYC [anon. 03.12.13]

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

Part I [36:58]
Part II [49:12]

Charles Brackeen (tenor sax)
Akmed 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 / Venue ???, New York City

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

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

unknown title / Radio announcement [21:10 / 01:00] (incomplete, fades in, fades out)

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}

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

Arithmetical Mystic [18:10] *
Echoes Wind Transpire [8:47]
Radiatory Fineness [9:56]

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; info via James Lindbloom.} The Music Ensemble at the ROARATORIO website.

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

monologue

Nemesis [23:20]
Oreo &
Alpha [22:52]

Earl Freeman (Compositions and Direction)
Raphe´ Malik, John Marshall, Malik Baraka (trumpet)
Daniel Carter (alto trumpet)
Danny Carter (tenor sax) [sic / same as "Daniel" above, we may assume? —RL]
John Mingione (flugelhorn)
Richard Dunbar (french horn)
Michael Keith (trombone)
Nancy Ancrum, Art Bennett, Andrew Strasmech (flute)
Henry Warnef (clarinet)
Zane Massey, Kazutoki Umega [sic / Umezu], Ernest Washington (tenor sax)
Robert Sardo (grand organ)
Jim Emory [sic / James Emery], Mel Smith, Tyrone Nickens (electric guitar)
Billy Bang (violin), Charles Burnnan [sic / Burnham] (violin)
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: A.N. 1001; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker Discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; info via Heinrich Smejkal}

75.03.02 - Frank Lowe Ensemble: Frank Lowe, probably William Parker (bass), others / archival Broadcast Recording at 40:00 / WKCR-FM, NYC [anon. correspondence]
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 [anon. 03.12.13]
75.04.12 - William Parker Ensemble: (no personnel details) / Live at unknown venue, NYC / archival Broadcast Recording at 45:00, Broadcast WKCR-FM, NYC, in 1994 during "Loft Festival" / "The piece is called 'Nascent.' Huge band." [info via anonymous]

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

April 20, 1975 / Recorded in Concert at Ali's Alley (Studio 77)

Pegasus [ : ]

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

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

75.05.28 - Jemeel Moondoc Trio: Parker, Rashid Bakr / Studio 77 (at 77 Greene Street, later Ali's Alley), NYC / archival Broadcast Recording at 40:00 (Broadcast later on WKCR in that era.) [info via anonymous] / Possibly 75.04.20 above!

I've included this non-William Parker session so that this error might be corrected:
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

EMI 3C 064-18107 (LP) 1976 IT; A&M CD 0809 (CD)

Don Cherry: Don Cherry
A&M Horizon SP-717 (LP) 1976

Date ?, 1975, Basement Recording Studios, New York City

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. -RL

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.' --B. Carpenter, correspondence, 02.04.27], 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."
—correspondence with Brian Carpenter, WZBC FM. —RL

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

75.06.00 • Don Cherry Quintet [Audience Recording]

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

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. ...he thinks 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}

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)
Roger Blank (drums)
Selena Fung (?)

"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}

75.07.06 - KABBALLAH: Bobby Zankel (alto saxophone, 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) / Reported two hour performance of "Questioning the Mysteries." / Sunrise Studio, NYC [anon. 03.12.13]
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." [info via anonymous]

75.08.11 • Kazutoki "Kappo" Umezu: Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

SKI NO. 1 (LP) 1975

August 11, 1975 / Studio We, New York City

Stravizauls (Harada) [21:54]
Kim (Umezu) [23:05]
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}

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

February 5, 1976 / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City (broadcast a day or two later)

Theme For Milford [ : ]
Mr. Body And Soul [ : ]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax)
Arthur Williams (trumpet)
Mark Hennen (piano)
William Parker (bass)
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} Not in my collection.

76.02.10 - Ensemble Muntu: Moondoc, William Parker (bass), Williams, Hennen, Bakr / archival Broadcast Recording at 50:00 / WNYU-FM, NYC [anonymous correspondence]

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

continuous set [24:15]
Radio announcement [2:40]
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 [anon. 03.12.13]
76.06.27 - Survival: Parker, Bilal Abdur Rahman (alto sax), Billy Bang (violin), Khuwana Fuller (drums) / Sunrise Studio, NYC [info via anonymous]
76.07.04 - Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Parker, Arthur Williams (trumpet), Mark Hennen (piano), Rashid Bakr (drums) / Studio RivBea, NYC [info via anonymous]
76.08.20 - Billy Bang Trio + 2: Billy Bang (violin), Parker, Khuwana Fuller (drums), Henry Warner (alto sax), Ramsey Ameen (violin) / Report of two sets, nearly an hour each. / Some Place Nice (on St. Mark's Place), NYC [info via anonymous]

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

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

unknown title [41:45] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning)
Radio 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.]

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

Face Still Hands Folded [8:03]

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

{Primary Source: MTE012; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program.}
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at the Eremite website.

76.12.21 - William Parker Ensemble: 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) / St. Mark's Church, NYC / Hour-long performance, concert entitled: "DOCUMENT HUMANUM," same as Parker's book. [info via anonymous]
77.03.11 - William Parker Solo / St. Mark's Church, NYC [info via anonymous]
77.03.19 - Billy Bang (vioiln) - Balil Abdur Rahman (alto sax) - William Parker / Noho Gallery, NYC [info via anonymous]
77.03.00 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax), Mark Hennen (piano), William Parker (bass), Rashid Sinan (drums) / "This version of Muntu also played Jazzmania the week before..." Ed Hazell 06.01.01

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

March 28, 1977 / Live at WKCR Radio, New York City

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

Anonymous 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

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

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

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

First Feeding LP cover.

{Primary Source: Muntu Records 1001}

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." [correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.10]

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

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

Albert Ayler
Going Away Again
Hewing The Strings
International
Swish Now
The Fifth Tone
Better Than Two

"...not sure of titles..." —anon.

Another source has this MIS-dated as "77.05.03." / Another source has Broadcast Recording listed as "10:00".

Billy Bang (vioiln)
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.

77.07.23 ??? (date uncertain) - William Parker Ensemble (no personnel details) / Environ, NYC [info via anonymous]

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 / Venue?, New York City

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.

78.00.00 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu - European tour [CODA August 1980 #174 p.6]

78.02.26 • Raphé Malik Quartet [Audience Recording]

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

unknown title [ : ]
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 / New York City

unknown titles [42:15]

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

{Primary Source: CD-R}

78.04.00 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Audience Recording]

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

unknown titles [92:31]

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

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via anonymous 04.12.01}

!!! NO TRADE !!!

78.04.08 - Billy Bang's Survival Quintet: (no personnel details-- possibly Billy Bang, Bilal Abdur Rahman, Henry Warner, William Parker, Khuwana Fuller, Rashid Bakr-- minus one. / Piano Magic, Washington, D.C. [CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.34]
78.04.11 - Raphe Malik Quartet: Malik, probably William Parker (bass), others ? / archival Broadcast Recording at 55:00 / WKCR-FM, NYC [anon. correspondence]
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]
78.05.09 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Arthur Williams (trumpet), William Parker (bass, cello), Rashid Bakr (drums), Mark Hennen (piano) / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City / archival broadcast btape at 40:00 [CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.34; anonymous correspondence]
/ 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]

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

Anima Records A.N. 1002 (LP) 1978

May 16, 1978 / Radio WKCR 89.9 FM, Columbia University, New York City

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

78.06.25 - 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/early 79, some time after Muntu's European tour with Billy Bang in October" —Ed Hazell 05.01.12
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.

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

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

November 27, 1978 / BragrTimes-Tanglewood Gallery, New York City

Intro & Trombone Trio [7:37]
Trumpet Trio [5:56]
Alto / Guitar [7:50]
(no W. Parker)
(no W. Parker)
(no W. Parker)
Solo Bass [6:16]

Scuffle Shuffle Blues [15:25]
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}

78.12.19 • Peter Kuhn: Living Right

Big City Records LPK 225 (LP) 1979

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

Red Tape [12:04]
Long Gone [3:25]
Monteca [6:18]
Chi [3:30]
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)
Dennis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: LPK 225}

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

Muntu Records 1002 (LP) 1979

?, 1979? [release September] / St. Mark's Church, New York City

The Evening of the Blue Men, Part 3 (Double Expo) [20:52]
Theme for Diane [19:46]

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

Blue Men LP cover.

{Primary Source: Tom Lord Jazz Discography [M9656]; M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; info via Heinrich Smejkal}

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

Desert Flower [19:42] *
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace [9:43] **

* MTE012 only.
**LP configuration contained an excerpt of this piece at ?:??.

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, tenor sax, flute, trumpet /-1) Polly Bradfield (violin-2)
Jason Kao Hwang (violin-2)
Tristan Honsinger (cello-2)
William Parker (bass-1 / Compositions)
Denis Charles (drums-1)

{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}
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace at the Eremite website.

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

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

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 70's."
Interview "Raphe 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.

79.05.04 • 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:

Dedicated To Kenneth Patchen / announcement [49:55 / 02:22] (split track at 46:18)
unknown titles [63:42]

[117:04]

Broadcast:

Dedicated To Kenneth Patchen [48:49] (split track at 46:18)
announcement [2:22]
unknown title [98:10] (split track at 40:42, fades out and back in)
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; info via 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

Rainbow In A Dish Of Hot Silver [12:03]
Three Generations [14:09]
Kamel [31:55] (split track at 3:00)
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.

79.08.02 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr / Tin Palace, NYC [CODA October 1979 #169 p.37]
79.10.04 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / Musee des Beaux-arts de Montreal [CODA: October 1979 #169 p.32; December 1979 #170 pp.29-30; Moondoc interview, August 1980 #174 p.6]
79.10.05 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / Peterborough [ibid]
79.10.06 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / Kingston [ibid]
79.10.07 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / SAW Gallery, Ottawa [ibid]
79.10.11
79.10.12
79.10.13
79.10.14 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu - Eastern Canada "Ear It Live Tour" / The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [ibid; CODA #169October 1 1979 p.32]
79.10.26 - Raphe Malik Quartet: Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (reeds), Parker (bass), John Fuler (drums, percussion) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam [Sander Piek 06.10.15; www.bimhuis.nl]
79.11.11 - Raphe Malik Quartet: Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor sax), Parker (bass), 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

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...

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

February 2, 1980 / Live Broadcast, Soundscape, New York City

unknown title
unknown title
Angel Eyes
Theme
Somewhere Time
Eleanor Rigby

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

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

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..."

unknown title [13:56]
unknown title [11:01]
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 On Soundscape, New York City

Commitment [11:08]
Somewhat High [11:00]
Ti Zoie Ori [12:41]
Diary Of One At Night [20:51]
Charges [4:59]
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} Not in my collection.

80.04.24-25 - Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble: (no personnel details) / Soundscape, NYC [CODA#173 June 1 1980 p.37]

80.05.00 • Wayne Horvitz: Simple Facts

Theater for your Mother TFYM 004 (LP) 1980

May, 1980 / Zeami Studios, New York City

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

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

{Primary Source: TFYM 004}

80.06.28 • Billy Bang: Changing Seasons

Bellows 004 (LP) 1981

June 28, 1980 / Studio Henry, New York City

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

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

{Primary Source: Bellows 004}

80.10.13
80.10.14 • Commitment Ensemble: Commitment

Flying Panda Records C1001 (LP) 1981

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

Mountain Song (Connell) [3:35]
The Web of Forces (Connell) [6:50]
Famine (Parker) [5:20]
Mountain Song (Hwang) [10:30]
Mountain Song (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

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

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

{Primary Source: CJR 1006}

81.00.00
-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

Where's Your Home [10:26]
Amerasia [7:45]
Unnumb [8:09]
Body Life [7:33]
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)

Notes: 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}

80.12.14 - 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.

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 D.C.. 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 f**k 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.

unknown title [81:12] (split track, fades out and back in at 46:19)
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

Skeeter [8:23]
You [7:19]
Being Human [5:52]
The Kill [22:59]

Also noted: "Demo Tape," 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)
Dennis Charles (drums, voice)

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

81.01.24 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr / Third Street Music Settlement, NYC "...following their highly successful European Tour." [CODA February 1981 #177 p.35]
81.03.27 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: Roy Campbell, William Parker, Rashid Bakr / Soundscape, New York City [down beat April 1981 p.70]

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

High Rise [25:15]

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

{Primary Source: CJR 1006}

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

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

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

Notes:
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)" —02.12.14 Sergiusz Lipnicki, editor, journalist and (Pharoah Sanders discographer.}

81.04.15-17 ??? - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu / Riviera Club, Warszawa, Poland / [02.12.14 Sergiusz Lipnicki, editor, journalist and (Pharoah Sanders discographer]

81.05.29 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

May 29, 1981 / Public Theatre, New York City

unknown title [74:18]
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) / Greenspace, NYC "...returned recently from a successful tour of Poland..." [CODA June 1981 #179 p.36]
81.05.30 (2) - Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), William Parker (bass), Rashid Bakr (drums) / 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 - Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu: (no personnel details) / double-bill with Marilyn Crispell / Soundscape, NYC [down beat July 1981 p.14]

81.08.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

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

unknown title [47:45] (incomplete, fades out)
unknown title [38:59]

[84:22]

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

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

81.10.22 • Marilyn Crispell Quintet + 2 [Audience Recording]

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

Poems
Burundi
Chant
Songs
Invention
Yemaya
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: confidential; anonymous 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

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

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax / Compositions)
Roy Campbell (trumpet)
Ellen Christi (voice)
Khan Jamal (vibes)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis 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..." correspondence Jason Hook on 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

Ahide / announcement [44:15] (incomplete, fades to low level at 43:58 for announcement)
Ahide continued / announcement [49:14]

[93:29]

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:

Ahide [19:50] (incomplete, fades at end)

Audience:

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; info via Heinrich Smejkal; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

81.11.08 • Cecil Taylor: Calling it the Eighth (edited) {1}

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

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

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

Calling it the 8th [57:40] {1,2}
Calling it the 9th [10:51] {2}

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; info via 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

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; info via André Martinez archive}

81.12.19 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

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

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

See: 81.01.12

[Can someone provide the tracks by session for this release?]

81.00.00
82.00.00 • Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu [Demo Tape]

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

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

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

unknown titles [62:49]

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

{Primary Source: info via anonymous; 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

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 [info via anonymous; New York Times article by Robert Palmer, 82.01.08, C24]

82.02.05 • Wayne Horvitz / Butch Morris / William Parker: Some Order, Long Understood

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

Wayne Horvitz / Butch Morris / William Parker [Soundboard Tape]
* Tape was received dated 82.02.06. —RL

February 5, 1982 (date from LP) / Studio Henry, New York City

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

[63:41]

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

{Primary Source: Black Saint 120059-2; BSR 0059; CD-R}

82.03.05
82.03.06 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recordings]

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

unknown titles [ : ]

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

{Primary Source: info via 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), Raphe 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

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), Raphe 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 • [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 (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 [ibid]
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}

82.04.12 - INCORRECT date (see 82.04.12) 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]

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 (ss, 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 Big Band: (as above) / Lush Life, NYC [ibid]
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

The Huckster Man
Sunny's Back
Ocaline
Slow Poke
Testing
Oh Yeah

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

{Primary Source: anonymous}

82.05.27 - Cecil Taylor and Segments / Expanded Unit / 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

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

[59:42]

[Note: The music was composed specifically for a dance by Diane McIntyre. --JS]

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)

[Note: 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 and Segments / Expanded Unit / 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, 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, Raphe´ 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]

82.07.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 3, 1982 / Lush Life, New York City

unknown title [74:44] (fades out)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphe´ 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

unknown title [62:49]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax)
Raphe´ 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

unknown title [45:11]
unknown title (Taylor and Parker Duo) [5:17]
unknown title (Bakr, Bakr, and Parker trio) [4:12] (fades in)
unknown title (Taylor and Lyons Duo) [7:55]
unknown title (Taylor solo) [5:26]
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}

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

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

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: info via Andre Martinez archive; festival date via 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' (1st section); 'Tunakapec'; and 'Tutuzso'."

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

Children of the Air' (1st section) [:]
Tunakapec [:]
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: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

83.03.15 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Videotape]

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

television introduction [4:20]
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)." —Agostino Mela, Jazz Photographer / 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: Videotape; info and exact date via 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

The Eye of the Crocodile, Part 1 [41:14]
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": Conrad Bauer (tb), Hannes Bauer (tb), Heinz Becker (p, flh), Peter Brötzmann (reeds), Vladimir Chekasin (reeds), Hugh Davies (live electronics), Diamanda Galas (voice), Vyacheslav Ganelin (p), Toshinori Kondo (tp), Peter Kowald (b), Tony Oxley (dr), William Parker (b), Louis Sclavis (reeds), Larry Stabbins (ss, ts), Vladimir Tarasov (dr), Alan Tomlinson (tb) / Berlin, Germany [Bjorn Dirlak 05.08.01; www.freemusicproduction.de/freemusicproduction/projekte/p_wfm_1983.html]
83.04-05.00 - Peter Brötzmann Trio: Parker, Bakr / Three concerts, late April or early May, (no venue listed), NYC [CODA #192 October 1983 p.36]

83.05.20 • Commitment [Audience Recording]

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

Ocean (Hwang) [29:03]
Diary for One at Night (Hwang) [09:44]
unknown title (Parker) [22:28]
Grassy Hills, the Sun [16:36]
unknown title [09:38]

[87:32]

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

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

83.06.24 - 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

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

F = Seite 1 [21:05]
S = Seite 2 [21:50]
L = Seite 3 [22:20]
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 Pasaran a film by David Bradbury, an Australian filmmaker, was shown at the Film Forum2 in NYC in Nov. 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 vulcanic 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; info via 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; info via Heinrich Smejkal; Lukas Lindenmaier 07.01.26}
Vinyl not in my collection.

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

unknown title [64:19]
unknown title [18:35]
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 • 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

Wee Sneezawee [7:26]
Gossip [7:29]
Remembrance [6:56]
Shackinback [9:10]
Driads [11:44]

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

{Primary Source: 120067-2}

83.09.28
83.09.29
83.09.30
83.10.01
83.10.02 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Soundboard Tapes; Audience Recordings]

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

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: info via Andre Martinez archive; Advertisement, The Villager Sept.29 1983 p.10; Steve Israel "Cecil Taylor's Jazz : A Club event of the year" The Villager Sept.29 1983 p.11; article by Jon Pareles in the NY Times 83.09.28 in reference to "Sahumieros T" debut} Not in my collection.

83.10.18 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

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

unknown title [71:36] (split track at 46:36)
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, 4000 people attended... we opened with poetry and Bata drums." Andre Martinez 02.11.02

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via 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

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: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

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

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

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: info via 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

unknown title [12:39] (incomplete, fades in)
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..." [correspondence Andre Martinez 02.11.02]

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

83.10.30 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Recording / Broadcast VIDEO]

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

Broadcast Recording:

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

Broadcast Videotape:

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; Videotape; info via Andre Martinez archive}

83.11.03 • Cecil Taylor Unit + Dancers [Soundboard Tape]

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

unknown title [93:36] (split track at 47:10, fades out and back in)
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; info via Andre Martinez archive 02.11.02; Norbert Kreutzer}

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

November 8, 1983 / Dornbirn, Austria

unknown title [96:36] (split track at 45:18, fades out and back in)
unknown title (Taylor solo) [2:58]
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: info via 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

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:

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 [http://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 - 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 (as); Ricardo Strobert (as, fl); David S. Ware (ts, ss!); Roy Campbell, Jr (tp); Masahiko Kono (tb); Ellen Christi (voice); William Parker (b); 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

Beyond the Yellow Line (Krall) [29:54]
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; Film Pals 1-2005 (DVD) 2005

[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

A Thousand Cranes Opera (excerpt) [1:05]
William & Patsy Parker interview [4:45]
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; Film Pals 1-2005 (DVD) 2005

[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

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]

August 3, 1983 / 1st Sound Unity Festival, C.U.A.N.D.O. Community Center, NYC

unknown title [5:37]
unknown title [17:56]
unknown title [16:39]
unknown title [6:35] (incomplete)

Will Connell jr. (alto sax, fl)
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; Film Pals 1-2005 (DVD) 2005

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

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

unknown title [43:48] (incomplete, split track at 42:15, cuts out)
unknown title [1:49] (incomplete, cuts in, split track at 1:33, cuts out)
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} Not in my collection.

84.06.15 • Bill Dixon Quartet [Audience Recording]

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

evolves from [A440] tuning tone [29:06]
Dixon solo at head [10:52]
crashing start [1:30]
BD solo [1:54]
BD unaccompanied to start, then add Parker [5:28]
unknown [10:25]
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

Awakening [10:10]
Frightened of Feeling [10:50]
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 (dr); 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, Dennis Charles, Peter Kowald, Charles Gayle, Rashied Ali, William Parker, Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, Rashied 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., Dennis 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

Sad C [15:02]
Companions #2 [29:56]
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

The Glow of Awareness [5:38]
The Nagual Julian [5:46]
The Shift Below [6:24]
Petty Tyrants [5:32]
The New Seers [10:41]
The Mold of Man [7:34]
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 Gru 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 Gru 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

First Set [69:12] (continuous set, split track at 46:50)
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

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

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

[120:20]

A shorter version is circulating:

Music for Two Continents, part 1 [72:42] (split track at 44:29, fades out and back in)
radio announcement [0:51]
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) {1}

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 {2}
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.

Taht [8:50] {1,2}
Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [13:04] {1}
Cun-Un-Un-Un-Un-An [7:10] {1}
Winged Serpent [13:54] {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

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: info via 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

Music for Two Continents, part 1 [70:25]
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; info via anonymous; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}

84.11.01 • Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents [Broadcast Recording {1} and Videotape {2}]
French Radio & Television Broadcast

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

Womb Waters Scent of the Burning Armadillo Shell [47:45] {1,2}
unknown title [30:39] {2}

[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; Videotape; 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

What a Day / first part [24:37]
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 [Private Videotape]

"recorded on Hi-Fi by Video Toshiba"

November 5, 1984 / Cinema Ciak, Milan Italy

Two Shows

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

84.11.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

November 17, 1984 / Irving Plaza, New York City

[1st Show]

unknown title [78:43]
encore [4:07] (incomplete)

[2nd Show]

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 Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
84.12.06 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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; info via Andre Martinez archive]

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

December ?, 1984 / Blue Note, New York City

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; info via Andre Martinez archive}

84.12.00 (2) • Cecil Taylor Unit [Private Tape]

December ?, 1984 / Blue Note, New York City

unknown title [52:00]

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

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

84.12.17 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Private Videotape]

Design Audio Visual Inc., Melville NY

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

[Two Shows]

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: info via 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 Gru 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 Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.

85.00.00 • A. R. Penck: Going Through

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

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

Going Through:
A- Part One [24:26]
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}

85.01.03 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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

The Glow of Awareness [14:01]
The Nagual Julian [15:21]
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 Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.01.24 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC

85.01.31 • John Carter Trio [Audience Recording]

January 31, 1985 / Sweet Basil, New York City

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 / "Music is an Open Sky" Series, Sweet Basil, New York City

untitled improvisation [30:43]
untitled improvisation / announcement [15:30 / 1:51]

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

Announcement identifies this as the "first show". Does a tape of the evening's second show exist? —RL
{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.02.07 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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

Wee Sneezawee [13:16]
After You Left [9:33]
Tortuga [12:57]
Gossip [13:26]
Shakin' Back [13:06]
Driads [15:46]
Jump Up [00:34]

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

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

{Primary Source: aylCD-036-040}

85.02.13 • Jemeel Moondoc Quartet [Audience Recording]

February 13, 1985 / Jazz Now Festival, Cohen Auditorium, Tufts University, Medford, MA

announcement / Nostalgia in Times Square (Charles Mingus) [00:24 / 14:56]
Double X... ? (Moondooc) [15:37]
unknown title (Campbell) [14:17]
Broadway Blues (Ornette Coleman) / announcement [11:12 / 00:42]

[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}

85.02.14 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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
85.02.15
85.02.16 - Jemeel Moondoc Quartet: Parker, Roy Campbell, 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." [correspondence 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

unknown title [16:35]
unknown title [18:22]
unknown title [9:18]
unknown title [10:42]
unknown title / announcement [4:51 / 0:31]
unknown title [17:56]
unknown title [14:44]
unknown title / announcement [11:21]

[101:58]

Roy Campbell, Jr. (trumpet, flute)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; venue via CODA #201 April 1985 p.32}

85.02.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.03.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.03.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.04.04 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 Gru 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, Martinez / Real Art Ways, Charter Oak Temple, Hartford, CT [CODA #202 June 1985 pp.28-9; Details via Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.14]
85.04.18 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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

unknown title [7:04] (incomplete, fades in)
unknown title [6:04]
unknown title [9:58]
unknown title [20:28]
unknown title [9:02]
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 Gru 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 [Audience Recording]

April 26, 1985 / Workshop Freie Musik, Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, Germany

unknown title [79:56] (split track at 46:53, incomplete)

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}

85.04.29 • Peter Brötzmann's Alarm Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
Broadcast GDR

April 29, 1985, Kammerspiele, East Berlin, Germany

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

unknown title [69:38]

Peter Brötzmann (ts, as)
Toshinoro Kondo (tp, voc)
Johannes Bauer, Alan Tomlinson (tb)
Larry Stabbins (ts, ss)
David S. Ware (ts)
Curtis Clark (p)
William Parker, Peter Kowald (b)
Louis Moholo (dr)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

85.05.02 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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, Kral Trio, Jeemel Moondoc Quartet with Bern Nix, William Parker, Ed Blackwell, Luther Thomas Quintet, Bangception with Billy Bang and Dennis 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, Dennis Charles, Mabo Suzuki / CUANDO, 9 Second Avenue, NYC [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]

85.05.09 • Jemeel Moondoc Jus Gru 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]
Queen of Spades (Morris) [18:42]
Blues for Katie (Moondoc) [18:44]
interview segment [3:39]
Judy's Bounce (Moondoc) [1:56] (fades out) *
interview segment [2:47]
In Walked Monk (Moondoc) [8:52] *
interview segment [1:50]
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 Silverson (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 {1}

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 [Private Videotape] {2}

May 16, 1985 / Paul Robeson House, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

"Video original" order:

Windows (take 1) [2:30] {2}
Windows (take 2) [5:20] {2}
Windows (take 3) [3:30] {2}
Windows (take 4, master) [4:40] {1,2}
Windows (take 5) [4:40] {2}
Time I (take 1) [6:15] {2}
Time I (take 2, master) [4:04] {1,2}
Time II (take 1) [5:30] {2}
Time II (take 2, master) [5:09] {1,2} "Though listed on side A of the LP, 'Time II' occupies the first band on the record's B side." —Dixonia
Thoughts [11:20] {1,2}
A Song for Claudia's Children [8:30] {1,2} (SN 1111 CD has this track at 11:10)
Brothers [9:00] {1,2} (SN 1111 CD has this track edited at 8:30)
"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
Points [9:15] {1,2} "LP timed at 8:45. That piece too was probably edited for Thoughts." —Dixonia

LP/CD tracks order:

Thoughts [11:20]
Windows [4:40]
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]
A Song for Claudia's Children [11:10]
Brothers [8:30]
Points [8:45]

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}
Videotape 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 Gru 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

85.06.28 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Private & Broadcast Recordings]
Broadcast CBC-CBOF FM Jazz Sur le Vif

June 28 or 29, 1985 / Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, Theatre St. Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Audience Recording:

unknown title [95:26] (split track at 46:02 and 92:27)

[96:02]

Broadcast Recording:

unknown title (excerpt) [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}

85.06.30 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 Gru 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

Set 1: unknown title [42:51]
Set 2: unknown title / announcement [42:20]
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; correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.10 confirms dates as noted; *** CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14}

85.07.12 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

July 12, 1985 / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA

unknown title [47:29]

Set 3:
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; correspondence 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 [correspondence Andre Martinez archive; correspondence Graham Connah 03.03.10 confirms dates as noted; *** CODA #205 December 1985 p.28 has the dates as 85.07.12-13-14]
85.07.17 - 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 Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.08.01 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.08 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 '85 p.32]
85.08.15 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.08.29 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.05 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.12 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.09.19 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 http://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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 85.07.18 above.
85.10.03 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.10 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.17 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.10.18 - Jemeel Moondoc Quintet: Parker, Rahn Burton, Bern Nix, Dennis 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

Nostalgia in Times Square
Konstanze's Delight
Portrait of Flora
In Walked Monk [69:46]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto and soprano sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rahn Burton (piano)
Bern Nix (guitar)
Dennis 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 Gru 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 end of '85.
85.10.26
85.10.27 - William Parker (bass), Bill Smith (soprano sax), Jack Wright (reeds), Raymond Boni (guitar), Roger Turner (drums, percussion), Andreas Stehle (alto sax), Steve Hunt (drums), Joe McPhee (soprano sax), Todd Whitman (reeds) / "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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See 85.10.24 above.
85.11.07 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.11.14 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.11.15 - Cecil Taylor: (no personnel info) / New Music Network, SUNY-Buffalo [CODA #206 February 1986 pp.30-1]

85.11.16 • Cecil Taylor Unit & Afrodancers [Soundboard Tape]

November 16, 1985 / Foyer Stadttheater Basel, Bern, Switzerland

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: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

85.11.21 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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

Nostalgia in Times Square (Charles Mingus) [13:12]
Flora (Moondoc) [12:18]
In Walked Monk (Moondoc) [15:16]
Dance of the Clowns (Moondoc) [10:51]

Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax, soprano sax)
Bern Nix (guitar)
Rahn Burton (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis Charles (drums))

{Primary Source: SN 1141; 121141-2}

85.11.28 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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 Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC / See above.
85.12.12 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.12.19 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: William Parker, others / Neither/Nor, NYC
85.12.26 - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru 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

We'um [4:58]
Dark Countenance [12:06]
You and Me [4:06]
Le le le Lah [1:17]
Lawoe [00:48]
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:

Going Through/Echo Vamp []
unknown title []
unknown title []

2nd Set (incomplete):

The Glow of Awareness []
Music for the Love of It []

tracks 1-3 are the complete first set
tracks 5,6 are the incomplete 2nd set

"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: 2CD-R; 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 White 03.02.18

86.01.18 • Billy Bang Sextet [Audience Recording]

January 18, 1986 / Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

1st Set:

Music for the Love of It [11:47]
The Nagual Julian [17:33]
The Glow of Awareness [14:42]
announcement [0:45]

2nd Set:

The New Seers [21:10]
announcement [0:43]
Inorganic Beings [15:07]
announcement [0:45]

[83:45]

Also, 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, mussette)
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

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 [Broadcast Recording]
WBRS Radio Broadcast

March 25, 1986 / The Joint, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

unknown title [30:32]
unknown title [5:06]
unknown title [26:49]
unknown title [14:11]

[76:39]

William Parker (bass)
Paul Murphy (drums)

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.31} Not in my collection.

86.04.10 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

April 10, 1986 / Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

First Set [52:43]
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: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

86.04.11 • Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa {1}

Soul Note SN 1139 (LP) 1986 IT; 121139-2 (CD) 1994

Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] {2}

1st Session: [See also 86.04.12.]

April 11, 1986 / Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

1st Set [35:00]
(2nd Set) Olu Iwa (Lord of Character) Introduction [8:00]
Olu Iwa (Lord of Character) [27:09] {1,2}
piano solo [ : ] {2}

[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 mba/dr/b section. Both set 1 and 2 were about 35 mins, set two appears on the Soul Note cd as "Olu Iwa," omitting an introduction of about 8 mins. This whole concert (72.5 mins, 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

* NOTE: 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 (voice-2)
Frank Wright (voice-2)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion, voice)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Steve McCall (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: 3CD-R at 182:58, also contains tracks below ???; Soul Note 121139-2}

86.04.12 • Cecil Taylor: Olu Iwa {1}

Soul Note SN 1139 (LP) 1986 IT; 121139-2 (CD) 1994

Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording] {2}

2nd Session: [See also 86.04.11.]

April 12, 1986 / Workshop Freie Musik 1986, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

unknown title [10:16] (incomplete, fades in) {2}
piano solo [1:06] {2}
unknown title [66:42] (split track at 27:22) {2}
B Ee Ba Nganga Ban'a Eee! [48:21] {1,2}
piano solo [1:46] {2}

[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 Broötzmann was present with the Unit during the first set (68 min), he is wrongly stated on the CD as 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 / Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

Also:

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 NYC 86.05.16 Cecil Taylor Unit]

unknown title [46:26]
unknown title [12:25]
unknown title [4:53]

[63:48]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Earl McIntyre (trombone, conductor)
Johannes Bauer (trombone)
Guido Mazzone, Lars Rudolph (trumpet)
Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax)
Wolfgang Fuchs (soprano sax)
Floros Floridis (alto sax)
Frank Wright (tenor sax)
Thurman Barker (marimba, percussion)
William Parker (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

86.04.00 - Cecil Taylor Unit: (no personnel info) / (no exact date, though before 86.04.25-26, when Barker had left to tour with his own trio + Sam Rivers) / Sweet Basil's, NYC [CODA #207 April 1986 p.29; CODA #208 June 1986 p.33]
86.04.18 - Jemeel Moondoc (no personnel info) / Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA [CODA #208 June 1986 p.32]

86.05.00 • Marco Eneidi: Vermont, Spring, 1986

Botticelli Records 1001 (LP) 1986 SWZ

May, 1986 / City Hall Auditorium, Burlington, VT

Stand Back (traditional. West Indian folk song) [14:30]
Sorry... Ballada (Jimmy Lyons) [10:05]
Rise Up (traditional. West Indian folk song) [3:05]
Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman) [15:27]

Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis Charles (drums)

{Primary Source: Botticelli 1001}

86.05.15 - Bill Dixon Quartet: Dixon (trumpet, flugelhorn), William Parker (bass), Mario Pavone (bass), Laurence Cook (drums)-- Also: "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]

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 NYC 86.05.16 Cecil Taylor Unit)

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..."
[sadly see 86.05.19] --Peter Pullman, in WIRE #32 October 1986 pp.20-1

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}

86.05.19 - Jimmy Lyons succumbs to cancer... [CODA #208 June 1986 p.33]

86.05.28 • MEMORIAL SERVICE for JIMMY LYONS [Audience Recording & Videotape]

May 28, 1986 / Jimmy Lyons Benefit, St.Peter's Church, New York City

Audience Recordings exist [225:00]
Private Video-Tape exists (by Raymond Ross for Karen Borca)

Rev. John Gensel
Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Raphe 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
Shepp All Stars
Walt Dickerson
"...and others..."

{Primary Source: Jan Ström Jimmy Lyons - a Sessionography} Not in my collection.

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

In the Warm [6:27]
Do You Want to be an Angel [4:34]
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}

86.08.25 • Trio Hurricane: Suite of Winds

Black Saint SN 102 (LP) 1994 IT; 120102-2 (CD) 1994

August 25, 1986 / Xandor Recording Studios, Orinda, CA

North (Murphy) [15:22]
South (Murphy) [10:58]
East (Parker) [18:49]
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]
86.09.19- Billy Bang Quintet: Roy Campbell, Oscar Sanders (guitar), William Parker, Zen Matsuura (drums) / [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 / Caliope Recording Studios, New York City

Midnight Moon [8:05]
Dance of the Arabesque [7:15]
Harry, Paint the Lawn [6:45]
Urban Mania [5:05]
Japanese Twilight [7:15]
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

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 [Private Videotape]

October 22, 1986 / Middlebury College, Vermont

starts with Dixon unaccompanied [11:50]
untitled [14:05]
untitled [2:35]
starts with Dixon unaccompanied [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)
Mario Pavone (bass)
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 R86-1022, p.281} Not in my collection.

86.10.25 • Bill Dixon Quartet [Private Videotape]

October 25, 1986 / Middlebury College, Vermont

rehearsal [22:19]
rehearsal [1:55]
rehearsal [27:36]
First concert:
unknown [34:54]
unknown [22:08]
Second concert:
unknown [24:10]
unknown [27:08] (switches to flugelhorn at 21:00)

Bill Dixon (trumpet-11,2,3,4,6,7, flugelhorn-5,7)
Mario Pavone (bass)
William Parker (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 Video & Audio Recording]

November 1, 1986 / Leverkusen Jazztage, Leverkusen, Germany

Sinawe Mandelas (dedicated to the late Johnny Dyani) (Bang) [9:20]
announcement... Thank You Ma'am (adapted from a short story by Langston Hughes) (Bang) [10:35] / on Video, 11:20
announcement [0:27]
Sad Song (Bang) [5:57] / on Video, 6:00
announcement [0:21]
The Mold of a Man (Bang) [7:58]
announcement [0:12]
Going Through (Bang) [33:09] (split track at 24:33, incomplete, cuts out a few seconds before ending) / on Video, 29:00 received as "unknown title"
announcement [0:19]
Music for the Love of It (Butch Morris) [11:40] ("includes an introduction of the musicians during the music is still playing")

[Audio Recording 69:40; Video 48:00]

Billy Bang (violin)
Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Oscar Sanders (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: Videotape; 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 [info via Frank Rubolino]

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

Thank You Ma'am (adapted from a short story by Langston Hughes) [8:33]
Sinawe Mandelas (dedicated to the late Johnny Dyani) [6:57]
Sad Song [4:37]
Abuella (dedicated to M. Ramirez) [13:40]
Rainbow Gladiator [5:48]
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 Tape]

December 5, 1986 / Carriage Barn, Bennington College, Vermont

"...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, 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)
Mario Pavone (bass)
William Parker (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, D.C. YA YA Band, Charles Gale, 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]
86.12.20 - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Abdul Wadud / Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th St (between 1st and 2nd Aves.), 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
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 St (between 1st and 2nd Aves.), 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

Moments [9:48]
Outer and Interactions [10:35]
Monk Funk [4:24]
The Hteb of Hanavel [13:03]
The Crouch Opinion [6:14]
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

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 • Paul Murphy & William Parker [Broadcast Recording]
Radio Broadcast / Program: "The Joint"

March 25, 1987 / Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

improvisation [29:56]
announcement [0:10]
improvisation [31:29] (split track at 4:51)
improvisation [13:57]

[77:47]

Paul Murphy (drums)
William Parker (bass, shenai, percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

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, 50 East 7th St (between 1st and 2nd Aves.), 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

[30:00]

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) ???

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

87.05.01
87.05.02 - The New York Free Jazz Quintet: William Parker (bass), Raphe Malik (trumpet), Glenn Spearman (tenor saxophone), Karen Borca (bassoon), Paul Murphy (percussion) / 10pm, Kraine Club Theater, NYC [New York Times 87.05.01]
87.05.18 - Convection: Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Abdul Wadud / Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th St (between 1st and 2nd Aves.), NYC [Ed Hazell 06.08.26, the attic archive] ( * see note 86.12.20 * )

87.07.03 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

July 3, 1987 / El Bohio, (community center in New York City?)

unknown titles [84:00]

Charles Gayle (ts)
William Parker (b)

{Primary Source: anonymous 04.03.02} 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 / Krain Theater, New York City

Side B, no title given [33:25] (incomplete, fades in)

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) / 7pm, the Citicorp Center, St. Peter's Church, NYC [New York Times 87.08.01; Cadence Vol. 13 no. 8, August '87 p.92]

87.08.24 • Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording]

August 24, 1987 / Knitting factory, New York City

unknown title [23:40] (incomplete, cuts off)
unknown title [4:09] (incomplete, cuts in)
unknown title [39:17] (split track)

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) ???
??? (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

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..." [correspondence 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

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

First Set [67:51] (split track at 46:19)
Second Set [70:32] (split track at 46:21)

[138:23]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
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:

unknown title [111:48]

2nd Set:

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 [correspondence Luc Barzaghi 03.01.12]

87.10.31 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Audience Recording]

October 31, 1987 / Belga Jazz Festival, Theatre 140, Brussels, Belgium

unknown title [74:36] (split track at 46:10)
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

[22:20]
[25:25]
[24:18]
[19:58]

No title given to this continuous piece.

[CD 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

[22:37]
[22:25]
[21:20]
[24:05]

No title given to this continuous piece.

[CD abbreviated to 71:21]

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

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 (altosax), William Parker (bass), Thurman Barker (drums), 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

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}

88.00.00-1 • Charles Gayle Trio [Audience Recording]

Date ???, 1988 / New York City

[60:00]

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass) ?

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.01.18 • Commitment Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

January 18, 1988 / Live On WKCR Radio, New York City

unknown title [ : ]

Elliot Bratton (voice)
Richard Fairfax (reeds)
Vincent French (congas)
Brian Keizer (g)
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 (Bosendorfer 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 / (Venue ?), New York City

A Nast in Crisis, Mouth Full of Fresh Cut Flowers [ : ]
Sentences Forming Pictures that Dream of Freedom [ : ]
Ashes in Ascent [ : ]
Eternal Sunshine [ : ]

William Parker (bass)

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

Passage To Music

88.03.01 - Call of Nature Trio: David Ware (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Tuesday 6:30 PM, NY Public Library, Saint Agnes Branch, 444 Amsterdam Avenue, NYC
88.03.08 - Call of Nature Trio: David Ware (tenor sax), William Parker (bass), Marc Edwards (drums) / Tuesday 6 PM, NY Public Library, 115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street, NYC
88.03.25 - Marco Eneidi Sextet: Eneidi (alto sax), Booker T. (tenor sax), Rashid Bakr (drums), Jackson Krall (drums), William Parker (bass), Albey Balgochian (bass) / Piano Magic, NYC (double-bill with the Mark Hennen Trio, Ellen Christi, Jackson Krall) [CODA #218 February 1988 p.36 advertisement]

88.04.04
88.04.05 • David S. Ware Trio: Passage to Music {1}

Silkheart Records SHLP-113 (LP) 1989 SWD; SHCD-113 (CD) 1989 SWD

Various Artists: Silkheart Sampler / Spirit of New Jazz {2}
Silkheart Records SHCD-130 (CD) 1990 SWD

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‰ of the record done during the first session."

An Ancient Formula [6:00] {1,2}
Ancient Visitors [7:30] {1}
Passage to Music [10:46] {1}
African Secrets [10:47] {1}
The Elders Path [13:20] {1}
Phonetic Hymn [9:00] {1} *
Mystery [11:43] {1} *

* SHCD-113 only.

David S. Ware (tenor sax, saxello-2; stritch-4 / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Marc Edwards (drums)

The Silkheart webpage for this CD.

{Primary Source: SHCD-113; SHCD-130}

88.04.09 - "William also played with the Cecil Taylor Unit (Carlos Ward, asx; Thurman Barker, dr/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: Ware (tenor sax, stritch), William Parker, Marc Edwards / Sound Unity Festival, Kraine (Art Gallery) 85 East 4th Street, NYC ["We opened the Sound Unity Festival..." correspondence, Marc Edwards]
88.04.12-17 (1) - Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Gru Orchestra: (no personnel info, no specific date) [ibid]
88.04.14 - "bassist William Parker's own ensembles..." [ibid]

"On the flyer for the 2nd Sound Unity Festival, there's a William Parker Ensemble (w/Glenn Spearman, no other personnel listed) scheduled for 11:30 PM 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 the Dixon/Sound Unity Orchestra or 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 {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] {2}

April 15, 1988 / Sound Unity Festival, Knitting Factory, New York City

improvisation [15:14] {2}
improvisation [8:43] {2}
improvisation [12:07] {2}
improvisation [7:41] {1,2}
brief announcement by Brötzmann, gentle rant by Graves [1:30] {1,2}

[43:46]

The video track (4+5) begins at 1:26:15 from the beginning of "Mouthful of Sweat". —RL

Peter Brötzmann (as, ts, taragato, cl)
William Parker (bass, guimbri)
Milford Graves (drums, frame dr)

{Primary Source: CD-R; Mouthful of Sweat}

88.04.17 • Bill Dixon Ensemble ("Sound Unity Orchestra") [Audience Recording]

April 17, 1988 / The Kraine, NYC

Sisyphus [ : ]

"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)
Mario Pavone (bass)
William Parker (bass)
Laurence Cook (drums)

Also: Nioka Workman mentioned on cello in correspondence from Marc Edwards, but not included in the Dixonia entry.

{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 / (Venue ?), New York City

Jahne's Waltz (Roy Campbell Jr.) [ : ]
Peace (Zane Massey) [ : ]
I Remember Lee (Roy Campbell Jr.) [ : ]
To the Spot (Zane Massey) [ : ]
Charmaine (Roy Campbell Jr.) [ : ]

Roy Campbell Jr. (t, flgh)
Zane Massey (ts, as, ss)
Bryan Carrott (vibes)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (dr)

{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

Two sets [102:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Arthur Brooks (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)

{Primary Source: info via 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}

88.05.15 - 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 / New York City

[60:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

BERLIN !

CODA

88.06.17 - Cecil Taylor arrives in Berlin...
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 wich 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 {1}

Free Music Production FMP (no #) (11CD, limited edition boxed-set.) 1989 GER

Cecil Taylor European Orchestra: Alms / Tiergarten (Spree) {2}
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]

July 2, 1988 / Improvised Music II/88, Kongresshalle, Berlin, Germany

Involution / Evolution [58:51] {1,2,3 *}
Weight º Breath º Sounding Trees [63:48] {1,2}

* FMP MJ 02 has a [22:42] excerpt of this 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 SWD; SHCD-119 (CD) 1990

August 6, 1988 / Real Art Ways, 10th Annual RAW Jazz Festival, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Schools of Thought [7:20]
Revisited (Science) [12:30]
Maitreya [12:10]
Tune [11:00]
Beauty's Apocalypse [5:00]
All above are a continuous performance at 49:52.

William Hooker (drums, recitation / Compositions)
Alan Michael (alto sax)
Claude Lawrence (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)

Go to the Silkheart webpage for this CD.

{Primary Source: SHCD-119}

88.09.02 • Khan Jamal: Speak Easy

Gazell GJCD 4001 (CD) 1989

September 2, 1988 / Morning Star Studio, Springhouse, PA

Speak Easy (Jamal) [6:32]
Jennifer's Poem (Jamal) [5:10]
Rain Colors (Jamal) [2:08]
Blues for An Endangered Species (Jamal) [7:25]
Family of the Spirits (Jamal) [6:56]
Easy Living (Rainger) [6:31]
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, Claude Lawrence (alto sax), 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; German Jazzmagazine Jazzpodium via Heinrich Smejkal 02.09.16; info via H. Lukas Lindenmaier; Jan Carlsson 04.03.28; Broadcast 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]

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 Jazzmagazine 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 via 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; German Jazzmagazine Jazzpodium via Heinrich Smejkal 02.09.16}

88.10.27 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Cecil Taylor (piano), Evan Parker (reeds), Arthur Brooks (trumpet), William Parker (bass), Pheeroan Aklaff-drums (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

unknown title [44:03]
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: info via anonymous; Cadence Vol. 14 no. 12, December '88 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

First Set [38:04]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

88.11.18 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 18, 1988 / Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX

First Set [52:43]
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

First Set [40:23]
Second Set [56:03]
encore [1:39]
2nd encore [0:34]

[100:05]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: 2 CD-R}

88.00.00-2 • Bern Nix Trio [Audience Recording]

Date ???, 1988 / New York City

unknown title [8:07]
unknown title [4:54]
unknown title [5:10]
unknown title [3:33]
unknown title [1:41]

[28:20]

Bern Nix (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Dave Capello (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

88.12.00 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

December ?, 1988 / Amsterdam, Netherlands

unknown titles [41:00]

Charles Gayle (ts)
William Parker (b)

{Primary Source: anonymous 04.03.02} Not in my collection.

88.12.10 (1) - Bern Nix Trio: William Parker, Capello / Groningen Jazz Festival / Tape at 45:00 [Eddy Janssens 03.12.20]
88.12.10 (2) - Roy Campbell Trio: William Parker, Reggie Nicholson / Groningen Jazz Festival / Tape at 45:00 [Eddy Janssens 03.12.20]

89.01.25 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

January 25, 1989 / Blues Alley, Washington, D.C.

[56:02]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

89.01.28 • Billy Bang Quartet [Audience Recording]

January 28, 1989 / Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

Know Your Enemies [6:36]
unknown titles [13:03]
unknown titles [11:14]
unknown titles [11:49]
announcement [00:30]

[47:08]

[This tape has been circulated with Parker listed on bass with Ware's Trio. This session was on a double bill with the David S. Ware Trio: David S. Ware (tenor sax, saxello), Sirone (bass) Marc Edwards (drums).]

Billy Bang (violin)
Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Reggie Nicholson (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Marc Edwards; Heinrich Smejkal}

89.01.00 - Cecil Taylor Feel Trio / "...week-long stay at Sweet Basil" [Down Beat May 1989, p.55]

"Cecil Taylor closed out January at Sweet Basil, NYC" (Week may have begun Monday, January 30th) [CODA #225 April 1989 p.36]

89.02.03 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

February 3, 1989 (Friday) / Sweet Basil, New York City

First Set [41:52] (incomplete, cuts out at end)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

[See NOTE below.]

{Primary Source: CD-R}

89.02.04 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

February 4, 1989 (Saturday) / Sweet Basil, New York City

unknown title [88:14] (split track at 44:33; incomplete, cuts in at beginning, out at end)

This session is also circulating with a date of 89.02.24, which is likely incorrect. —RL
[See NOTE below.]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums; percussion)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R}

NOTE on the sessions above :::

There has been a bit of confusion surrounding the session recordings of 89.02.03 & 89.02.04, as well as another mis-dated tape of "89.02.24."

Early references had:
89.02.03 as exactly the same as the first set of both 89.02.04 & 89.02.24
89.02.24 exactly the same as 89.02.04. (Received as "Feel Trio / NYC, Sweet Basil - (44:14 + 44:28)"

"89.02.24" is the 89.02.04 date as confirmed by Ed Hazell. Additionally, the .03 and .04 recordings are NOT the same. The 02.03 set is at 41:52, the 02.04 sets are at 44:33 and 43:41, and my playing them concurrently on separate decks shows that they may be working the same piece, but they are indeed different performances. —RL

"89.02.24" / This is a mis-dated session (see NOTE above) - received as "Feel Trio / NYC, Sweet Basil - (44:14 + 44:28)"
89.03.03-19 - Cecil Taylor (no personnel) / Terrassa Jazz Festival, Spain [CODA #226 June 1989 p.39] "It did happen. I don't know the exact date nor if a recording exists, but Cecil played there on 1989. After that, he spent several days at poet Victor Obiols' house with other guests, my brother Javier among them..." Suso Navarette posting to CTResearch Group
Terrassa Jazz Festival ran from 89.02.18 through 89.03.9, but CTResearch has Taylor SOLO at Nightstage, Cambridge, MA on 89.03.02.
89.03.20 - Cecil Taylor "Dance Project": 1st Set: CT, Evan Parker (sax), Roger Turner (drums, perc), William Parker (bass) / 2nd Set: Quartet + "four young, London-based dancers..." / Camden Festival, Shaw Theatre, London, UK [WIRE #61 March 1989 p.4; #63 April 1989 p.16]
89.04.14 - Karen Borca Quartet: Borca (bassoon), Irene Schweizer (piano), William Parker (bass), Andrew Cyrille (drums) / "...plus the Diedre Murray - Elliott Sharp Duo and the Jeanne Lee Trio..." / Zürich, Switzerland / "The TAKTLOS '89 tour of Switzerland in April..." [CODA #226 June 1989 p.32 [WIRE #61 March 1989 p.5]
89.04.15 - Karen Borca Quartet: Borca (bassoon), Irene Schweizer (piano), William Parker (bass), Andrew Cyrille (drums) / Bern, Switzerland [WIRE #61 March 1989 p.5]

89.04.16 • Karen Borca - Irene Schweizer Quartet [Audience Recording]

April 16, 1989 / Basel, Switzerland

unknown title [48:20]
unknown title [8:10]

Karen Borca (bassoon)
Irene Schweizer (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Andrew Cyrille (drums)

{Primary Source: Ron Lyles 08.03.08; WIRE #61 March 1989 p.5} Not in my collection.

89.04.24
89.04.25 • Other Dimensions In Music: Other Dimensions In Music

Silkheart SHLP-120 (LP) 1989; SHCD-120 (CD) 1989 SWE

April 24 & 25, 1989 / Sound on Sound Recording Studio, New York City

Tradition's Transitional Omissions Suite
Sailing Towards the Dark Happy Voice [22:58]
Ascent (My Shadow is a Cloud) [16:04] *
Sihu Chant for Sly Stone [15:27]
Spirits Rise/Fall (Dedicated to Ethel Brownlee) [15:51] *

[ * SHCD-120 only.]

Daniel Carter (alto sax, tenor sax, flute, trumpet)
Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn, recorder)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr (drums)
(Compositions, collective)

{Primary Source: SHCD-120}

Go to the Silkheart webpage for this CD.

89.04.28
89.04.29 • Rob Brown: Breath Rhyme

Silkheart SHLP-122 (LP) 1990 SWD; SHCD-122 (CD) 1990

April 28 & 29, 1989 / Sound on Sound Recording Studio, New York City

Firewalk [10:50]
Stillness [5:58]
Breath Rhyme [7:31] *
PB [10:47] *
The Light [4:47]
Beehive [11:33]
Awake [7:28]
Escape Velocity [6:38]

Rob Brown (alto sax / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Dennis Charles (drums) [sic - "Denis"]

* Note: Tracks 3 & 4 do not appear on LP.

{Primary Source: SHCD-122}

89.05.23 - Rob Brown: (no personnel details) / Knitting Factory, NYC [Cadence Vol. 15 no. 4 April '89, p.20]

89.06.08 • Cecil Taylor: In Florescence

A&M Records A&M SP 5286 (LP) 1990; A&M CD 5286 (CD) 1990

June 8, 1989 / RCA Recording Studios, New York City

J. (Taylor) [2:52]
Pethro Visiting the Abyss (Taylor) [7:08]
Saita (Taylor) [3:00]
In Florescence (Taylor) [3:02]
Sirenes 1/3 (Taylor) [00:48]
Anast in Crisis Mouthful of Fresh Cut Flowers (Parker) [3:37]
Charles and Thee (Taylor) [8:00]
Entity (Bendian) [2:32]
Leaf Taken Horn (Taylor) [4:53]
Chal Chuiatlichue Goddess of Green Flowing Waters (Taylor) [11:29]
Feng Shui (Taylor / Parker / Bendian) [4:35]

Cecil Taylor (piano, prepared piano-10, voice)
William Parker (bass, voice-10, percussion-10)
Gregg Bendian (percussion, voice-10)

{Primary Source: A&M SP 5286; A&M CD 5286}

89.07.12 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

July 12, 1989 / Ray Taylor's Living Room, NYC

unknown titles [86:00]

Charles Gayle (ts)
William Parker (b)

{Primary Source: anonymous 04.03.02; "The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006} Not in my collection.

89.07.13 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

July 13, 1989 / Ray Taylor's Living Room, NYC

unknown titles [92:00]

89.07.18
89.07.19 - Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo / Ray Taylor's Living Room, NYC ["The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006]

89.07.20 • Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo [Audience Recording]

July 20, 1989 / Ray Taylor's Living Room, NYC

unknown titles [84:00]

89.07.26
89.07.27 - Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo / Ray Taylor's Living Room, NYC [anon. 04.03.02; "The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006]
89.08.22 - Cecil Taylor Quartet: Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / Teatro do Hotel Nacional de Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

"On this tour were Max Roach, Odean Pope, George Benson, Horace Silver, the Count Basie Big Band with Joe Williams, and John Zorn. The first gig was in Rio in a concert hall-- the event was called 'Free Jazz', a term they were not sure what it actually meant till they heard Cecil. ...the people who heard us in San Paolo began to walk out, but those that stayed flipped over the music. Two of the people in the audience were Hermeto Pascual and Djamalo Correa, two of Brazil's most respected geniuses of music. Not to mention the club hopping all night with them and Cecil, William and myself. We later hung [at] Rio Jazz Club located in the Hotel Meridien where Sivuca was playing. It's funny you mentioned this gig because William brought it to my attention the other night. He said 'remember when we went looking for instruments in the rough part of town?' and I said yes. 'Remember carrying all those instruments down these slum type neighborhoods to find Gope, a main percussion store for pandieros and whistles and no one bothered us. And remember when the percussionist from Gilberto Gil's band saw us walking around and thought we were crazy to take such chances and he put us in a cab back to the hotel?' And William said 'but when the spirit is correct the forces will protect you we are dealing with people and they can sense your spirit and honesty'. ...William and myself jammed Samba with the hotel band every day... While in Rio D. Janeiro I had a some kind of spiritual experience-- an Orisha type invasion or an anxiety attack-- and I was in my room by myself feeling strange and the next you know Sir William, who's room was next door, comes in without notice and puts headphones on me and plays this beautiful music that totally calmed me down-- then left back to his room next door. A truly spiritual experience for me." [Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.08; 02.10.30; 02.11.02]
89.08.26 - Cecil Taylor Quartet: Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / Free Jazz Festival, The Palace, San Paulo, Brazil "...the word FREE in this festival's name did not refer to any style, school, or concept: it was simply the brand name of the cigarette company sponsoring it!" [Pépé Hosiasson, CODA #229 December 1989 p.21;]

89.09.15 • Zorn John's Alto Madness [Audience Recording]

September 15, 1989 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1. unknown title [20:52]
2. unknown title [20:02]
3. unknown title [8:33]
4. unknown title [24:31]: [73:56]

"...I recently did a [Friday] gig with John Zorn at the Knitting Factory... with Jemeel Moondoc... Bernie Nicks... Ted Epstein..." —William Parker, interview taken 89.10.07 by Bob Rusch, Cadence Vol.16 No.12, December 1990, p.8

John Zorn, Jemeel Moondoc, Tim Berne (alto sax)
Bern Nix (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Ted Epstein (drums)

This recording is also circulating with an erroneous line up that has: Evan Parker added on alto, Marc Ribot on guitar, Greg Cohen on bass, and Joey Baron on drums. Line-up above is from announcement on recording.

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21} Not in my collection.

89.10.07 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Radio Broadcast?]

December 17, 1989 / Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Grand Cafe, Quebec, Canada

unknown titles [57:23]

* Also a recording at 74:00 :::
"I have just received a CD-R with 74:00 recording from the 89-1007 concert at Victoriaville. This is somehow different from the 57:33 radio broadcast on CD-R from the same event. The broadcast is actually missing the initial 21:37 from the other recording, and it includes 2 short radio announcements (in French), otherwise is the same performance throughout. The longer recording most probably is from an audience recording, or maybe from an unbalanced soundboard output. This recording has a sharp, crackling sound, emphasizing percussions, and (in some places) vocals, whereas the radio recording emphasizes the bass register, sometimes sounds like over-loading the bass mike line. The first part of performance (not on the broadcast CD-R) includes a lot of percussions, vocalises, and sounds from whistles, flutes, etc. - Some parts are as dense I believe all four (Taylor, Parker, Bendian, Martinez) play on quite a lot of percussion plus "little instruments," and vocalize. One strange moment is the very short appearance from a saxophone (no doubt!) - this is at 26:25 on the complete version (ca. 4:00 on the radio version) - who was that ?!" —Lukas Lindenmaier posting to CTResearch Group 05.06.27

"I was the alto sax player. There was a review in down beat the month following the gig that mentions this in the review. I also did a hit and played the tenor at the Vanguard with the same band. -- Andre Martinez 05.06.27

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice, percussion, "little instruments")
William Parker (bass, voice, percussion, "little instruments")
Andre Martinez (drums, voice, percussion, "little instruments," sax)
Greg Bendian (vibraphone, marimba, drums, voice, percussion, "little instruments")

{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #230 February 1990 p.12; WIRE #72 p.33; date via Heinrich Smejkal; Lukas Lindenmaier posting to CTResearch Group 05.06.27; Cadence Vol. 15 no. 12 December 1989 pp.66-7}

89.10.14 - Lisa Sokolow (voice): David Gonzalez (guitar), William Parker / Westbank Cafe, NYC [CODA #229 December 1989 p.18]

89.11.02 • (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Looking (Berlin Version) {1}

Free Music Production FMP CD 25 (CD) 1990 GER

Cecil Taylor: Concrete {2}
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 88.07.02, 89.11.03, and 90.07.08.]
Cecil Taylor The Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 2, 1989 / Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

FMP CD 25:

Looking (Berlin Version)
first part [36:22] {1}
second part [5:05] {1,2}
third part [30:49] {1}

Audience Recording:

1st Set [93:54] (split track at 63:48, fades out and back in)
2nd Set [36:32]
encore [5:43]

[Audience Recording at 135:09; FMP CD 25 has excerpts at 72:16]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 25; FMP MJ 02; Jakob Blumenthal 08.05.19}

89.11.03 • Cecil Taylor: Looking (Berlin Version) Corona

Free Music Production FMP CD 31 (CD) 1991 GER

1st Session: [See also 89.11.04.]

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]
Cecil Taylor: Concrete
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 88.07.02, 89.11.02, and 90.07.08.]

November 3, 1989 / Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

First Set [68:14] (split track at 62:15)
encore [6:14]
Second Set [51:50]
encore [3:02]

[127:00]

FMP CD 31 has excerpts as:
b. second movement [3:30] *FMP MJ 02 has an excerpt of this excerpt (!!!) at [2:44]
b. third movement [7:30]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Harald Kimmig (violin)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 31; FMP MJ 02; 2CD-R; info via Hannes Schneider; Jan Carlsson 04.02.14, 04.03.28}

89.11.04 • Cecil Taylor: Looking (Berlin Version) Corona

Free Music Production FMP CD 31 (CD) 1991 GER

2nd Session: [See also 89.11.03.]

Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

November 4, 1989 / Total Music Meeting, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

First Set [59:14]
Second Set [45:20]
encore [7:28]
announcement, Trudy Morse [4:51]

[112:00]

FMP CD 31 has Set 1 as "a. first movement [60:15]"

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Harald Kimmig (violin)
Muneer Abdul Fataah (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 31; 2CD-R; info via Hannes Schneider; Jan Carlsson 04.02.14, 04.03.28}

89.11.14 - Butch Morris: (no personnel detials) William Parker??? / Conduction #15, "The Spring Quartet" / New Music America '89, 12pm, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, NYC / "Lawrence Douglas 'Butch' Morris's weeklong residence of open rehearsals and trio, quartet, then large ensemble performances." [WIRE #72: p.14 col. 2; Down Beat Seotember 1989 p.20]
89.11.16 - Butch Morris: (no personnel detials) William Parker??? / Conduction #15, "A Large Ensemble" / New Music America '89, 12pm, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, NYC / [WIRE #72: p.14 col. 2; Down Beat Seotember 1989 p.20]
89.12.03 - Peter Brötzmann Trio: Brötzmann (tenor, baby E-flat clarinet, taragot), William Parker, Greg Bendian / The Gas Station ("the name says it all: the place is an old two-bay service garage...," Lower East Side, NYC [CODA #230 February 1990 p.20]
89.12.05 - Ellen Christi Quartet: Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn), William Parker, Tom Bruno (drums) / The Knitting Factory, NYC / Midnight Moan + unknown titles [ibid; Peter Watrous, New York Times 89.12.07]
89.12.09 - Cecil Taylor Unit: William Parker, Andre Martinez, Greg Bendian / ... presented by Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Auditorium, Cleveland, OH (This session is mis-dated as 83.12.23 in Cadence Vol. 16 no. 3 March 1990 p.4) [correspondence Andre Martinez archive]
89.12.16 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Martinez / Iron Horse Cafe, North Hampton, MA [correspondence Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.16; 02.11.02]

89.12.17 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

December 17, 1989 / Western Front, Cambridge, MA

unknown titles [90:00]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: info via anonymous} Not in my collection.

89.12.18 - Cecil Taylor Unit: Taylor, Parker, Martinez / "...a reggae club for Cecil's friend Mr. Gilmore, father of guitarist David Gilmore." Western Front, 343 Western Ave., Cambridge, MA [correspondence Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.16; 03.01.04]

89.12.22 • Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble [Audience Recordings]

December 22, 1989 / Knitting Factory, New York City

Save the Children [ : ]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
David S. Ware (tenor sax)
John Bruschini (guitar)
Evelyn Blakey (Art's daughter!) (voice)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Andre Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

89.12.23 • Cecil Taylor Corona Ensemble [Audience Recording]

December 23, 1989 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1st Set:

unknown title [100:59] (split track at 51:26)

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
David S. Ware (tenor sax, stritch, voice)
John Bruschini (guitar, voice)
Evelyn Blakey (Art's daughter!) (voice)
William Parker (bass, voice)
Thurman Barker (marimba, vibes, percussion, voice)
Andre Martinez (drums, voice)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via anonymous; Andre Martinez archive}

90.01.08
90.01.09
90.01.10 • David S. Ware Quartet: Great Bliss Vol. 1

Silkheart Records SHCD-127 (CD) 1991 SWD

David S. Ware Quartet: Great Bliss Vol. 2

Silkheart Records SHCD-128 (CD) 1991 SWD

January 8 through 10, 1990 / Sound on Sound Studio, New York City

Volume 1:

Forward Motion [12:28]
Angular [5:50]
Bliss Theme [8:50]
Cadenza [11:40]
Sound Bound [12:00]
Mind Time [4:00]
Saxelloscape One [4:00]
Thirds [13:50]

Volume 2:

One Two Three [12:00]
Emptiness [4:00]
Primary Piece III [8:30]
Saxelloscape Two [5:00]
The Child Without - The Child Within [10:50]
Stritchland [12:15]
Low Strata [6:20]
Reign of Peace [11:00]

David S. Ware (tenor sax-1/3,1/8,2/3,2/7, flute-1/1,1/6,2/2,2/5, saxello-1/2,1/5,1/7,2/4, stritch-1/4;2/1,2/6 / Compositions)
Matthew Shipp (piano - all except 1/7 & 2/4)
William Parker (bass - all except 1/7 & 2/4)
Marc Edwards (drums, tympani, percussion - all except 1/7 & 2/4)

[Note: The CD liner notes indicate "does not appear on album" for several of these tracks.
"...Silkheart LP manufacture stopped in a big hurry and those two [SHCD-127 & 128] certainly weren't manufactured. The remarks on the backliner text are there because it wasn't possible to make any changes to the offset films at that late date..." —Keith Knox, Silkheart Records]

{Primary Source: SHCD-128; SHCD-127}

90.01.14 • Matthew Shipp Quartet: Points

Silkheart Records SHCD-129 (CD) 1990 SWD

1st Session: [See also 90.03.18]

January 14, 1990 / East Side Sound Studio, New York City

Points Number Two [20:42]
Afro Sonic [5:37]
Piano Pyramid [10:05]

Matthew Shipp (piano, percussion-2 / Conductor / Compositions)
Rob Brown (alto sax-1,2)
William Parker (bass, percussion-2)
Whit Dickey (drums, percussion-2)

{Primary Source: SHCD-129}

90.01.21 - William Parker Sextet: Alex Lodico (trombone), Rob Brown (alto sax), Dave Sewelson (alto sax), Lewis Barnes (trumpet), William Parker, Jackson Krall (drums) / The Knitting Factory, NYC [CODA #231 April 1990 p.35]
90.02.10 - Charles Gayle & William Parker Duo / Pyramid Club, NYC ["The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006]

90.03.05 • Zusaan Kali Fasteau [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM

March 5, 1990 / Live at WKCR-FM, New York City

A Gift (Fasteau) [9:25]
Akagunduz (Fasteau) [10:00]
Get Over, Get Off, and Get On (Yusef Lateef) [5:29]
Migrating Birds (Fasteau) [11:09]
Eventide (Fasteau) [11:33]
Nature's Warning (Fasteau) [5:41]
Dolphin Meditation (Fasteau) [3:50]
Full Moon Rising (Fasteau) [10:40]
Grasslands (Fasteau) [2:32]
Delicate Balance (Fasteau) [6:20]
From Above (Fasteau) [:]

Zusaan Kali Fasteau (ss, ney flutes, voice, shakuhachi, sanza, cello, piano harp)
William Parker (bass)
Beaver Harris (dr)

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

90.03.09 • Zusaan Kali Fasteau: Prophecy

Flying Note Records FNCD 9003 (CD) 1993

1st Session: [See also 92.06.19 & 92.08.10 & 92.08.11.]

March 9, 1990 / Festival of Women Improvisors, Roulette, New York City

Birdsong [6:37]

Zusaan Kali Fasteau (kaval, cello / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: FNCD 9003}

90.03.10 - Michael Marcus Quintet: Marcus (saxello, stritch), Ted Daniel (trumpet, cornet), Joseph Bowie (trombone), William Parker, Reggie Nicholson (drums) / Brecht Forum, NYC [CODA #232 June 1990 p.32]

90.03.18 • Matthew Shipp Quartet: Points

Silkheart Records SHCD-129 (CD) 1990 SWD

2nd Session: [See also 90.01.14]

March 18, 1990 / East Side Sound Studio, New York City

Points Number One [34:24]

Matthew Shipp (piano / Compositions)
Rob Brown (alto sax)
William Parker (bass)
Whit Dickey (drums)

{Primary Source: SHCD-129}

Go to the Silkheart webpage for this CD.

90.04.07 - Charles Gayle Trio: Gayle (tenor sax), William Parker, David Pleasant (drums) / Chase Manhattan Bar and Grill, NYC [CODA #232 June 1990 p.32]
90.04.14 - Tom Bruno Trio: Bruno (drums), William Parker, Jemeel Moondoc (alto sax) / (double bill with Marc Edwards & Daniel Carter Duo) Chase Manhattan Bar and Grill, NYC [CODA #233 August 1990 p.36]

90.05.00 • Michael Marcus: Under the Wire

Enja Records ENJA 6064 2 (CD) 1991 GER

1st Session: [See also 90.11.00.]

May, 1990 / Sorcerer Sound, New York City

Gummin' [9:01]
Blue Halo [10:26]
Dance of the Angels [5:35]
Pipelines [5:25]
Kingdom's Chair [5:17]
Under the WIRE [5:20]
Common Ground [6:43]
Tribute [4:00]

Michael Marcus (bass clarinet, soprano sax, stritch / Compositions)
Ted Daniel (trumpet)
Joe Bowie (trombone)
William Parker (bass)
Reggie Nicholson (drums)

{Primary Source: ENJA 6064 2}

90.05.10 - Quartet Concepts: Rob Brown (alto sax), Roy Campbell (trumpet), William Parker, Jackson Krall (drums) / Roulette, NYC [Cadence Vol. 16 no. 4, April '90 p.93; www.roulette.org/events/]
90.05.20 - David S. Ware Quintet: Ware, Bill Dixon (trumpet), Shipp, Parker, Marc Edwards / Knitting Factory, NYC / "advertised in Village Voice May 22, 1990 p.119" [CODA #233 August 1990 p.36; Dixonia, a bio-discography of Bill Dixon, compiled by Ben Young, August 1998, Greenwood Press / Round Up the Usual Suspects, entry 90-0520, p.298]
90.06.17 - Frank Wright passes away in Germany...

90.06.28 • Joelle Leandre / William Parker [Audience Recording]

June 28, 1990 / Workshop Freie Musik, Akademie Der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany

unknown title [33:19]
unknown title [5:18]

[40:03]

Joelle Leandre (bass, voice)
William Parker (bass)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

90.06.29 • (Cecil Taylor) The Feel Trio: Celebrated Blazons

Free Music Production FMP CD 58 (CD) 1993 GER

Cecil Taylor The Feel Trio: [Audience Recording]

June 29, 1990 / Workshop Freie Musik 1986, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

FMP CD 58:

Celebrated Blazons [56:41]
(3 in One)
Lords of the House
Deep Water
Realm of the Wilds
3 in One

Audience Recording:

complete set [61:13]
encore [3:32]

[Audience Recording at 64:45; FMP CD 25 has excerpts at 56:41]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 58; Jakob Blumenthal 08.05.19} Audience Recording not in my collection.

90.07.08 • Cecil Taylor: CT: The Dance Project

FMP Records FMP 130 (CD) 2008 GER

Cecil Taylor: Concrete {2}
Musica Jazz Magazine, January 1998 issue w/ FMP MJ 02 (CD) 1998 IT
[See also: 88.07.02, 89.11.02, and 89.11.03.]
Cecil Taylor Dance Project [Audience Recording]

July 8, 1990 / Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

Dance Project:
A—Astral Fluid on the Earth
1. Looking Into The Universe [11:01]
2. Emerging From The Cosmic Exterial [4:19]
B—Soul Activities
3. Feeling [12:12]
4. Willing [11:45] {2} (FMP MJ 02 has this excerpt at 11:18 from the ending of this performance.)

Audience Recording:
Astral Slurd of the Earth [67:40] (complete)

Concrete:
1. Soul Activities / Willing [11:18]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice, dance / Composition)
William Parker (bass, voice, dance)
Masashi Harada (percussion, voice, dance)
Cheryl Banks, Altea Garrido, Anastasia Lyras, Liliana Saldana (dance, voice)

{Primary Source: FMP MJ 02; CD-R; info via R. Shapiro's Cecil Taylor Sessionography; info via Hannes Schneider; www.fmp-label.de/fmplabel/}

90.07.12-15 Cecil Taylor: (no personnel details) probably Parker, Oxley / North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, Netherlands [WIRE #75 p.4; #76 p.19]
90.07.21 (1) - Jerome Cooper Quintet: Jerome Cooper (drums, percussion), Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (reeds), William Parker (bass), Jason Hwang (violin), Thurman Barker (drums) / Festival Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria / "...After a view into the festival schedule, I found the band played ...just before The Feel Trio... " [Bjoern Dirlack 05.07.29]

90.07.21 (2) • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

July 21, 1990 / Festival Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf, Austria

unknown title [52:00]
encore 1 [4:31]
encore 2 [6:04]

[62:50]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

90.08.09 - Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: Cecil Taylor (piano), William Parker (bass), Tony Oxley (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 05.03.08; www.bimhuis.nl]

90.08.10 • Cecil Taylor Quintet [Audience Recording]

August 10, 1990 / BimHuis, Amsterdam

unknown composition [78:50] (split track at 51:50)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Peter van Bergen (tenor sax)
Tristan Honsinger (cello)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Hannes Schneider; Jan Carlsson 04.03.28}

90.08.12 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio [Audience Recording]

August 12, 1990 / BimHuis, Amsterdam

unknown title [37:55]
unknown title [9:17]

[47:16]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R}

90.08.27
90.08.28
90.08.29
90.08.30
90.08.31
90.09.01 • Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: 2 Ts for a lovely T

Codanza Records Codanza One (10-CD Box) 2002 England

August 27 through September 1, 1990 / Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England

Epicritic (Pertaining to Cutaneous Sensitivity) [42:29] + [10:48]
Peduncle (The Support of an Inflorescence) [43:32]
Logozo Scampers (Tortoise) [42:06]
Owele Standing (Small Bird) [46:16]
Pineal (Black Dot) [41:34]
Proxumal (Nearest) [43:45] +[1:48]
Tellurian (Pertaining to Earth or its Inhabitants) [32:10]
Alumo [43:55]
Tayassus Pecari [41:03]
Peat [36:24]

Liner notes have no indication of session dates, and so no indication of which tracks were performed on which dates. Any help with this would be appreciated. —RL

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (percussion)

{Primary Source: Codanza One; Session dates via The WIRE, Issue 78, August 1990, pg. 6, "Club Dates" column.}

90.00.00 - William Parker (no personnel info) / "Fall 1990" Etats Soniques Series, Access, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [CODA #237 May 1991 p.4]
(Possible Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada / Festival duration 90.10.04-08)

90.10.08
90.10.09
90.10.10
90.10.11
90.10.12
90.10.13 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Private Film]

October 8 through 13, 1990 / Jazz Alley, Tokyo, Japan

"No tapes of Japan, but it was filmed [by] two individuals... but we never got copy" --Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.13

unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley, Andre Martinez (drums)

"...Tony Oxley was on this gig. This was the first time we met and the first time we all played together. This was a six night event. The first night was a trip because Tony had a difficult time fitting into the trios program and began to rebel. The next day to keep the peace Cecil gave me and Tony instructions to alternate playing one at a time. William and I went along for the first section but after that we said the hell with this and just continued playing straight through, with the Maestros approval of course... The next four nights were really great, I have nice photos of all of us during this time. Tony was supposed to go on the New England tour but because of back pains he did not make it. And [shortly] after the New England tour we returned to NY to do the famed Mystic Fire video." -- Andre Martinez 02.05.27

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

90.10.16 • Matthew Shipp Trio: Circular Temple

Quinton Records QTN1 (CD) 1992; 2.13.61 Records / Infinite Zero 9 14506-2 (CD) 1994

October 16, 1990 / Seltzer Sound, New York City

Circular Temple #1 [6:26]
Circular Temple #2 (Monk's Nightmare) [10:00]
Circular Temple #3 [3:47]
Circular Temple #4 [25:50]

Matthew Shipp (piano / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Whit Dickey (drums)

{Primary Source: Infinite Zero 9 14506-2}

the New England tour

90.10.18 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / 8:00pm, Strand Theater, Dorchester, MA / "Taylor will perform "Burning Poles" and premiere his new piece "Structolite," works commissioned by the New England Foundation for the Arts." —Fernando Gonzalez, The Boston Globe, October 12, 1990 [Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.13; Ed Hazell 03.12.19]
90.10.19 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH [ibid]
90.10.20 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Maine Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME [ibid]
90.10.22
90.10.23
90.10.24 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Top of the Senator, Toronto, Ontario, Canada / "While on New England tour we went to Toronto... and did a couple of nights at this really nice club similar to the Blue Note-- lots of paintings of the great ones on the walls. Ricardo Solis was our driver." [Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.24; corrections 02.11.02]
90.10.26 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Polish National Home, Hartford, CT [ibid; Ed Hazell 03.12.19]
90.10.28 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Langston Hughes Center for the Arts, Providence, RI / Concert: 1) Burning Poles, 2) Structolite [Andre Martinez archive, correspondence; Ed Hazell 03.12.19]
90.10.29 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Langston Hughes Center for the Arts, Providence, RI / Workshop [correspondence Andre Martinez archive]
90.10.31 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Hampden Theatre, Residential Arts Center, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, MA [ibid; Ed Hazell 03.12.19]

90.11.02 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA [correspondence Andre Martinez archive; Ed Hazell 03.12.19]
90.11.03 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez, and Naima Wade (poet) / Flynn Theater, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT [ibid]
90.11.08 - Cecil Taylor Trio: Parker, Martinez / Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, PA / "This is where our car got towed, story goes. ...they had a big buffet for us and some of Cecil's friends came to the show." [Andre Martinez archive, 02.11.02]

90.11.00 • Michael Marcus: Under the Wire

Enja Records ENJA 6064 2 (CD) 1991 GER

2nd Session: [See also 90.05.00.]

November, 1990 / Sorcerer Sound, New York City

No split session info.

Michael Marcus (bass clarinet, soprano sax, stritch)
Ted Daniel (trumpet)
Joe Bowie (trombone)
William Parker (bass)
Reggie Nicholson (drums)

{Primary Source: ENJA 6064 2}

90.11.20 • Cecil Taylor Unit [Broadcast Videotape]
TVE / Televisio Espanyola S.A. 1991

November 20, 1990 / Aliança Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain

unknown title [59:40]
credits [1:15]

Cecil Taylor (piano, voice / Composition)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)
Henry Martinez (drums, percussion)

"...The gig in Barcelona was a masterpiece and after the gig Cecil expressed his joy with us and we hung out all night till the next day when we departed for home..." —Andre Martine archive, 02.05.27

{Primary Source: Videotape} !!! NO TRADE !!!

91.00.00 (1) • Cecil Taylor: Burning Poles

Mystic Fire Video 76240 (VHS) 1991

Date ?, 1991 / National Video Industries, New York City

Poles [10:20]
The Silence of Trees [30:50]
For (1st Part) [7:10]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Tony Oxley (drums)
André Martinez (drums, percussion)

I'm looking for a tape or report on this event: "Friday, May 4th, 2001 at Johns Hopkins University, 2:30-5:30PM Presentation and discussion of the film "Burning Poles" (Mystic Fire Video, 1991; 50 min.), Donovan Room, Gilman 110. Screening of "Burning Poles" along with other performance footage of Cecil Taylor, in both solo and group format, led by Fred Moten (School of Performance Studies, New York University)."
Can anyone tell me about this? --Rick Lopez

"...Burning Poles was the title of a piece he wrote for a student ensemble in Boston at NEC the year before, and in '91 he went on tour through new England and Canada with Parker and Henry (sic) * Martinez. I'm not sure how Oxley fits in to the footage-- whether he joined them there for part of the tour or not-- but I seem to recall Cecil saying that Oxley himself had some supervision or general oversight of the video projection."
—correspondence from Stefan Dill

* "Cecil would sometimes use peoples' birth name if he knew it. My birth name is Henry and Cecil sometimes called me that... and I would respond 'ok, Percival' and that would end that." —Andre "Henry" Martinez archive, 02.05.27

"...Sheldon Roschlin and Maxine Harris [were] producers. Tony Oxley manipulated the whole experience-- the real session which was recorded the night before was not used. William, Taylor and I had just returned from the triumphant New England tour which was crucial to Taylor receiving the MacArthur award. Tony flew in from England to do gig. He and Sheldon were friends. For me personally this is the worst session we ever had."
--André Martinez archive, 02.05.20

{Primary Source: Mystic Fire 76240; info via S. Dill; venue and date info via André Martinez archive}

91.00.00 (2) • The Associated Big Band: The Associated Big Band

Stork 1001 (CS) 1991

?, 1991? / Cirrus Gallery, New York City

Tracks? [time?]

William Parker, Hal Onserud, Albey Balgochian (bass)
Karen Borca (bassoon)
Masahiko Kono, Lewis Barnes (trumpet)
Marco Eneidi, Rob Brown (alto sax)
Daniel Carter, Richard Keene (reeds)
L. Witlarge (?)
Denis Charles, Jackson Krall (drums)

{Primary Source: M. Ehlers & B. Coley Wm. Parker discography from the "Fire in the Valley '98" program; K. Waxman; venue info via Marco Eneidi; Albey Balgochian 03.04.28} Not in my collection.

91.01.08
91.01.09
91.01.10
91.01.11
91.01.12
91.01.13 • Cecil Taylor Trio [Audience Recording(s)]

January 8 through 13, 1991 / Condon's, New York City

unknown titles [:]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Compositions)
William Parker (bass)
Andre Martinez (drums)

"...Condon's was a six night stint in the Winter. On Friday the 11th there was a major snow storm, and there was some static as to final payment due to the storm, but I did collect for the band-- one of my chores. Barry Harris, Clifford Jordan, Jackson Krall, and others came by to see the shows-- Alex Blake and Ronnie Burrage, and Naima Wade, a poet and friend of Cecil's who had performed with us on the final gig in Vermont [90.11.03] during the New England tour" —Andre Martinez 02.05.27; 02.10.24

{Primary Source: info via Andre Martinez archive} Not in my collection.

91.01.23 • Ivo Perelman Trio [Audience Recording]

January 23, 1991 / Culture Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY

unknown titles [:]

Perelman (reeds)
William Parker (bass)
André Martinez (drums)

{Primary Source: correspondence André Martinez 03.02.23} Not in my collection.

91.02.14 - Black Tulip Transit: Roy Campbell (trumpet), Boudewijn Deeleman (trombone), Jos Valster (tenorsax, saxello, bassclarinet), Klaas Hekman (bass-sax), William Parker (bass), Han Bennink (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 05.03.08; www.bimhuis.nl]
91.03.20 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Stadthalle, Unna, Germany [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.58 (Concert schedule); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66] "WDR-Jazz Meeting, it was recorded by the WDR (West-Deutscher-Rundfunk, a broadcast maybe exists." —Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.18
91.03.22 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Taktlos Festival (91.03.21-24), Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland) [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.46 (Festival schedule); 5/1991, S.30 (Festival report); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66]
91.03.23 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Taktlos Festival (91.03.21-24), Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland) [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.46 (Festival schedule); 5/1991, S.30 (Festival report); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66]
91.03.24 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Taktlos Festival (91.03.21-24), Kulturwerkstatt Kaserne, Basel, Switzerland) [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.46 (Festival schedule); 5/1991, S.30 (Festival report); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66]

91.03.26 • Peter Brötzmann März Combo [Broadcast Recording]
NDR Germany

March 26, 1991 / Studio 10, Hamburg, Germany

Radio intro by Michael Naura [1:50]
Berlin Djungle - What a Day / (part 1) [44:00]
Berlin Djungle - What a Day / (part 2) [5:00]
Radio intro by Michael Nuara [00:50]
Alarm part 1-2 (incomplete) [41:00]

Peter Brötzmann (reeds / Compositions)
Larry Stabbins (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Werner Ludi (reeds)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet)
Johannes Bauer, Paul Rutherford (trombone)
Nicky Skopelitis, Casper Brötzmann (electric guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Anton Fier (drums)

{Primary Source: 2CD-R; JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.18}

91.03.28 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Börse, Wuppertal, Germany [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.58 (Concert schedule); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66]
91.03.29 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Theaterhaus Festival (91.03.28-04.01), Stuttgart, Germany [JAZZPODIUM 3/1991, S.46 (Festival schedule); 5/1991, S.24 (Festival report); JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66]
91.03.30 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Alter Schlachthof, Wels, Austria [JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.72 (Concert schedule); 3/1991, S.66]
91.03.31 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (personnel, see 91.03.26) / Culturzentrum Wolkenstein, Stainach, Austria [JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66 (Tour schedule)]

91.04.00 • Philip Wilson: The Philip Wilson Project

Jazzdoor JD 1243 (CD) 1991 GER

April, 1991 / Green Point Studios, New York City
-OR-
1985 / Evergreen Studios, New York City

Cool (Bowie) [7:12]
Philadelphia (Wilson) [9:23]
Steel & Breath (Wilson) [5:52]

Lester Bowie (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Philip Wilson (drums)

{Primary Source: JD 1243}

91.04.20 - Cecil Taylor: (no personnel details) possibly Parker and Oxley? or peronnel as below? / Oregon Arts Institute, Portland, OR [Cadence Vol.17 #4 April 1991 p.94]
91.04.27 - Charles Gayle Quartet: Hugh Glover, William Parker, Milford Graves / The African Poetry Theatre, Queens [anon. 04.03.02; "The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006]

91.05.09 • Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast Video; Audience Recordings; Private Videotapes]
Japan Satellite Broadcasting

May 9, 10 & 11, 1991 / Knitting Factory, New York City

2nd Set [62:16]

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
John Bruschini (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Tony Oxley (drums)

"According to my records there was an Article in the New York Times, Friday, May 10th-- and Gary Giddens also did review on May 9-10. ...a classic session, [a] three night event. It was also the same time I moved from the house where Cecil and I shared with my family. I rebuilt the entire brownstone where Cecil still lives from a complete gut job." —Andre Martinez, 02.05.27 and 02.05.31; 02.10 24

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Andre Martinez archive} 1st Set not in my collection.

91.05.10 • Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast Video; Audience Recordings; Private Videotapes]
Japan Satellite Broadcasting

May 9, 10 & 11, 1991 / Knitting Factory, New York City

1st Set [62:54] (incomplete)

Cecil Taylor (piano / Composition)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
Carlos Ward (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
John Bruschini (guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Andre Martinez (percussion)
Tony Oxley (drums)

{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Andre Martinez archive} 2nd Set not in my collection.

91.05.11 • Cecil Taylor and Rada: Live in New York [Broadcast Video; Audience Recordings; Private Videotapes]
Japan Satellite Broadcasting

May 11, 1991 / Knitting Factory, New York City

unknown titles [:]

91.05.19 - Cecil Taylor: Ward, Malik, Parker, Oxley, "etc." / Knitting Factory, NYC
91.06.07
91.06.08 - Charles Gayle Trio: Parker, Milford Graves / WEBO, short-lived, was at 317 E. Houston Street, NYC "Two five-star pictures were made : 'Bond'-40 x 55, published later in a Japanese magazine & issued as limited edition T-shirt and 'We', an intense coda which Milford has as color print." —Jeffrey Schlanger, music Witness®, 02.04.27 [91.06.07 only-- "The Final Nite & Other Poems: The Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook, 1987-2006," Steve Dalachinsky, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006]
91.06.14 - Cecil Taylor wins the MacArthur "Genius" Award.
91.06.00 - Peter Brötzmann's März Combo: (possible personnel, see 91.03.26) / Pärnu, Estonia [JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66 (Tour schedule, exact date not mentioned)]

91.07.20 • Peter Brötzmann's März Combo + Butch Morris [Audience Recording]

July 20, 1991 / Konfrontationen 1991, Jazzgalerie, Nickelsdorf, Austria

1. unknown title [11:26]
2. unknown title [20:06]
3. unknown title [34:56]
announcement [1:12]
4. encore [9:32]: [73:18]

Peter Brötzmann, Werner Lüdi (as)
Butch Morris (cornet)
Paul Rutherford, Johannes Bauer (tb)
Nicky Skopelitis, Caspar Brötzmann (g)
William Parker (b)
Anton Fier (dr)

{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 09.02.06; JAZZTHETHIK 3/1991, S.66 (Tour schedule); Bjorn Dirlack 05.08.18}

91.08.05
91.08.06
91.08.07 - Cecil Taylor Feel Trio: Taylor, Oxley, Parker, Derek Bailey / Jazz Café, London, England / "Amongst the junk was a ticket for Cecil T at The Jazz Cafe, Camden Town, London NW1 7th August 1991 (one of 2 days, fairly sure the 2nd). Derek Bailey sat in with Oxley + Parker (couldn't hear a note he played). The piano was retuned between the sets. Jazz FM in London did broadcasts from The Jazz Cafe in the first part of 1990, then switched and did them from Ronnie Scott's, so prob. there was no broadcast." [Peter (NovaSpeech) 03.11.03; WIRE #90 August 1991 p.5]
91.08.18 - Cecil Taylor Feel Trio / Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, Powys, Wales [ibid]

91.09.12
91.09.13 • Marco Eneidi: The Marco Eneidi Coalition

Botticelli Records Botticelli 1010 (CS) 1994; Botticelli 1010 (CD) 1994

September 12 & 13, 1991 / Cotton Hill Studios, Albany, New York

Albert's Ghost (Eneidi) [1:40]
Get Out (Eneidi) [9:50]
Diads (Jimmy Lyons) [15:37]
Ode for B.D. (Eneidi) [8:25]
Never (Jimmy Lyons) [19:27]

Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Glenn Spearman (tenor sax)
Raphé Malik (trumpet)
William Parker (bass)
Jackson Krall (drums)

{Primary Source: Botticelli 1010 CD}

91.10.06
91.10.07
91.10.08 • Roy Campbell: New Kingdom

Delmark Records DE-456 (CD) 1992

October 6, 7 & 8, 1991 / Strobe-Light Sound Studio, New York City

I Remember Lee (Campbell) [10:33]
Angel (Parker) [7:14]
Thanks to the Creator (Campbell) [6:18]
For C.T. (for Clifford Thornton) (Parker) [10:26]
Mariescia (Campbell) [5:50]
Frankenstein & Igor (Campbell) [8:40]
Peace (Massey) [3:46]
Spiritual Rejuvenation (Campbell) [11:04]

Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn /-1,2,3,4,5,6,8)
Zane Massey (tenor sax-1,3,7)
Ricardo Strobert (alto sax, flute /-1,3,5,8)
Bryan Carrot (vibes /-1,3,5,8)
William Parker (bass)
Zen Matsuura (drums)

{Primary Source: DE-456}

91.10.10 • William Parker: Song Cycle

Boxholder Records BHX 017 (CD) 2001

October 10, 1991 / Tedesco Studio, Paramus, NJ
[It is possible, though not probable, that this session actually took place 93.03.03, and the Sokolov / Fujiyama session * was on 91.10.10. Confirmation coming... —RL]

Hunkpapa Song (for Tatanka Iyotanka) [4:02]
Baldwin's Interlude (for James Baldwin) [2:50]
Life Song (for Thomas Merton) [4:14]
A Thought for Silence (for Sedako) [5:39]
Invisible Pages (for Howard Zinn) [5:34]
Falling Shadows (for Henry Grimes) [8:23]
- Footnote to a Dream (for Miguel Pinero) [2:34]
- Morning Moon (for everything that sings) [5:59]
- For Julius Eastman [3:00]
- Holiday for Flowers (for Akira Kurosawa) [3:40]
- Baldwin's Interlude II [1:58]
- Aborigine Song (for Don Byas) [3:11]
- Cloud and Sea Fading as Rain Falls (for Sarah Vaughan) [7:29]
- Aborigine Song II [2:01]
- Band in the Sky (for the horizon) [6:00]

Ellen Christi (voice)
William Parker (bass / Compositions)

{Primary Source: BHX 017}

91.10-15
91.10-16
91.10-17
91.10-18
91.10-19 - Cecil Taylor: Taylor, Parker, Martinez, Greg Bendian (drums) / Village Vanguard, NYC [Andre Martinez archive, 02.10.16]
91.10.20 - Zusaan Kali Fasteau Trio: Parker, Santos (Identified in CODA as "Jumma Santos," subsequently refuted by William in an interview with Marcello Lorrai for Radio Popolare / St. Peter's Church, NYC [CODA #241 January 1992 p.28; Marcello Lorrai 07.09.28; www.radiopopolare.it/trasmissioni/jazz-anthology/musica/]
91.10.31-11.02
FMP's Total Music Meeting / "This year's edition was a nine-man bout featuring the triple tenors of Evan Parker, Charles Gayle and Peter Brötzmann, the three basses of Fred Hopkins, Peter Kowald and William Parker, and the three drum sets of Rashied Ali, Andrew Cyrille and Tony Oxley. On each of the three nights, four hour marathons began with the first half as a collective which would segue into a series of half-hour trio constellations, and a final collective blast for all. An unexpected guest appearance by trombonist Conrad Bauer on the last evening added an element of surprise." [CODA #244 July 1992 p.32 --Marc Chénard; Cadence Vol.18 #1 January 1992 p.30]

91.10.31
91.11.01 • Gayle / Parker / Ali: Touchin' On Trane

Free Music Production FMP CD 48 (CD) 1993; Jazzwerkstatt CD 024 (CD) 2007 GER

October 31 & November 1, 1991 / Total Music Meeting, Haus der Jungen Talente, Berlin, Germany

Part A [14:41]
Part B [7:05]
Part C [12:29]
Part D [27:43]
Part E [4:48]

Charles Gayle (tenor sax)
William Parker (bass)
Rashied Ali (drums)
(Compositions, collective)

{Primary Source: FMP CD 48; venue info via WIRE #93 November 1991 p.4}

91.11.02 • Peter Brötzmann [Audience Recording]
NDR Germany

November 2, 1991 / Total Music Meeting, Haus der Jungen Talente, Quartier Latin, Berlin, Germany

Improvisation (nonet) [35:20]
Gayle & Cyrille duo [18:50]
Kowald solo [13:00]
Evan Parker & Ali duo [26:30]
Hopkins solo [6:20]
Gayle, Hopkins, & Ali trio [16:20]
Improvisation (Evan Parker, Wm. Parker, Kowald, Cyrille) [27:25] (split track at 13:20)
Cyrille solo [4:00]
Improvisation (Evan Parker, Wm. Parker, Kowald, Cyrille) [7:05]
Improvisation (Wm. Parker, Hopkins, Kowald, Oxley) [14:10]
Improvisation (Konrad Bauer, Wm. Parker, Hopkins, Kowald, Oxley) [11:15]
Improvisation (tentet) [47:35]
announcement Ali [4:20]
[232:10]

Peter Brötzmann (tenor sax & taragato-1,12)
Evan Parker (tenor sax & soprano sax-1,4,7,9,12)
Charles Gayle (tenor sax-1,2,6,12)
Konrad Bauer (trombone-11,12)
Peter Kowald (bass-1,7,9,10,11,12)
William Parker (bass-1,7,9,10,11,12)
Fred Hopkins (bass-1,5,6,10,11,12)
Rashied Ali (drums-1,4,6,12)
Tony Oxley (drums-1,10,11,12)
Andrew Cyrille (drums-1,2,7,8,9,12)

{Primary Source: 4CD-R; WIRE #93 November 1991 p.4; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.18}

91.12.10
91.12.11 • David S. Ware: Flight of I

DIW DIW-856 (CD) JPN; DIW/Columbia CK52956 (CD) 1992

December 10 & 11, 1991 / The Power Station, New York City

Aquarian Sound (Ware) [7:49]
There Will Never Be Another You (H. Warren/M. Gordon) [9:29]
Sad Eyes (A. Jones) [11:10]
Flight of I (Ware) [8:11]
Yesterdays (J. Kern/O. Harbach) [6:51]
Infi-Rhythms # 1 (Ware) [17:43]

David S. Ware (tenor sax)
Matthew Shipp (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Marc Edwards (drums)

{Primary Source: DIW-856}

91.12.15 - Gallery Opening: an installation curated by Gaetano Brundu with artworks and relics by Ciro Ciriacono, Fabrizio Bertuccioli, George Chaikin, Ralston Farina, Joanee Freedom, Arturo Lindsay, William Parker, Giancarlo Schiaffini... and many others. January 12, 1992, Cagliari, Galleria Comunale d'Arte. La Posta in Gioco, a mail art installation performance by Sandro Dernini, Gaetano Brundu, Franco Meloni, Anna Saba, interaction by fax from Rome by Giancarlo Schiaffini and Maria Pia Marsala / Plexus International Storage, Cagliari, Italy [Plexus International Forum Onlus, Cagliari-Roma—plexusforum.net]
91.12.19 - David S. Ware Quartet: Shipp, Parker, Edwards / Knitting Factory, NYC [CODA #242 March 1992 p.28; Cadence Vol.17 no.12 December 1991 p.91]
91.12.22 - Beaver Harris passes away in NYC...

92.00.00 • Ellen Christi: Instant Reality

NYCAC (CS) 1992; Network Records Network 2001 (CD) 1995

?, 1992? / Baby Monster Studio, New York City

Silence (Charlie Haden) [3:05]
Where Angels Fear to Tread (Christi) [6:08]
Passage to Womanhood (Christi) [16:11]
Senza Parole (Christi) [3:45]
Captain Gregor (Christi) [8:10]
Beam Me Up, Scotty! (Christi) [8:02]
Frightened of Feeling (Christi) [5:39]
America, America! (traditional) [8:27]
Silence (Charlie Haden) [3:05]
Daydreams (Christi) [10:05]

Ellen Christi (voice, piano, arrangements)
Tomas Ulrich (cello)
Steve Buchanan (electric guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Tom Bruno (drums)
Lefferts Brown (prepared drum loop-6)

{Primary Source: Network 2001}

92.02.18 • Peter Brötzmann: The März Combo, Live in Wuppertal

Free Music Production FMP 47 (CD) 1993

February 18, 1992 / The Börse, Wuppertal, Germany

Part 1 [30:44]
Part 2 [5:58]
Part 3 [37:17]

Peter Brötzmann (reeds)
Werner Lüdi (reeds)
Larry Stabbins (reeds)
Toshinori Kondo (trumpet)
Johannes Bauer (trombone)
Paul Rutherford (trombone)
Nicky Skopelitis (electric guitar)
Caspar Brötzmann (electric guitar)
William Parker (bass)
Anton Fier (drums)
(Compositions collec

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.’ "