William Parker – Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987

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Label:	NoBusiness Records – NBCD 42-47
Format:	6 x CD Box Set , Limited Edition, Numbered
Country:	Lithuania
Released:	2012
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Free Jazz

Tracklist

1-1	William Parker-Daniel Carter Duo–	Thulin	28:33
1-2	William Parker-Daniel Carter Duo–	Time And Period	25:51
1-3	William Parker Ensemble–	Commitment	21:38
2-1	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1980–	Facing The Sun, One Is Never The Same	24:18
2-2	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1980–	One Day Understanding (Variation On A Theme By Albert Ayler)	22:28
2-3	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1980–	Bass Interlude	1:55
2-4	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1980–	Tapestry	16:28
3-1	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1980–	Rainbow Light	26:56
3-2	William Parker-Charles Gayle Duo–	Crosses (Long Scarf Over Canal Street )	18:39
3-3	William Parker-Charles Gayle Duo–	Entrusted Spirit (Dedicated To Bilal Abdur Rahman)	19:08
3-4	Centering Dance Music Ensemble: Voices–	Angel Dance	5:50
3-5	Centering Dance Music Ensemble: Voices–	Sincerity	6:39
3-6	Centering Dance Music Ensemble: Voices–	In The Thicket	1:22
4-1	Big Moon Ensemble–	Dedication To Kenneth Patchen	24:59
4-2	Big Moon Ensemble–	Hiroshima, Part One	16:30
4-3	Big Moon Ensemble–	Hiroshima, Part Tow	28:44
5-1	Centering Big Band (Extending The Clues)–	Ankti (Extending The Clues)	12:59
5-2	Centering Big Band (Extending The Clues)–	Munyaovi (Cliff Of The Porcupine)	14:46
5-3	Centering Big Band (Extending The Clues)–	Palatala (Red Light Of Sunrise)	4:35
5-4	Centering Big Band (Extending The Clues)–	Lomahongva (Beautiful Clouds Arising)	29:10
5-5	Centering Big Band (Extending The Clues)–	Tototo (Warrior Spirit Who Sings)	10:58
6-1	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1976 (Dawn Voice)–	Illuminese/Voice	34:07
6-2	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1976 (Dawn Voice)–	Falling Shadows	13:06
6-3	Centering Dance Music Ensemble 1976 (Dawn Voice)–	Dawn/Face Still, Hands Folded	30:52

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Copyright © – NoBusiness Records
Mastered At – MAMAstudios
Designed At – Tabula Rasa Graphic Design

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Ricardo Strobert (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Artwork [Original] – Jeff Schlanger
Baritone Saxophone – Charles Tyler (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Bass – William Parker
Choreography – Patricia Nicholson (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3)
Clarinet – Rozanne Levine (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3)
Co-producer – Valerij Anosov
Cornet – Daniel Carter (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
Design [Package, Book Cover] – Oskaras Anosovas
Drums – Zen Matsuura* (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Flute – Ricardo Strobert (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Interviewer, Liner Notes [Essay] – Ed Hazell
Layout [Book] – Jeff DiPerna
Mastered By – Arūnas Zujus
Performer [Dance] – Susan Kuhn (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3)
Producer – William Parker
Producer [Concert] – Judy Rhodes (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
Recorded By – Sinan Tertemez (tracks: 2-1 to 3-1)
Tenor Saxophone – John Hagen (tracks: 1-3)
Trombone – Masahiko Kono (tracks: 5-1 to 5-5)
Trumpet – Roy Campbell, Jr.* (tracks: 4-1 to 5-5)
Violin – Ramsey Ameen (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3)
Voice – Lisa Sokolov (tracks: 3-6, 5-1 to 5-5)
Voice [Recitation] – William Parker (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3, 6-1 to 6-3)

Notes

Tracks 1-1 and 1-2 recorded at Donny Fury's studio, 1980.
Tracks 1-3 recorded at Someplace Nice, New York, August 1977.
Tracks 2-1 to 3-1 recorded at Kiva, New York, 9 May 1980.
Tracks 3-2 and 3-3 recorded at El Bohio, New York, 3 July 1987.
Tracks 3-4 to 3-6 recorded circa 1980, location unknown.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-3 recorded at Saint Mark's Church, New York, 4 May 1979.
Tracks 5-1 to 5-5 recorded at Kool Jazz Festival / Soundscape, Irving Plaza, New York, 25 June 1984.
Tracks 6-1 to 6-3 recorded at Washington Square Church, New York, 24 October 1976.

Comes packaged in two separate binders of 3 CDs each, together with a 68-page softback book with colour and black-and-white photographs, colour drawings and text, all housed in a slip case.

Produced in a limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered CDs.