Parker,William Migration Of Silence Into & Out Of The Tone CD

That William Parker is a bassist, composer and bandleader of extraordinary spirit and imaginative drive is common knowledge among any with an interest in the progressive jazz scene of the past 25 years or more. What's become increasingly apparent, though, is Parker's stature as a visionary of sound and song - an artist of melody and poetry who works beyond category, to use the Ellingtonian phrase. The latest multi-disc boxed set from Centering Records/AUM Fidelity devoted to Parker's expansive creativity underscores his virtually peerless achievement in recent years. Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World (Volumes 1-10) is a 10-album collection of vocal and instrumental suites all recorded expressly for this set between late 2018 and early 2020, with women's voices at it's core. This is music as empathetic as it is intrepid, as philosophical as it is visceral, as resolutely modernist as it is attuned to tradition. Parker's art not only draws from the deepest well of African-American culture; it breathes in inspiration from across the globe, with sounds drawn from Africa, Asia and Indonesia as well as Europe and the Americas; there is free improvisation and re-imagined sonic collage; there are album-length explorations of solo piano and solo voice, along with string ensembles and ancient wind instruments. There are dedications to jazz heroes, Native Americans and Mexican migrants, plus tributes to the great African-American culture of Harlem and the mix of passion and compassion Parker found in vintage Italian cinema. Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World conjures a vast world of music and feeling, and it's creation is a feat that ranks with that of the most ambitious talents in any genre.

1. Listen 2. Cosmic Funk 3. I'd Rather Be 4. A Great Day to Be Dead 5. Jenny's Interlude 6. Blue Limelight 7. Bennie's Tune 8. Recall 9. Kachina Song 10. All I Ever Want 11. Where the Angels Live 12. Old Tears 13. Malachi's Mode 14. Malcolm's Smile 15. This Sweet Land 16. The Golden Light (Hymn) 17. Mexico 18. Broken Promises 19. Child of Sound 20. Sky Falling 21. Adobe House 22. Rez Sunset 23. Trail of Tears I 3 24. Trail of Tears II 25. Rez Sunrise 26. Ascending Earth 27. Baldwin 28. The Majesty of Jah 29. Freedom 30. Sun Song 31. Numbers 32. Letter to a Resurrected Slave Owner 33. Entire Universe 34. Cheops 35. The Map Is Precise 36. If We Play Soft Enough 37. Harriott 38. Dancing at the Savoy 39. Don't Sell My Soul 40. Harlem Dances 41. Harlem Speaks 42. Paintings in the Sky 43. Shutters As Windows 44. Tilted Mirror 45. Mexico 46. The Bleeding Tree 47. It Is for You 48. Song to Lift Sadness (Morning) 49. The Sky Is Always Beautiful 50. Morning Bird 51. Rocket Man 52. Essence Calling Out 53. Afternoon Poem 54. First Vision 55. Green and Brown 56. I Believe 57. I Will Die for You 58. Song for Patricia 59. My Cup 60. Silent Whispers 61. It Would Never Be Long Enough 62. Song to Lift Sadness (Evening) 63. Cloud and Sea Fading As Rain Falls 64. Visconti 65. Fellini 66. Pasolini 67. Leone 68. De Sica 69. Rossellini 70. Gospel 71. Milano 72. Lights in the Rain 73. Antonioni 74. The Elders at the Edge of the World Part 1 75. Cultivation 76. Deep Spirit 77. Family Voice 78. Listen to the Sky 79. Sacred Prayers 80. Host for the Anointed 81. Bamboo Village 82. Blessed 83. The Flute Reaches Out 84. The World's Fastest Train 85. Joyous and Delightful 86. The Elders at the Edge of the World Part 2 87. Charcoal Paragraphs 88. Khaen 89. Lakota Song 90. Manzanar 91. On Being Native