tracks

For Fannie Lou Hamer
Vermeer
Awash In The Midst Of An Angel's Tears
Essence
Flower Song (Take 2)
Just Feel
Feet As Roses
Gongs For Deaf Dreams
Sweet Breeze
Flower Song (Take 1)
Villages, Greetings And Prayer
Souls Have Fallen Like Rain
The Giraffe Dances
Tour Of The Flying Poem
Children Drawing Water From The Well
Where Do You Send The Poem
Ceremonies For Those Who Are Still
A Magical Figure Dances Barefoot In The Mud
Light Shimmering Across A Field Of Ice
Trees With Wings
Rise Up In Sound
Humble Serious
Tea Leaves Of Triple Sadness
Ritual
Winter
My Cup
Encore
Escapade For Sonny

notes

For Fannie Lou Hamer (track 1-1) was commissioned by The Kitchen [...] as part of the series Kitchen House Blend. World premiere: October 26, 2000. This performance took place on October 28, 2000 (third night), The Kitchen, New York.

Tracks 1-2 to 1-10: Recorded at The Gallery Recording Studio, Brooklyn on March 6, 2011.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-6: Recorded January 2012 in Paris, France.

Ceremonies For Those Who Are Still (tracks 3-1 to 3-10) was commissioned by the National Forum of Music for premiere performance at the Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland on November 15, 2013.

Escapade For Sonny (dedicated to Sonny Rollins) (track 3-11): This trio improvisation preceded the premiere of Ceremonies .. (tracks 3-1 to 3-10).

Mastered at Sound Changes Studio, Brooklyn
Box Set Design by Ming@AUM

24pg. booklet including artwork

LIMITED Box Set EDITION of 1500
Fifty box sets are signed/autographed, and hand-numbered by William Parker.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Rob Brown (4) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Bass – Nicki Parrot, (tracks: 1-1), William Parker (tracks: 1-2 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-6, 3-1 to 3-11)
Bass Saxophone, Flute – Klaas Hekman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Cello – Shiau-Shu Yu (tracks: 1-1)
Choir – Soloists Of NFM Choir (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Composed By, Lyrics By – William Parker
Conductor – Jan Jakub Bokun (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Drums – Hamid Drake (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), JT Lewis, (tracks: 1-1), Mike Reed (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-11)
Flute [Bamboo Flutes] – William Parker (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Flute [Hocchiku] – William Parker (tracks: 1-8)
Liner Notes – Philip Clark (2)
Liner Notes [Lyrics] – William Parker
Mastered By – Petr Cancura
Orchestra – NFM Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Painting [Paintings On All CD Sleeves], Cover [Box Cover] – Douglas Arnold
Percussion – Jim Pugliese (tracks: 1-1)
Piano – Charles Gayle (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Cooper-Moore (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), Eri Yamamoto (tracks: 1-2 to 1-10), Kathleen Supové (tracks: 1-1)
Producer – Steven Joerg, William Parker
Recorded By – Brian Forbes (5)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Benjamin Arnow (tracks: 1-1)
Reeds [Double Reed Instruments] – Bill Cole (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Reeds [Various Winds] – JD Parran, (tracks: 1-1), Sam Furnace (tracks: 1-1)
Soprano Saxophone – Charles Gayle (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10), Darryl Foster (tracks: 1-2 to 1-10)
Strings [Doson Ngoni] – William Parker (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10)
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Gayle (tracks: 3-1 to 3-11), Darryl Foster (tracks: 1-5, 1-10)
Trombone – Masahiko Kono (tracks: 1-1)
Trumpet – Ravi Best (tracks: 1-1)
Violin – Todd Reynolds (tracks: 1-1)
Voice – Leena Conquest (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10)
Voice, Mbira, Ngoni – Mola Sylla (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Voice, Shruti Box [Electronic Shruti Box] – Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – AUM Fidelity
Copyright (c) – Centering Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polskie Radio
Recorded At – The Kitchen, New York City
Recorded At – Jazztopad Festival
Recorded At – The Gallery Recording Studio
Mastered At – Sound Changes Studio

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