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William Parker Quartet

Columns

No Piano No Problem

Two new albums by piano-less quartets offer big doses of fun -- urgent rhythms, slabs of blues feeling, melody and invention with hardly any limit -- but also provide thrill-rides of surprise. [18 December 2008]

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Reviews

William Parker: Double Sunrise Over Neptune/Petit Oiseau

By John Bohannon

William Parker's inventive approach to the current state of jazz music puts him at the forefront of the avant-garde scene. [1 April 2009]

William Parker Quartet featuring Leena Conquest: Raining on the Moon

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