Double Sunrise Over Neptune is a live album by American jazz musician and composer William Parker, which was recorded in 2007 and originally released on the AUM Fidelity label.[1][2] Though best known as a bassist, Parker on this album plays various ethnic double reed instruments and the African stringed instrument doussn'gouni.
| Double Sunrise Over Neptune | ||||
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| Live album by William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | June 20, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Vision Festival, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, free jazz | |||
| Length | 65:48 | |||
| Label | AUM Fidelity AUM 047 | |||
| Producer | William Parker | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos describes the album as perhaps the best of Parker's career, writing: "One who listens closely, and more than once, will reap great rewards from this, another excellent document in the growing and substantive discography of the consistently forward thinking Parker".[3]
The All About Jazz review noted "One of Parker's most fully realized large ensemble recordings, Double Sunrise Over Neptune is cosmic groove music with a global flair—a seamless merger of Eastern and Western traditions conveyed with passionate conviction".[4] The JazzTimes review by Brent Burton commented "this groovy large ensemble recording acknowledges that a little freedom goes a long way. The occasional explosion of brass-and-string squall is more or less leavened by a cool-blue pulse"[5]
Track listing
editAll compositions by William Parker
- "Morning Mantra" – 15:08
- "Lights of Lake George" – 27:24
- "O'Neal's Bridge" – 0:37
- "Neptune's Mirror" – 22:39
Personnel
edit- William Parker – double reeds, doussn'gouni, conductor
- Sabir Mateen – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Rob Brown – alto saxophone
- Bill Cole – double reeds
- Dave Sewelson – baritone saxophone
- Lewis Barnes – trumpet
- Joe Morris – guitar, banjo
- Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay – vocals
- Jason Kao Hwang, Mazz Swift – violin
- Jessica Pavone – viola
- Shiau-Shu Yu – cello
- Brahim Frigbane – oud
- Shayna Dulberger – bass
- Hamid Drake, Gerald Cleaver – drums
References
edit- ^ Lopez, R., William Parker discography, accessed May 27, 2014
- ^ AUM Fidelity catalog Archived December 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 27, 2014
- ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. William Parker – Double Sunrise Over Neptune: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, August 19, 2008
- ^ Burton, B., JazzTimes review, JazzTimes, November 2008