Requiem (William Parker album) explained

Requiem
Type:	Live album
Artist:	William Parker Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle
Cover:	Requiem (William Parker album).jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	May 31, 2004
Venue:	Vision Festival, The Center, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	65:38
Label:	Splasc(H) CDH 885.2
Chronology:	William Parker
Prev Title:	Luc's Lantern
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Sound Unity
Next Year:	2005

Requiem is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2004 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.^[1]

Reception

The All About Jazz review stated "The group's significance stemmed from the stylistic lineage evident from Grimes to Silva to Sirone to Parker and the addition of guest saxophonist Charles Gayle added a wrinkle, an uncommon hierarchy with a horn playing over four bassists".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

1. "Four Strings Inside a Tree" - 7:08
2. "When All Is Sad" - 4:59
3. "For Wilber Morris" - 4:48
4. "The Little Smile" - 4:16
5. "Sky Came" - 4:42
6. "Heaven" - 4:16
7. "Blues in the Hour Glass" - 8:10
8. "Shores of Kansas" - 2:51
9. "Spirits Inside the Bright House" - 9:08
10. "Bermuda/Atlanta/Philadelphia/Bronx" - 11:34
11. "The Last Song" - 3:46

Personnel

• William Parker, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Sirone - bass
• Charles Gayle - alto saxophone

Notes and References

1. Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 5, 2014
2. Henkin, A., All About Jazz review, October 8, 2006