Heart Trio
William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake
Sonorous free-jazzy flute swoops, tonally ducking-and-diving percussion, and vocal chants underpinned by glinting harplike sounds fuel an enigmatically grooving session that at times is almost...
Heart Trio
William Parker, Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake
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Sonorous free-jazzy flute swoops, tonally ducking-and-diving percussion, and vocal chants underpinned by glinting harplike sounds fuel an enigmatically grooving session that at times is almost...
About
Heart Trio features three lifelong-devoted fellow travelers on the path of healing through sound. World-renowned & revered bassist-composer-leader William Parker has performed and recorded extensively with both Cooper-Moore & Hamid Drake over the past 30+ years. And, the three of them are core since 2012 in Parker's reborn In Order To Survive quartet. Heart Trio is, remarkably then, their debut as a trio on record. William here plays doson ngoni, dudek, and flutes of bamboo, cedar & walnut. Cooper-Moore on his hand-crafted ashimba and harp; Hamid Drake on frame drum and drum kit. All of this music was collectively composed at the time of its creation.
This is music for sunrise and sunset. Daily music. Healing, centering, mantra, heart music. From William's notes included with the release: "The theory behind this music is the music itself. Empty and fill the heart and soul with sound, letting it dance. Without pretense. We are trying to get to a flow - Earth, sky, and flowing water sounds that jump out of the painting."
William Parker will receive Lifetime of Achievement Honors at Vision 2024. The celebration will take place June 18, 2024 at Roulette, Brooklyn.
CD - deluxe 6-panel digipak, printed on heavyweight stock reverse board.
LP - strictly limited edition of 600, black vinyl, jacket printed on reverse board, includes full-res download card.
William Parker: doson ngoni, shakuhachi, bass dudek, Serbian flute in F#, Ney flute
Cooper-Moore: ashimba, hoe-handle harp
Hamid Drake: frame drum, drum kit
Contents and tracklist
Side A
1. Atman
2. Five Angels By The Stream
3. Mud Dance
4. Serbia
Side B
1. Kondo
2. For Rafael Garrett
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Awards and reviews
Sonorous free-jazzy flute swoops, tonally ducking-and-diving percussion, and vocal chants underpinned by glinting harplike sounds fuel an enigmatically grooving session that at times is almost funky.
August 2024
Rather than a free-jazz summit, it’s an outernational fantasy of panglobal grooves infused with the genial spirit of 1970s-era Don Cherry, with whom both Parker and Drake worked extensively at the beginning of their careers.
