William Parker & Hamid Drake

Based in Brooklyn, New York, William Parker is the pre-eminent bassist in modern free jazz. He has released more than 150 titles under his own name and played on hundreds more as a sideman and collaborator. Parker, who is also a poet, painter, and essayist, co-founded the Improvisers Collective with renowned dancer, choreographer, poet, and partner Patricia Nicholson. He plays in nearly all its ad hoc groups and leads their big band, the Little Huey Creative Music Ensemble. An important early document was the 1995 Black Saint offering In Order to Survive. As a bassist, Parker ...