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Mayan Space Station

by William Parker

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rikm After being introduced to William Parker's work through the monumental "Migration of Silence" release, I was really excited to hear more, and I'm pleased to report that his latest offering "Mayan Space Station" continues to impress and inspire.

Parker plays with a lush and vibrant style that fully engages his audience, offering great moments of excitement and energy, along with some unexpected and inspired musical turns.

Incredible work from an artist who has fast become a personal favorite!
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arbitify The phrase "William Parker guitar trio" made this an instabuy, even before discovering the guitar in question was the skronky guitar of Ava Mendoza. I was happy to discover the album more than lived up to my high expectations.

The final 3 pieces being longer give the musicians lots of space to develop their ideas, and those ideas are consistently inventive.
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vwizard I love electric guitar with great tone in jazz Favorite track: Tabasco.
Lars Gotrich
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Lars Gotrich Never thought I’d see the day that William Parker led a Santana shreddin’, Sharrock skronkin’ psych-rock power trio! www.vikingschoice.org/archive/sacred-riffs-blown-out-cumbia-space-opera-noise/
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    Beautifully pressed vinyl edition in black anti-stat-lined sleeves of this remarkable new work.
    Side A: Tabasco / Mayan Space Station
    Side B: Domingo / Canyons of Light
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Tabasco 05:39
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Rocas Rojas 06:43
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Domingo 07:09
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William Parker: bass, compositions
Ava Mendoza: electric guitar
Gerald Cleaver: drums

Following on the monumental Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World box set earlier this year, composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, griot, improviser and community leader William Parker will release an astonishing Pair of brand new trio albums which further expound on his profound and limitless vision: Mayan Space Station & Painters Winter: williamparker.bandcamp.com/album/painters-winter. One of the iconic and enduring music leaders to emerge in the world over the last half century, Parker continues to raise the bar higher. As ever, AUM Fidelity is deeply honored & incredibly stoked (!) to present this work to you.

Mayan Space Station is William's first electric guitar trio album. The unparalleled rhythmic firmament created by Parker & Cleaver is matched by Mendoza in full flight. This is cosmic multi-hued blues, perfect for space and time travel.

William Parker first worked with Ms. Mendoza on a project entitled Thunder and Flowers for his July 2019 residency at The Stone in NYC. Her prodigious talents have illuminated many projects and recordings as both leader and collaborator over the past decade. As is clear here, she is committed to bringing expressivity, energy and a wide sonic range to the music. Gerald Cleaver is an exceptionally gifted poet of drum sound who can play in the deepest of pockets and manifest all manner of sound to perfectly fit contours within the most open of forms. Cleaver & Parker have worked closely on numerous projects, notably within the nonpareil full-improvising trio, Farmers By Nature, together with Craig Taborn. William Parker is in vibrant grandmaster blossom here on double bass – in both pizzicato & bow-as-prism modes.

Regarding the album title, Parker offers: “Mayan Space Station is a conduit for peace and inspiration. It is an oasis where sound and silence navigators stop for sustenance to replenish their imaginations. It is a fictional reality that is important to the myth structure of the Tone World chronicle. In a way, musicians, and definitely these particular musicians, Ava Mendoza and Gerald Cleaver, belong to the blood line of sonic travelers who, as Sun Ra described it, ‘travel the space ways.’ Re-inventing the process, allowing music to flow through their instruments.”

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released July 23, 2021

All compositions by William Parker, © Centering Music (BMI)

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim Clouse
February 2020 at Park West Studios, Brooklyn

Produced by William Parker
AUM Fidelity production by Steven Joerg
Art & Design by William Mazza Studio

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William Parker New York, New York

Bassist/multi-instrumentalist–composer–improvisor–bandleader
nonpareil.

May the day arrive when folks on a mass scale awake to the alter/all true destiny (includes you) as put forth by WP, and the many great sages who have come before.

Featured here are William Parker's premier works produced with/for both AUM Fidelity & his own Centering Records imprint.

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