.Abstract Rhythm in Time DigitalART With eremite records A Hero's Welcome: Pieces For Rare Occasions by Alan Silva & William Parker By Alan Silva

artists audio community A Hero's Welcome: Pieces For Rare Occasions by Alan Silva & William Parker Wishlist supported by Black Liberation Music thumbnail Larry Looney thumbnail BRWLR thumbnail Andrew Hughes thumbnail Daniel Karrer thumbnail Jordan Curts thumbnail Jeroen Weckhuysen thumbnail I 00:00 / 08:25 Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz. $11 USD or more 1. I 08:25 2. II 07:26 3. III 06:50 4. IV 09:24 5. V 13:44 about alan silva's playing and live composition have been a highlight of the avant garde's living history for the past 35+ years. from his work with sun ra's arkestra, through extended relationships with bill dixon, cecil taylor, and albert ayler, on into the celestial communications orchestra and the frank wright center of the world band, silva has been one of the music's most consistently valuable thinkers. a child of alan silva's other-worldly strategies for double bass, william parker is the premier bassist of the contemporary free jazz era. a hero's welcome is a spontaneous composition dedicated to the spiritual essence of sun ra and to all the great string players of the 20th century. it was recorded at the first duo performance silva and parker undertook, and is the first installment of the eremite silva and parker ongoing strings duo project, which among other things will entail at least one duo (or extended duo) recording by silva and parker for eremite per year from now until the big O. two full orchestras couldn't mix it up more completely. wire magazine, 50 records of the year, 1999 wire magazine records of the year 1999, jazz jazziz magazine critics' picks top ten recordings 1999 coda magazine writers choice top ten recordings 2000 cadence magazine reviewer's choice, top 10... more credits released March 14, 2018 Silva: orchestral arrangements, string synthesizer, acoustic piano Parker: bass 06 March 1998, Context Studios, NYC producer: Michael Ehlers engineer: Alen Hadzi-Stefanov photography: Thierry Trombert liner notes: Byron Coley license all rights reserved

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