American jazz musician · US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer
| Description | American jazz musician Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952-01-10 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | The Bronx The Bronx Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | US Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | United States Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | jazz bassist jazz musician double-bassist multi-instrumentalist writer composer bassist drummer musician Source: Wikidata |
| Instruments | double bass Source: Wikidata |
| Genres | jazz free jazz Source: Wikidata |
| Record labels | Thirsty Ear Recordings Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | Commitment Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio Collective 4tet Die Like a Dog Quartet Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Declared Enemy Sparks Quartet In Order to Survive Matthew Shipp Trio The Feel Trio William Parker Clarinet Trio William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra Matthew Shipp Quartet Charles Gayle Quartet David S. Ware Quartet David S. Ware Trio William Parker Quartet Rob Brown Trio The Blue Series Continuum The Cosmosamatics William Parker Orchestra William Parker Double Quartet The Olmec Group Hamid Drake & Bindu William Parker Organ Quartet David S. Ware New Quartet Okuden Quartet Sonoluminescence Trio David S. Ware String Ensemble Joe Morris Ensemble Trio Hurricane The Peter Brötzmann Tentet Ivo Perelman Quartet Henrik Walsdorff Trio Eloping With the Sun Dopolarians Gianni Lenoci 4tet Centering Dance Music Ensemble Big Moon Ensemble Centering Big Band New York 3 Abdelhaï Bennani Trio William Parker Creation Ensemble Udu Calls Trio Toxic Frode Gjerstad Trio William Parker Bass Quartet ‘Kidd’ Jordan Quartet Agustí Fernández Trio Assif Tsahar Trio Billy Bang Sextet Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble By Any Means Cecil Taylor European Orchestra Cecil Taylor Segments II (Orchestra of Two Continents) The Band of Guardian Angels Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio Douglas Ewart Quintet Echoes Ellen Christi Quartet Farmers by Nature Frank Lowe Quartet Freedomland Intermission Muntu Jemeel Moondoc Quintet Jemeel Moondoc Sextet Jemeel Moondoc Trio Jerome Cooper Quintet Joe Morris - Rob Brown Quartet John Blum Astrogeny Quartet Marco Eneidi Quintet Mat Maneri Quartet Matthew Shipp Horn Quartet Matthew Shipp String Trio Matthew Shipp’s New Orbit Melodic Art-Tet Michael Marcus Trio Other Dimensions in Music Peter Kuhn Quartet Peter Kuhn Quintet Prima Materia Red Lily Quintet Rob Brown Ensemble Rob Brown Quartet Rob Brown’s Resonance William Parker’s Jeanne Lee Project Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory Sprawl Steve Swell Quintet Steve Swell’s Fire Into Music Steve Swell’s Kende Dreams Alan Silva and The Celestrial Communication Orchestra The Jemeel Moondoc All-Stars The Little Huey Big Band The Marco Eneidi Coalition The Music Ensemble Raphe Malik Quartet Bobby Zankel & The Wonderful Sound 6 Tony Malaby’s Tamarindo William Hooker Quartet William Parker Trio William Parker Violin Trio Ye Ren Andrea Wolper & Ensemble Billy Bang New York Quintet The Griots Speak Cecil Taylor Dance Project The Ancients William Parker Ensemble The Celestrial Communication Orchestra The Cecil Taylor Unit The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra The Raphe Malik Quartet The Cecil Taylor Quartet Raining On The Moon Rob Brown's Resonance Billy Bang's Survival Ensemble Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu By Any Means (2) Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai Sprawl (5) Intermission (4) Muntu Ensemble Matthew Shipp's New Orbit Steve Swell's Fire Into Music Tony Malaby's Tamarindo 'Kidd' Jordan Quartet Echoes Quintet William Parker-Daniel Carter Duo William Parker Septet Steve Swell's Kende Dreams Matthew Shipp Quartet Declared Enemy The Wonderful Sound 6 Toxic (48) Heroes Are Gang Leaders Christopher Parker & The Band Of Guardian Angels Jackson Krall & The Secret Music Society The Ancients (7) Okuden Toxic Melodic Art–Tet Matthew Shipp String Trio The Cecil Taylor Quartet The Blue Series Continuum Trio Hurricane Peter Brötzmann Trio Die Like a Dog Quartet Red Lily Quintet Cecil Taylor Feel Trio David S. Ware Trio Other Dimensions In Music Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
P Parker W. Parker WP Water Parker ウィリアム・パーカー
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