William Parker
Festival
Vision Festival
New York Roulette, United States
18th edition of the avant jazz festival, this time celebrating the work of drummer Milford Graves, featuring performances by the musician, William Parker, Roscoe Mitchel, Henry Grimes, Joe McPhee, Tani Tabbal, Hamid Drake, Louis Sclavis, Miya Masaoka, Andrew Cyrille, Sonny Simmons, Dave Burrell, Marilyn Crispell and more. New York City Roulette, 12–16 June.
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Arika
Glasgow Tramway, United Kingdom
Jazz poetry and improvisation for the fourth instalment of this Glasgow events series, this time titled Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (18–21 April), featuring performances and talks by Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker, John Tilbury, Mattin, Ray Brassier, Daniel Carter and more. It is followed by Hidden In Plain Sight (24–26 May), on voguing, clubbing, drag and radical ccommunities with contributions by Terre Thaemlitz, Emma Hedditch and others. Glasgow Tramway, 18 April–26 May.
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Issue 346
December 2012
On the cover: Scott Walker – In a rare interview, the singer and composer talks Mike Barnes through his ambitious, brutal and absurdist new album, Bish Bosch. Inside: Peter Brötzmann redux, Wyrd sounds from the West Country, Jonas Mekas, David S Ware, Pinch, the Slowfoot label, Fontanelle, and much more.
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William Parker 6CD box set of early recordings
William Parker 6CD box set of early recordings
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Aum Fidelity celebrates 15th birthday
Aum Fidelity celebrates 15th birthday
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Albert Ayler Sideman Muhammad Ali On Record For The First Time In Almost 30 Years
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Issue 267
May 2006
ON THE COVER: AGF - Word processing in Berlin with polystylistic laptopper and digital 'poemproducer', Antye Greie. By Keith Moliné
FEATURES: Scott Walker, Conrad Schnitzler, Ryoji Ikeda, Invisible Jukebox: William Parker, Scatter, Mattin, David Rothenberg
Issue 222
August 2002
ON THE COVER: Tom Waits - Barfly, beatnik, hobo, hipster, Weimar cabaret singer, Stallone co-star, Harry Partch fan: the chronicler of the American underbelly has been playing confidence games with his identity and music since the 70s. By Phil Freeman
FEATURES: Invisible Jukebox: Arthur Lee, William Parker, Lou Harrison, Leif Elggren & CM Von Hausswolff, To Live & Shave In LA, Boom Bip, Tchad Blake, Kevin Drumm, Peter Hammill, Sonic Process