For Those Who Are, Still

by William Parker

For Those Who Are, Still cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 August 2015
  • Label: AUM Fidelity
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:38:06
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This monumental three-disc collection showcases the legendary free jazz bassist and composer working alongside a massive array of global ensembles. The recordings seamlessly integrate avant-garde improvisation, poetry, and Carnatic classical traditions, offering a deeply spiritual and sprawling overview of Parker's boundary-defying musical philosophy.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, improvisation, spirituality, long-form

Tracklist

  1. For Fannie Lou Hamer (27:59)
  2. Vermeer (07:09)
  3. Awash in the Midst of An Angel's Tears (04:18)
  4. Essence (02:46)
  5. Flower Song (Take 2) (06:48)
  6. Just Feel (00:57)
  7. Feet as Roses (03:36)
  8. Gongs for Deaf Dreams (03:19)
  9. Sweet Breeze (04:56)
  10. Flower Song (Take 1) (06:59)
  11. Villages, Greetings and Prayer (15:36)
  12. Souls Have Fallen Like Rain (14:37)
  13. The Giraffe Dances (19:45)
  14. William Parker Ensemble - Tour of The Flying Poem (05:52)
  15. Children Drawing Water From The Well (06:14)
  16. Where Do You Send The Poem (12:00)
  17. A Magical Figure Dances Barefoot in the Mud (04:50)
  18. Light Shimmering Across a Field of Ice (02:28)
  19. Trees With Wings (05:10)
  20. Rise Up In Sound (07:56)
  21. Humble Serious (07:01)
  22. Tea Leaves of Triple Sadness (04:48)
  23. Ritual (03:52)
  24. Winter (05:48)
  25. My Cup (03:42)
  26. Encore (04:16)
  27. Charles Gayle / William Parker / Mike Reed - Escapade For Sonny (dedicated to Sonny Rollins) (25:24)

Credits

  • Douglas Arnold - illustration
  • Shane Morris - primary artist, instruments, sounds, mixed by, mastered by
  • Ming@409 - art direction, illustration
  • William Parker - design, illustration, liner notes
  • Philip Clark - liner notes
  • Petr Cancura - mastering

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