William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music

VICTO cd 102 WILLIAM PARKER & THE LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC ORCHESTRA For Percy Heath 1. Part One 10'34" 2. Part Two 9'49" 3. Part Three 10'15" 4. Part Four 17'40" Toutes les musiques sont de William Parker (Centering Music, BMI) Enregistré « live » au 22e Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville le 22 mai 2005. Sabir Mateen : saxophone ténor, clarinette alto Darryl Foster : saxophones ténor et soprano Rob Brown : saxophone alto Charles Waters : saxophone alto, clarinette Dave Sewelson : saxophone baryton Roy Campbell : trompette Matt Lavelle : trompette Les Disques VICTO Lewis Barnes : trompette Les Éditions VICTORIAVILLE, SOCAN 2006 7 7 7 4 0 5 0 1 0 2 2 3 Steve Swell : trombone Alex Lodico : trombone Masahiko Kono : trombone Dave Hofstra : tuba Andrew Barker : batterie William Parker : contrebasse, composition, direction For Percy Heath April 30, 1923/April 28, 2005 The first time I met Percy Heath was 1983 in San Francisco. I was playing a concert with the pianist Cecil Taylor and when the concert ended, I went off stage and there standing in the wings was Percy Heath. He greeted me with a hug and called me “Iron fingers”. I thanked him for his wonderful bass playing. Then we spoke about the importance of space, timing and playing the right thing at the right time in a musical situation. I saw Percy one other time at the North Sea Festival in Holland. He was in his seventies and I asked him if I could get anything for him. He replied “No, just keep playing your music”. In May 2005 The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra premiered the piece “For Percy Heath”. William Parker, October 2006 C.P. 460, VICTORIAVILLE, QUÉBEC, CANADA, G6P 6T3 TÉL. : (819) 752-7912 • FAX : (819) 758-4370 • [email protected].

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