William Parker Clarinet Trio - Bob's Pink Cadillac

MRS · June-17th-2003, 05:00 PM

I just received this from the man in brown and was curious if any of you had any thoughts. I'm through the studio disc and I very much dig it. . .though I don't know how much of it I can take at once. I am a huge fan of the clarinet and this is my first experience with Perry Robinson. Walter Perkins plays superbly on what I've heard thus far. . .kind of like an early Blackwell/rough minimalist approach. Above all, this is an entirely new context for me as far as Wm. Parker's bands go. Thanks a bunch!

Michael

Tom Storer · June-18th-2003, 06:01 AM

I've had my eye on this. I loved Walter Perkins with Art Farmer's quartet in the early 60's and am curious to hear him in this context. What about the record makes you say you don't know how much of it you can take at once?

MRS · June-18th-2003, 09:39 AM

In lieu of 'sameness' which folks may draw as conclusion from my aforementioned insistence that I can't take too much of this recording at once, I'd say Tom it stems from the fact that there is a quiet, intense, uniform seething/festering about the studio date which I've come to only prefer in minimal doses. Wm. Parker has said this outfit is 'primarily based on the blues' though I think actually this can be misleading. The music can bustle quite in the free mode at times and again, Walter Perkins (whom I've only heard in Jug's and/or Rahsaan's bands) really keeps everything from getting too stable. I'm still seeking a convincing taste for the clarinettist--but hell, before I criticize Perry Robinson, he deserves some more listening.

Tom Storer · June-18th-2003, 09:48 AM

A uniform seething/festering... I think I can imagine this, but I'll have to hear it first.

To say of a drummer who is primarily identified with the swinging tradition that he "really keeps everything from getting too stable," and intending it, as I think you do, as a compliment, is deliciously ironic.

Captain Hate · June-18th-2003, 08:33 PM

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Originally posted by Tom Storer
A uniform seething/festering... I think I can imagine this, but I'll have to hear it first.

To say of a drummer who is primarily identified with the swinging tradition that he "really keeps everything from getting too stable," and intending it, as I think you do, as a compliment, is deliciously ironic.

Tom, if you've heard O'Neal's Porch and enjoyed the interaction between Parker and Drake, I think you'll be really enamoured with this rhythm section. I'm one of the few posters that is somewhat agnostic on the charms of Susie Ibarra and her work with Parker; I much prefer Drake or Perkins with WP.