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William Parker & Hamid Drake
"volume 1: First Communion + Piercing the Veil"

AUM Fidelity- AUM039/40( 2007)
file under: Post Bop, Downtown New York, Improvised Music

Hamid Drake - drums, tabla, frame drum, bells
William Parker - bass, balafon, bombarde, shakuhachi, slit drum, dumbek

Piercing The Veil was originally issued in early 2001 to great acclaim. It has been out of print for far too long; so for its re-introduction, an upping of the ante was in order. On the Saturday night prior to the Monday studio session, AUM hosted a live performance here in our Brooklyn HQ and we made another highest fidelity multi-track recording. It was a magical night, fully shared by the packed and rapt audience of some 80 strong. This First Communion is now presented on CD in its entire 88 minutes of deeply fervent glory.

"Not since Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell joined forces have two musicians so organically wedded world-music influences with free jazz. The resultant music is connected to history and culture yet true to its contemporary American roots. And the rhythms groove so deeply that if dance-club DJs got hold of this CD, all America would be moving to it."
– Ed Hazell, JAZZIZ

"William Parker and Hamid Drake are the best rhythm section in jazz right now. Piercing The Veil's opening cut, "Black Cherry," is pure dance music--the pair never lose the groove, but they crank it up and out, heading to a place where ecstasy supercedes intellect. Other cuts on the disc feature Parker on Middle Eastern, African and Asian instruments, while Drake plays frame drum and tablas to trance-inducing effect. It's a fascinating exploration of multiple sound worlds."
– Phil Freeman, ALTERNATIVE PRESS

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2CDs- $20.00

William Parker & Hamid Drake - volume 1: First Communion + Piercing the Veil


Track Listing
(click linked titles for mp3)

1. First Communion I [20:32]
2. First Communion II [13:51]
3. First Communion III [53:57]
4. Black Cherry [2:42]
5. Chatima [6:17]
6. Heavenly Walk [3:44]
7. Japeru [4:41]
8. Nur Al Anwar [3:55]
9. Piercing the Veil [2:50]
10. Loom Song [6:35]
11. Chaung Tzu's Dream [8:55]
12. Bodies Die/Spirits Live [4:26]


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