Fractured Dimensions
Live album by
William Parker
Released2003
RecordedNovember 7, 1999
VenuePodewil, Berlin
GenreJazz
Length78:03
LabelFMP
ProducerJost Gebers
William Parker chronology
Posium Pendasem
(1998)		 Fractured Dimensions
(2003)		 Mayor of Punkville
(1999)

Fractured Dimensions is an album by American jazz double bassist William Parker, which was recorded live during the Berlin Total Music Meeting in 1999 and released on the German FMP label in 2003.

The band originally billed to play was the free jazz quartet Other Dimensions In Music, but Rashid Bakr's unavailability led to the fortuitous last-minute substitution of Alan Silva.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In his review for AllMusic, François Couture states "Digital synthesizers are not often heard in free improvisation contexts. They sound a bit cold and intrusive. But Silva's playing is so colorful that one quickly leaves his apprehensions behind."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "the absence of percussion, unusual sound of a digital synth and occasional presence of two trumpeters give the music an unusual sonority."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Parker, Campbell, Carter & Silva
  1. "Figures Standing in the Door" - 6:32
  2. "Eternal Flower" - 3:38
  3. "End of Famina" - 7:39
  4. "Vermeer" - 10:12
  5. "Acrosses Rain" - 33:48
  6. "Sonnet For Armstrong" - 16:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Original Liner Notes by Steve Lake at FMP
  2. 1 2 Couture, François. William Parker - Fractured Dimensions: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1128. ISBN 0141034017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.