William Parker
I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs Of Cur

When Curtis Mayfield recorded his last album in 1996, he did it lying on his back, singing a line at a time. He had no choice-- he'd been paralyzed si...

From the first few bars of the title cut opening "I Plan To Stay A Believer," the riffing horns, infectiously funky beat and expressive soulful singin...

The same spirit that makes bassist William Parker one of the most fiery and searching musicians on the planet is likely the one that sparked his lates...

Bassist William Parker has recorded his share of serious free-jazz albums. On I Plan To Stay A Believer, he sheds his dour duds for the life-affirming...

Since emerging from the New York loft scene in the 1970s, bassist William Parker has come to embody American free jazz. From early work in the volcani...

To the average music listener, R&B and free jazz might seem incompatible, situated at disparate points along the musical continuum. The former, no mat...

On the surface of it there might not seem to be much continuity between the music of William Parker's and Curtis Mayfield, but scratch away at it and ...