For Percy Heath is an album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded in 2005 and released on the Canadian Victo label.[1] The album is a suite of compositions inspired by and dedicated to bassist Percy Heath, who died in 2005.

Reception

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

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sounding in part like Coltrane's Ascension or Cherry's Symphony for Improvisers, Parker's For Percy Heath is a four-part suite actuated by the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, here consisting of three trumpeters, three trombonists, three reed players, tuba, drums, and bass".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

  1. "For Percy Heath: Part One" - 10:34
  2. "For Percy Heath: Part Two" - 9:49
  3. "For Percy Heath: Part Three" - 10:15
  4. "For Percy Heath: Part Four" - 17:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 4, 2014
  2. ^ a b arwulf, a., Allmusic listing, accessed June 4, 2014
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1129. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Percy_Heath
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