William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio
Release Date: 24 March 2017
Label: Centering
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 642623101322
Genres: Jazz Contemporary Classical
Description
Bass Duo presents the historic and only performance meeting of these two renowned and innovative bass masters, each representing distinct musical traditions; each fully committed to the summit at hand. It was recorded during the Udin&Jazz 2008 Festival in Udine, Italy at Teatro San Giorgio. Both William Parker and Stefano Scodanibbio are bassists, composers and improvisers possessing a deep sense of musical poetry, organic inventiveness, and personal style.
William Parker (b. 1952) was heralded by the Village Voice as "the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time" and Time Out New York named him one of the "50 Greatest New York Musicians of All Time." Parker has been a key figure in the New York and European creative music scenes since the 1970s. He has been perpetually presenting his own far-ranging and highly acclaimed work as a leader since the mid-90s.
During his too short lifetime, Stefano Scodanibbio (b. 1956 / d. 2012) was renowned as an interpreter & collaborator with many of the major composers writing for the contrabass (Bussotti, Donatoni, Estrada, Ferneyhough, Frith, Globokar, Xenakis). The Los Angeles Times acclaimed his "dazzling, disciplined virtuosity." John Cage, on hearing his work Ryoanji performed by Scodanibbio, stated "his performance was absolutely magic. I was just amazed!"
Tracklisting
William Parker
William Parker
William Parker
William Parker Orchestra
William Parker, Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore
Reverend Charlie Jackson
William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quartet, Switch~ Ensemble, Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
