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11 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Goat Rodeo Sessions

Yo Yo Ma A truly inspiring musician, Yo Yo Ma has raised the bar of musicianship to include great musicians from outside the classical music world. The Goat Rodeo Sessions is another in an ever elongating line of reinvention collaborations. … Continue reading

10 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Free Jazz – a collective improvisation

Free Jazz, 1960 In this album audiences get a chance to experience stereo like never before. Two quartets are featured, one on the left and the other on the right. Although cacophonous at times, not unlike multiple conversations in a … Continue reading

8 November 2011
by Bill Parsons
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1959 The Year That Changed Jazz

Post War Jazz Fourteen years after the end of World War ll four highly influential jazz records were released. These albums represent the vision of four independent and strong willed men who are responsible for transforming jazz into an American … Continue reading

28 October 2011
by Bill Parsons
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Creative Improvisers Festival

Timar/Parsons An upcoming performance I am doing with Andrew Timar is a part of the 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival. Here is a sample of what we sound like.   To hear us in a recent performance at Electric Eclectic … Continue reading