Multi-instrumentalist and composer William Parker
Few musicians on the planet can convey a sense of physicality more effectively than William Parker the multi-instrumentalist and composer best recognized as a titan on upright bass, especially in the flowing continuum of experimental jazz.
So it comes as welcome news that the Vision Festival, over which he always presides as a benevolent guide, will return in person this summer, beginning July 22 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn. (He will it kick off himself, in an Opening Healing Ceremony that also includes his wife, Arts For Art founder / artistic director Patricia Nicholson Parker.)
But well before that milestone, Parker will perform a special concert in celebration of