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A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions

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A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions
Live album by
Released1999
RecordedMarch 6, 1998
VenueContext Studios, New York City
GenreFree jazz
LabelEremite Records
MTE017
ProducerMichael Ehlers
Alan Silva chronology
In the Tradition
(1996)
A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions
(1999)
Transmissions
(1999)

A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Alan Silva and bassist William Parker. It was recorded in March 1998 at Context Studios in New York City, and was released in 1999 by Eremite Records.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
All About Jazz[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote: "You might not expect such lushness from a duo of midi keyboard and acoustic string bass... but... this is music of considerable substance... Silva... has much to say. His artistry on midi is that of a painter using broad sweeps of the brush. Parker solidly complements the sounds, sometimes laying a floor and at others doing what he does best: surprising with leaps, grunts, and stretched strings, and extending the natural limits of his ax."[2]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3½ stars, calling it "a project of awesome power," and stating: "Silva... create[s] a body of sound that occupies a mid-territory between Duke Ellington or Charles Mingus and Edgard Varèse... Parker is... beyond reproach and beyond categorization."[3]

Writing for All About Jazz, Michael McCaw described the album as "a beautifully detailed recording," and commented: "it feels as if this music was a pre-composed suite with the musicians allowed some latitude throughout... this is a landmark album... anyone interested in the prowess and abilities of William Parker as a bassist would be wise to seek it out."[4]

Track listing

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Composed by Alan Silva and William Parker.

  1. "I" – 8:25
  2. "II" – 7:26
  3. "III" – 6:50
  4. "IV" – 9:24
  5. "V" – 13:44

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Alan Silva and William Parker: A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Loewy, Steve. "Alan Silva and William Parker: A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1298.
  4. ^ a b McCaw, Michael (September 4, 2005). "Alan Silva and William Parker: A Hero's Welcome". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 26, 2022.