''Fractured Dimensions'' is an album by American jazz double bassist
William Parker, which was recorded live during the Berlin
Total Music Meeting
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in 1999 and released on the German
FMP label in 2003.
The band originally billed to play was the free jazz quartet
Other Dimensions In Music
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The group is a collective quartet composed of trumpeter Roy Campbell, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr. Campb ...
, but
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El Rashid El Tahir Bakr (24 June 1933 – 11 March 1988) 's unavailability led to the fortuitous last-minute substitution of
Alan Silva.
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at FMP
Reception
In his review for
AllMusic, François Couture states "Digital synthesizers are not often heard in free improvisation contexts. They sound a bit cold and intrusive. But Silva's playing is so colorful that one quickly leaves his apprehensions behind."
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' says that "the absence of percussion, unusual sound of a digital synth and occasional presence of two trumpeters give the music an unusual sonority."
Track listing
:''All compositions by Parker, Campbell, Carter & Silva''
# "Figures Standing in the Door" - 6:32
# "Eternal Flower" - 3:38
# "End of Famina" - 7:39
# "Vermeer" - 10:12
# "Acrosses Rain" - 33:48
# "Sonnet For Armstrong" - 16:14
Personnel
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William Parker -
bass
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*
Roy Campbell -
trumpet,
flugelhorn
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*
Daniel Carter -
flute
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clarinet
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,
alto sax,
trumpet
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Alan Silva -
synthesizer
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,
piano
References
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2003 albums
FMP Records live albums
William Parker (musician) live albums