A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions
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| A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | March 6, 1998 | |||
| Venue | Context Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Label | Eremite Records MTE017 | |||
| Producer | Michael Ehlers | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
