Winter Sun Crying

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Winter Sun Crying
Winter Sun Crying.jpg
Live album by
William Parker & the ICI Ensemble
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2011
RecordedDecember 20, 2009 at Muffathalle, Munich
Genre Jazz
Length62:49
Label NEOS Jazz
NEOS 41008
William Parker chronology
I Plan to Stay a Believer
(2001-2008)
Winter Sun Crying
(2011)
Uncle Joe's Spirit House
(2010)

Winter Sun Crying is a live album by American jazz bassist William Parker with the German ICI Ensemble which was recorded as part of their Composer in Dialogue series in 2009 and released on the NEOS Jazz label. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, arwulf arwulf states "Winter Sun Crying may be enjoyed among the freest of William Parker's many imaginatively conceived and fully liberated recordings". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker & the ICI Ensemble

  1. "Bells" - 8:10
  2. "Train" - 2:59
  3. "Winter Sun Crying" - 4:24
  4. "Earth" - 3:12
  5. "Moon" - 5:04
  6. "Orphans" - 4:37
  7. "Explosion" - 2:48
  8. "Tears" - 3:03
  9. "Hope" - 2:36
  10. "Sky" - 3:14
  11. "Grandmother" - 2:12
  12. "Circle" - 4:00
  13. "Hello" - 3:02
  14. "Revolution" - 6:56
  15. "Let's Change The World" - 6:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Lopez, R., William Parker discography, accessed September 18, 2014
  2. NEOS Music catalog, accessed September 18, 2014
  3. 1 2 arwulf, arwulf. William Parker & the ICI Ensemble - Winter Sun Crying: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 18, 2014.