{"product_id":"waltz-for-gregory","title":"Waltz for Gregory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eWaltz For Gregory (being, tap dancer-singer-actor Gregory Hines) is yet another wonderfully distinct creation from one of America’s Great Artists of the last half century, William Parker. Parker is in composer-lyricist-producer mode here – one that was abundantly presented on his acclaimed 2021 10CD\/Album box set release, Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World.\u003cbr\u003e[ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/williamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/migration-of-silence-into-and-out-of-the-tone-world-volumes-1-10\"\u003ewilliamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/migration-of-silence-into-and-out-of-the-tone-world-volumes-1-10\u003c\/a\u003e ]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album is akin; likewise beautifully realized by an inter-generational quintet of exceptionally gifted musicians. The title suite wonderfully features the new young phenom of tap\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e dance, Melissa Almaguer. Featured throughout is vocalist Andrea Wolper, who voiced Lights in The Rain (the Italian Directors Suite), an album within Migration of Silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso herein are a ballad for filmmaker Chantal Akerman, a voice\/piano\/oboe piece dedicated to Joseph Jarman, and the deeply moving Ukraine which is dedicated to the children of all wars. Total compassion for sentient beings with love in their hearts is on illuminated display throughout, as it effusively is throughout Parker’s work. To this again we give thanks and praise while listening to this singular and gorgeous work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Parker’s song-craft \u0026amp; productions thereof were first pointedly put forth in his equally lauded Voices Fall From The Sky 3CD box set of 2018 [ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/williamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/voices-fall-from-the-sky\"\u003ewilliamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/voices-fall-from-the-sky\u003c\/a\u003e ], which was hailed for the eternal nature of its beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003ecredits\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Aum Fidelity","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67903647777049,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/4669\/2121\/files\/a1617313653_10.jpg?v=1792764226","url":"https:\/\/virtualdirect.store\/products\/waltz-for-gregory","provider":"Virtual Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}