Requiem is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Bass Quartet featuring Charles Gayle, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2004 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 5, 2014
Reception The All About Jazz review stated "The group's significance stemmed from the stylistic lineage evident from Grimes to Silva to Sirone to Parker and the addition of guest saxophonist Charles Gayle added a wrinkle, an uncommon hierarchy with a horn playing over four bassists".Henkin, A., All About Jazz review, October 8, 2006
Track listing All compositions by William Parker "Four Strings Inside a Tree" - 7:08 "When All Is Sad" - 4:59 "For Wilber Morris" - 4:48 "The Little Smile" - 4:16 "Sky Came" - 4:42 "Heaven" - 4:16 "Blues in the Hour Glass" - 8:10 "Shores of Kansas" - 2:51 "Spirits Inside the Bright House" - 9:08 "Bermuda/Atlanta/Philadelphia/Bronx" - 11:34 "The Last Song" - 3:46
Personnel William Parker, Alan Silva, Henry Grimes, Sirone - bass Charles Gayle - alto saxophone
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