William Parker's QuartetBest William Parker's Quartet Albums Ranked

Raining on the Moon

pitchfork

8.4

“We argue now and then around the 'Fork office about whether or not "jazz is dead." My take: it's not, and Thirsty Ear's Blue Series is the evidence. Despite the genre's recent bout with hard times, its artists-- from Matthew Shipp, to John Zorn, to David S. Ware, to William Parker-- continue to merge new ideas with new technology, breaking many of the old laws of conventional jazz while still adhe”