Petit Oiseau

Petit Oiseau
Petit Oiseau
Studio album by the William Parker Quartet
Released	October 14, 2008
Recorded	December 2007
Studio	Systems Two Studio; Brooklyn, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	70:21
Label	AUM Fidelity; AUM 050
Producer	William Parker
William Parker chronology

Petit Oiseau is an album by the William Parker Quartet, recorded in December 2007 and released on October 14, 2008 on AUM Fidelity.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]

The review for AllMusic stated, "Petit Oiseau should be regarded as a triumphant achievement by one of the early 21st century's strongest and most rewarding quartets."^[3]

PopMatters's review observed, "Petit Oiseau follows in a line of great recordings by the quartet, and is unrelenting in its artistic vision. They know how to let each other go out on tangents while knowing the exact time to swing, and swing hard."^[4]

All About Jazz said "A welcome return to the studio from one of today's most esteemed working groups, Petit Oiseau is one of Parker's most accessible and enjoyable releases."^[5]

The JazzTimes review noted, "No matter what they do, the William Parker Quartet shows us that avant-garde music doesn’t have to be weird and off-putting. It can even swing."^[6]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by William Parker

"Groove Sweet" – 18:00
"Talaps Theme" – 5:33
"Petit Oiseau" – 9:34
"The Golden Bell" – 6:26
"Four for Tommy" – 4:07
"Malachi's Mode" – 8:07
"Dust from a Mountain" – 5:56
"Shorter for Alan" – 12:38

Personnel[edit]

William Parker – bass, cedar flute
Lewis Barnes – trumpet
Rob Brown – alto saxophone, soprano clarinet
Hamid Drake – drums, frame drum, balafon

References[edit]

^ Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 5, 2014
^ AUM Fidelity catalog, accessed June 6, 2014
^ ^a ^b arwulf, a., Allmusic review accessed June 6, 2014
^ ^a ^b Bohannon, J., PopMatters Review, March 31, 2009
^ Collins, T., All About Jazz review, October 8, 2008
^ Greenlee, S., JazzTimes review, December 2008

[1] Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 5, 2014

[2] AUM Fidelity catalog, accessed June 6, 2014

[Allmusic-3] rwulf, a., Allmusic review accessed June 6, 2014

[PopMatters-4] Bohannon, J., PopMatters Review, March 31, 2009

[5] Collins, T., All About Jazz review, October 8, 2008

[6] Greenlee, S., JazzTimes review, December 2008

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Studio albums	Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (1974-1979) Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (1995) Painter's Spring (2000) O'Neal's Porch (2000) Piercing the Veil (with Hamid Drake, 2000) Raining on the Moon (2001) Bob's Pink Cadillac (2001) Scrapbook (2002) Luc's Lantern (2004) Summer Snow (with Hamid Drake, 2005) Alphaville Suite (2007) Corn Meal Dance (2007) Petit Oiseau (2007) Beyond Quantum (with Anthony Braxton and Milford Graves, 2008) Uncle Joe's Spirit House (2010) Out of This World's Distortions (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2010) The Gowanus Session (with Thollem McDonas and Nels Cline, 2012) 2 Blues for Cecil (with Andrew Cyrille and Enrico Rava, 2021)
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