Peach Orchard

Peach Orchard

ASIN: B00000FBQJ

Editorial Reviews
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The Peach Orchard is a generously proportioned document of a crack band in action. Its eight lengthy performances (the shortest lasts about 11 minutes, the longest about 25 minutes) were recorded in concerts at three different venues in New York City, the quartet's home. Each of bandleader William Parker's compositions honors an event or an individual. The title track, which laments the subjugation of the Navajo nation, counterposes static figures for Parker's double bass and Cooper-Moore's piano; Rob Brown's fevered alto cries and Susie Ibarra's dynamic drumming alternately pull the monoliths apart and drive them back together. "Moholo," "Theme for Pelikan," and "Three Clay Pots" pay tribute to fellow artists and musicians. Both Brown and Cooper-Moore extrapolate from the latter's swaggering, boppish melody into giddy, breakneck forays driven by the rhythm section's geothermal pressure. There are plenty of authoritative solos, but this music isn't about strutting one's stuff; Parker conceives of it as a redemptive, consciousness-altering force, and each impassioned statement contributes to that goal. --Bill Meyer

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Average customer rating:

strong, but not the strongest

Some is great, some is so-so

spiritually-transformational

Oh Yeah!

near-religious experince

Peach Orchard
William Parker , and In Order to Survive
Manufacturer: Aum Fidelity
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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O'Neal's Porch

Painter's Spring

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Never Too Late But Always Too Early

ASIN: B00000FBQJ
Release Date: 1998-12-08

Tracks:

Thot
Moholo
Three Clay Pots
The Peach Orchard

Tracks:

Posium Pendasem #3
Leaf Dance
Theme From Pelikan
In Order To Survive

Amazon.com

The Peach Orchard is a generously proportioned document of a crack band in action. Its eight lengthy performances (the shortest lasts about 11 minutes, the longest about 25 minutes) were recorded in concerts at three different venues in New York City, the quartet's home. Each of bandleader William Parker's compositions honors an event or an individual. The title track, which laments the subjugation of the Navajo nation, counterposes static figures for Parker's double bass and Cooper-Moore's piano; Rob Brown's fevered alto cries and Susie Ibarra's dynamic drumming alternately pull the monoliths apart and drive them back together. "Moholo," "Theme for Pelikan," and "Three Clay Pots" pay tribute to fellow artists and musicians. Both Brown and Cooper-Moore extrapolate from the latter's swaggering, boppish melody into giddy, breakneck forays driven by the rhythm section's geothermal pressure. There are plenty of authoritative solos, but this music isn't about strutting one's stuff; Parker conceives of it as a redemptive, consciousness-altering force, and each impassioned statement contributes to that goal. --Bill Meyer

Customer Reviews:

strong, but not the strongest.......2007-02-24

I strongly agree with the other reviewer's comments about Rob Brown on alto. While I tremendously enjoyed O'Neal's porch (5 stars, IMHO), including his playing there, he is only intermittantly able to produce interesting music in the freer spaces of this album. I'll add that, on serveral cuts, particularly towards the end of the second disk, the album moves into the four- or five-star categroy, but man there's a lot of other stuff here, too. I wasn't previously familiar with Cooper-Moore, and his playing here was a welcome revelation for me. I am now looking for more of his stuff...

Some is great, some is so-so.......2006-02-02

I really like alot of this album, don't let the 3 stars fool you. With William (and Susie also but this is under WP's name) being 1 of my favorite musicians of all time I try not to give everything 4 and 5 stars. That way someone can see how I rate this Parker album as compared to that one. While there are chunks of this album that I love, there are parts I don't really like, and in no way could I ever rank this album up there with the greats like Mayor of Punkville or Painter's Spring.

My only problem with this whole album is Rob Brown. I think he's great on O'Neal's Porch but oftentimes on this cd he annoys me. He has the occasional cool passage here, but alot of the time he's the squeakiest and (by far) least interesting/engaging musician on Peach Orchard. I think because much of this album is aggressive, clustered, static walls of sonic *OOOMPH*, Rob feels he has to "do the free thing" which seems for him to think he has to squeal alot and try for the human/animal vocalizations type of thing... I just don't think he's that great at it. The style and intent of O'Neal's Porch suits his capabilities much better, in my opinion. If Mats Gustafsson had been the reed-man on this album, it very well could have been William's scariest album ever! I really would have loved to hear Mats in this setting.

Having said all this, any fan of SUSIE IBARRA (she's fantastic here as usual!) and William Parker still needs to own this. Man! Rob Brown lays out quite a bit here so even with my above complaints there is still alot of great music to be heard here. Cooper-Moore, Ibarra and Parker are where it's at. When the sound and the movement of the music is being dominated by these 3, those are the times when this album shines. They should make a trio album, or another quartet album but with Assif Tsahar on reeds (he's great on bass-clarinet for one track here).

It definitely needs to be said though that this is generally rather aggressive, dense music. If that isn't your thing, you may not like this. To be sure, there are indeed some great grooves that power their way out of the maelstrom, but for the most part this is music that focuses on dense textures rather than the unfurling of probingly melodic solos.

You really can't go wrong with an album built around the magic duo of Susie Ibarra and William Parker, it's just that had this band had Mats Gustafsson or Daniel Carter on reeds it would have been fantastic from the first to the last. It'd be a dream come true if William, Susie and Daniel Carter did a trio album together. I'd love to be able to listen to that and compare/contrast it with the Parker/Carter/Drake band of Painter's Spring.

spiritually-transformational.......2001-01-30

This CD offers over two hours of awe-inspiring new jazz from composer/bassist William Parker's group In Order to Survive. The live performances combine free-pulse playing with toe-tapping vamps, marches, and folk forms in eight complex compositions that challenge (but don't confuse) the listener. A couple of hours spent listening to Cooper-Moore's manic trills and arpeggios, Rob Brown's frantically wailing alto, Susie Ibarra's relentless percussive onslaught and William Parker's inspired playing that shifts from a rapid-fire barrage of notes to plaintive, mournful arco passages might just be the spiritually-transformational experience Mr. Parker intends it to be... if you're open to that sort of thing.

Oh Yeah!.......2000-08-25

When I first heard this set, it reminded me of David S Ware's Group. But, I also thought it sounded like a great Ware CD. Closer listening revealed stronger compositions and better group interaction. Parker's playing is brilliant of course. Ibarra is a wonderful drummer. To me Rob Brown is a more interesting player than Ware- his range is wider and he is more in touch with the other musicians. Cooper - Moore has a hyper-kinetic style similiar to Matthew Shipp, but where Shipp seems to bang Cooper-Moore propels.

The title cut demonstrates how this group can take a small theme and move it forward for 20 minutes without ever coming close to being dull. Listen to Poseum Pendasem to hear how extremely beautiful they can be. The rest of this music weaves through power and tenderness.

near-religious experince.......2000-04-15

It is fitting that the first time I heard In Order to Survive it was in a church at the Guelph Jazz festival in 1999. I rank this a one of the best musical experiences I have her been party to, transcending reality itself in some respects. Each musician is so well suited to each other it is almost unnerving! There is much passionate music out there, but it seems that quite often there are one or two dominant musicians. A good example in contrast (with IOTS) is David S. Ware's quartet which features Iberra and Parker of IOTS. They have a phenomenal, big sound, but it does not match up to the sum of its parts. Ware dominates so heavily that the music does not come across as strongly as IOTS.

THis CD captures the essence I think of seeing them live, not quite the same, but as near as can be expected (the recording quality is indeed amazing).

A brief comment about the remarks on relating this to the Coltrane tradition. It is related in the sense that it is free jazz, but this music is, in my opinon, miles away from what coltrane had started. To me it is almost in a class of its own, likely due to the interplay I mentioned above. When i hear music that I feel is strongly connected to the JC tradition, I always feel like it sounds kind of dated in a way (David S. Ware comes to mind again). In Order To Survive is anything but dated, and I have a strong feeling that it will remain timeless music. If you like experimental music and free jazz, buy this CD today, you will not be disappointed!

Peach
Average customer rating:

not for me....

Great find

Buying this product is an act of love

A considerable first effort

Peach
SHAGG
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00005UF4P
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

Just Ain't Enough
Peach
Shade Of Melancholy
Your Golden Rule
Sheila

Customer Reviews:

not for me...........2007-04-06

i bought this cd on the strength of the reviews posted here. the songs do very little for me, but i confess not being a big fan of acoustic rock in general, and definitely not of the dave matthews variety, which this band owes a very obvious debt. in addition, the lyrics are painfully trite (sample lyric: "i speak for the meek/the meek are not weak/the truth is what they seek/ listen to the words i speak") and the singer tries a bit too hard. it's well-played and certainly has a groove, but i did not get what i was hoping for.

Great find.......2002-06-24

I happened to walk into a bar one night during a visit to NYC and caught these guys in the middle of a set. I was so impressed by the free flowing energy of their songs that I hunted down a copy of their CD. You can't help but get caught up in the rhythm and pulse Shagg generates. I can't listen to the CD without finding some part of my body grooving along with their music.

Buying this product is an act of love.......2002-06-23

Make love to this music by buying it. Authentic inspired pop-soul.

A considerable first effort.......2002-04-05

While these guys are, to my knowledge, virtually unknown outside of their native New York, they represent one of those rare finds that you stumble across while hitting the live music circuit on a given night of the week. Really inventive songwriting, quality musicianship, and soulful singing. Smoking sax player, too. What more could you ask for? I guess it would be nice if they had more CDs available than this one EP. The songs on this disc are really raw and homegrown-sounding, but that's the appeal.

Average customer rating:

boston listener
Is this the future of our music industry?
Excellent new original band

Near
Numinous Peach
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000JFZU
Release Date: 2000-04-13

Tracks:

How Long
Stasis
Sid
Thistle
Change Everything
Epheneral
Together, Apart
Down
Closer To The Sauce
Thirteen
Home

Customer Reviews:

boston listener.......2000-08-12

the guitar is amazing! the lyrics on this EP will make your mind understand what it has for so long been trying to figure out. i do not know what the other negative reviewer was thinking. If you enjoy amazing music, buy this EP, you will not be dissapointed.

Is this the future of our music industry?.......2000-05-19

The album was lacking in every aspect. The vocals were immature and the bass overpowered the songs. Still, the songs were monotonous and dull. The album did not capture my attention. Maybe these kids should go back to the garage where they belong.

Excellent new original band.......1999-06-20

This cd is excellent! The melodies are haunting and harmonious. The lyrics interwooven with the thoughtful arrangements make this one of the best new artist finds. Very rare do bands create such beautiful and personal music intending to bare their soul with such honest passion. MUST BUY!

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