Reviews for AUM Fidelity artists
William Parker And Hamid Drake
First CommunionOn the first few listens to this sprawling 2 CD set, one notices how little of William Parker's bass is on this album. Oh, it's there, but it's subsumed under walls of drums and percussion.... read more...
By Steve Marlow
Apr 28, 2007
William Parker And Hamid Drake
Summer Snow, Vol. 2Bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake plumb the same percussion-heavy jazz rhythms they did in their previous album First Communion, but with startlingly different results. Whereas First Communion delved into the noisy, layered sound... read more...
By Steve Marlow
Jul 5, 2007
The Spiritualaires Of Hurtsboro, AL
Singing Songs Of PraiseThe Spiritualaires are a six-piece gospel group from Alabama who sing in ragged-but-true harmony about the joys and fellowship of following the teachings of Jesus with a down and dirty, gutbucket tone that suggests they've... read more...
By Peter J. MacDonald
Jul 27, 2007
David S. Ware Quartet
RenunciationRecorded live before an appreciative audience at Vision Festival XI last June, Renunciation is a solid, entertaining effort from tenor saxophonist Ware and his long-running quartet of pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist William Parker and drummer... read more...
By Peter J. MacDonald
Jun 5, 2007
