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For Percy Heath

{{Infobox album

| name = For Percy Heath

| type = Live album

| artist = William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra

| cover = For Percy Heath.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2006

| recorded = May 22, 2005
Victoriaville, Canada

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 61:45

| label = Les Disques Victo
Victo CD 102

| producer = Joanne Vézina and Michel Levasseur

| chronology = William Parker

| prev_title = Sound Unity

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Summer Snow

| next_year = 2005

}}

For Percy Heath is an album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded in 2005 and released on the Canadian Victo label.Lopez, R., [http://www.bb10k.com/PARKER.disc.html#05.05.22 William Parker sessionography], accessed June 4, 2014 The album is a suite of compositions inspired by and dedicated to bassist Percy Heath, who died in 2005.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1129}}

}}

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Sounding in part like Coltrane's Ascension or Cherry's Symphony for Improvisers, Parker's For Percy Heath is a four-part suite actuated by the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, here consisting of three trumpeters, three trombonists, three reed players, tuba, drums, and bass".arwulf, a., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-percy-heath-mw0001062130 Allmusic listing], accessed June 4, 2014

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

  1. "For Percy Heath: Part One" - 10:34
  2. "For Percy Heath: Part Two" - 9:49
  3. "For Percy Heath: Part Three" - 10:15
  4. "For Percy Heath: Part Four" - 17:40

Personnel

References

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Category:2006 live albums

Category:William Parker (musician) live albums