Personnel: Leon Parker (piano, marimba, drums, congas, clave, rattle, ashiko, caxixis, wood block, bowl, bell, gong); Natalie Cushman (vocals, gourds, ashikos, shekere, caxixi); Rita Silva (vocals, wood block, clave); Tracie Morris, Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals); Steve Wilson (soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute); Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone); Lisa Parker (flute); Ugonna Okegwo (bass); Tomaso Santiago (congas); Rey Cruz (timbales); Adam Cruz (steel pan, bell).Includes liner notes by Skindiver.Rhythmic meditations can only be this simple and satisfying if the performers have a deep feeling for and knowledge of the traditions they are continuing. African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Carribean, and Buddhist traditions are melded in Parker's music. The result is fiery in it's precision and yet subtle and mesmerizing in tone. Sweet female voices become percussion instruments and recite sultry beat poetry in "All My Life." Conga and ashiko drums play melodically throughout AWAKENING, and the stark sound of Steve Wilson's saxophone again graces Parker's music on this, his third release.

Personnel: Leon Parker (piano, marimba, drums, congas, clave, rattle, ashiko, caxixis, wood block, bowl, bell, gong); Natalie Cushman (vocals, gourds, ashikos, shekere, caxixi); Rita Silva (vocals, wood block, clave); Tracie Morris, Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals); Steve Wilson (soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute); Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone); Lisa Parker (flute); Ugonna Okegwo (bass); Tomaso Santiago (congas); Rey Cruz (timbales); Adam Cruz (steel pan, bell).Includes liner notes by Skindiver.Rhythmic meditations can only be this simple and satisfying if the performers have a deep feeling for and knowledge of the traditions they are continuing. African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Carribean, and Buddhist traditions are melded in Parker's music. The result is fiery in it's precision and yet subtle and mesmerizing in tone. Sweet female voices become percussion instruments and recite sultry beat poetry in "All My Life." Conga and ashiko drums play melodically throughout AWAKENING, and the stark sound of Steve Wilson's saxophone again graces Parker's music on this, his third release.
Angle View: Personnel: Leon Parker (piano, marimba, drums, congas, clave, rattle, ashiko, caxixis, wood block, bowl, bell, gong); Natalie Cushman (vocals, gourds, ashikos, shekere, caxixi); Rita Silva (vocals, wood block, clave); Tracie Morris, Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals); Steve Wilson (soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute); Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone); Lisa Parker (flute); Ugonna Okegwo (bass); Tomaso Santiago (congas); Rey Cruz (timbales); Adam Cruz (steel pan, bell).Includes liner notes by Skindiver.Rhythmic meditations can only be this simple and satisfying if the performers have a deep feeling for and knowledge of the traditions they are continuing. African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Carribean, and Buddhist traditions are melded in Parker's music. The result is fiery in it's precision and yet subtle and mesmerizing in tone. Sweet female voices become percussion instruments and recite sultry beat poetry in "All My Life." Conga and ashiko drums play melodically throughout AWAKENING, and the stark sound of Steve Wilson's saxophone again graces Parker's music on this, his third release.
Personnel: Leon Parker (piano, marimba, drums, congas, clave, rattle, ashiko, caxixis, wood block, bowl, bell, gong); Natalie Cushman (vocals, gourds, ashikos, shekere, caxixi); Rita Silva (vocals, wood block, clave); Tracie Morris, Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals); Steve Wilson (soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute); Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone); Lisa Parker (flute); Ugonna Okegwo (bass); Tomaso Santiago (congas); Rey Cruz (timbales); Adam Cruz (steel pan, bell).Includes liner notes by Skindiver.Rhythmic meditations can only be this simple and satisfying if the performers have a deep feeling for and knowledge of the traditions they are continuing. African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Carribean, and Buddhist traditions are melded in Parker's music. The result is fiery in it's precision and yet subtle and mesmerizing in tone. Sweet female voices become percussion instruments and recite sultry beat poetry in "All My Life." Conga and ashiko drums play melodically throughout AWAKENING, and the stark sound of Steve Wilson's saxophone again graces Parker's music on this, his third release.
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Personnel: Leon Parker (piano, marimba, drums, congas, clave, rattle, ashiko, caxixis, wood block, bowl, bell, gong); Natalie Cushman (vocals, gourds, ashikos, shekere, caxixi); Rita Silva (vocals, wood block, clave); Tracie Morris, Elisabeth Kontomanou (vocals); Steve Wilson (soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute); Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone); Lisa Parker (flute); Ugonna Okegwo (bass); Tomaso Santiago (congas); Rey Cruz (timbales); Adam Cruz (steel pan, bell).Includes liner notes by Skindiver.Rhythmic meditations can only be this simple and satisfying if the performers have a deep feeling for and knowledge of the traditions they are continuing. African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Carribean, and Buddhist traditions are melded in Parker's music. The result is fiery in it's precision and yet subtle and mesmerizing in tone. Sweet female voices become percussion instruments and recite sultry beat poetry in "All My Life." Conga and ashiko drums play melodically throughout AWAKENING, and the stark sound of Steve Wilson's saxophone again graces Parker's music on this, his third release.

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