BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130525T003645CEST-30129IUZL4@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130524T220545Z DESCRIPTION:William Parker - Bass/Compostions\nHamid Drake - Drums \nRob Br own - Alto Saxophone\nLewis Barnes - Trumpet\n\nWilliam Parker formed this stunning Quartet in 2000\, and the group has been a primary vehicle for h is supreme talents as bassist\, composer and bandleader since that time. T hey have released four highly and widely acclaimed albums: O&rsquo\;Neal&r squo\;s Porch\, Raining On The Moon\, Sound Unity\, and Petit Oiseau\, and have engendered joy and awe in audiences around the world whenever they p erform. They have toured Canada\, Europe and the United States\, in clubs and at major festivals. The entire history of jazz\, inside out\, is withi n their unified breath and at their collective fingertips\, and they conti nue to create their own highly estimable chapter therein.\n\nThe core quar tet expands to the Raining On The Moon sextet with Eri Yamamoto: piano and Leena Conquest: vocals\, in order to give luminous life to William Parker &rsquo\;s deeply poetic songs\, and is presented on the Corn Meal Dance al bum. In 2011\, Parker reunited on the bandstand with pianist Cooper-Moore\ , and the In Order To Survive quintet is yet another striking expansion of the core. In 2013\, a multi-volume box set of previously unissued recordi ngs by the Quartet (core &\; expanded versions)\, will be released on A UM Fidelity.\n\nOver the past decade\, William Parker has consistently ran ked high on critic&rsquo\;s polls around the world\, up to and including t he 2012 DownBeat Critic&rsquo\;s Poll.\n\nIn 2011\, Parker was ranked #2 o f The 25 Essential New York City Jazz Icons by TimeOut New York\, and in 2 007 was part of that same publication&rsquo\;s 50 Greatest New York Musici ans Of All Time feature. A concise selection of the voluminous critical pr aise which the Quartet&rsquo\;s work has received over the past decade fol lows below.\nWilliam Parker's website DTSTART:20130515T200000 DTEND:20130515T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:WILLIAM PARKER QUARTET END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR