Mass for the Healing of the World

Mass for the Healing of the World
Live album by William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Released	August 31, 2003
Recorded	May 31, 1998 Teatro Nuovo in Verona, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Label	Black Saint 120179-2
Producer	William Parker
William Parker chronology
Lifting the Sanctions (1997) Mass for the Healing of the World (1998) Zen Mountains/Zen Streets (1998)

Mass for the Healing of the World is a live album by American jazz double bassist William Parker & the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra which was recorded live in 1998 but not released on the Italian Black Saint label until 2003.^[1]

Reception

In his review for All About Jazz, Rex Butters states "One wonders how many recorded Little Huey performances languish in the can. This one documents a night six years ago that is both timeless and a time capsule. Like all Little Huey projects, all manner of musics emanate from the assembled musicians, all the musics tinted blue".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

1. Invocation - 0:30
2. "First Reading (Dawn Song)" - 13:22
3. "Hallelujah" - 8:46
4. "Mysticism" - 5:44
5. "Response (Muezzin's Call)" - 13:00
6. "Second Reading (Cathedral in the Mountains)" - 6:55
7. "Willows (Can You Give Me Back My Life)" - 8:36
8. "Cantos (Love God)" - 13:55

Personnel

• William Parker - bass, pocket cornet
• Roy Campbell, Jr., Lewis Barnes, Richard Rodriguez - trumpet
• Alex Lodico, Masahiko Kono - trombone
• Dave Hofstra - tuba
• Assif Tsahar - tenor sax, bass clarinet
• Darryl Foster - soprano sax, tenor saxophone
• Rob Brown, Marco Eneidi - alto sax
• Chris Jonas - soprano sax
• Dave Swelson - baritone sax
• Cooper-Moore - piano
• Susie Ibarra - drums, timpani
• Aleta Heyes - vocals

References

1. Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed September 19, 2014
2. Butters, R., All About Jazz review, November 9, 2004