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Waltz for Gregory

by William Parker

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  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of Waltz for Gregory. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
    releases October 9, 2026

      $11 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    / Special Edition of 500 copies /
    6-panel digipak, printed on heavyweight-stock reverse board, featuring liner notes & track annotation by William Parker.

    Includes digital pre-order of Waltz for Gregory. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
    shipping out on or around October 9, 2026
    Purchasable with gift card

      $14 USD or more 

     

1.
Waltz for Gregory
2.
The Golden Light of Love
3.
Chantal
4.
Joy Joy 07:13
5.
Joseph (where stones sleep)
6.
Ukraine
7.
Heal the Broken World Trombone

about

[ CENT1035 ]

William Parker: composer, lyricist, producer
Andrea Wolper: vocals
Bruce Barth: piano
Melissa Almaguer: tap dance on 'Waltz For Gregory'
Jim Ferraiuolo: oboe, alto sax
Steve Swell: trombone
Ken Filiano: bass
Kevin Murray: drums

Waltz For Gregory (being, tap dancer-singer-actor Gregory Hines) is yet another wonderfully distinct creation from one of America’s Great Artists of the last half century, William Parker. Parker is in composer-lyricist-producer mode here – one that was abundantly presented on his acclaimed 2021 10CD/Album box set release, Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World.
[ williamparker.bandcamp.com/album/migration-of-silence-into-and-out-of-the-tone-world-volumes-1-10 ]

This album is akin; likewise beautifully realized by an inter-generational quintet of exceptionally gifted musicians. The title suite wonderfully features the new young phenom of tap dance, Melissa Almaguer. Featured throughout is vocalist Andrea Wolper, who voiced Lights in The Rain (the Italian Directors Suite), an album within Migration of Silence.

Also herein are a ballad for filmmaker Chantal Akerman, a voice/piano/oboe piece dedicated to Joseph Jarman, and the deeply moving Ukraine which is dedicated to the children of all wars. Total compassion for sentient beings with love in their hearts is on illuminated display throughout, as it effusively is throughout Parker’s work. To this again we give thanks and praise while listening to this singular and gorgeous work.

William Parker’s song-craft & productions thereof were first pointedly put forth in his equally lauded Voices Fall From The Sky 3CD box set of 2018 [ williamparker.bandcamp.com/album/voices-fall-from-the-sky ], which was hailed for the eternal nature of its beauty.

credits

releases October 9, 2026

All compositions & lyrics by William Parker, © Centering Music (BMI)
Produced by William Parker
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jim Clouse
at Park West Studios, Brooklyn

Paintings of Gregory Hines and Chantal Akerman
by Douglas Arnold
Layout/design by Ming@AUM

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William Parker New York, New York

is a master musician–improvisor–composer–bandleader–griot–shaman–poet–community leader.

Featured here are the premier works produced for both AUM Fidelity & his own Centering Records imprint, along with select additional works otherwise not readily available.

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