Search - Gerald Cleaver, William Parker, Craig Taborn :: Farmers by Nature

"As a sideman, Taborn has thrived in polar extremes. He swung hard with sax bruiser James Carter, wandered open space with Roscoe Mitchell and Mat Maneri, and dove into ice-cold ambience with Detroit technocrat Carl Craig." -- JazzTimes "[Parker is] one of the true leaders in American music" -- JazzTimes A fully improvised communion of three of America's masters of music. The manifest intent: sowing seeds of sound and bringing them to full blossom. Recorded live at NYC's new music venue The Stone, Farmers By Nature presents the entire concert of June 19, 2008, which was the third improv meeting of drummer Gerald Cleaver, bassist William Parker, and pianist Craig Taborn specifically brought together by Cleaver with the express intent of making a singular new music. Gerald Cleaver is a born and bred Detroit native and a product of the city's rich music tradition. He continues to astound listeners around the world, and has been called to work and record with Roscoe Mitchell, Henry Threadgill, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, and many more. Pianist/composer Craig Taborn, who played with Cleaver while both were still in college, first achieved renown as a member of the James Carter Quartet in the early '90s. He has since developed his own distinct language and concept on the keyboards as a leader. William Parker is among the most active and highly regarded musicians performing today. In March 2007, Time Out New York named him one of its 50 Greatest New York Musicians Of All Time. These three were first heard together on AUM Fidelity in the very different context of the Rob Brown Ensemble album Crown Trunk Root Funk (2008), and Cleaver is one of two drummers (along with Hamid Drake) featured on William Parker's Double Sunrise Over Neptune (2008).