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Lisa Sokolov & Cooper - Moore Performing New Songs Of William Parker at Manna House

Courtesy of Steven Joerg | Posted on April 1, 2016

Where

Manna House
338 East 106th Street
Manhattan, NY
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When

Sun, April 17, 2016
2:00 pm

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Musicians

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Lisa Sokolov: voice -&- Cooper-Moore: piano
with special guest Jake Sokolov-Gonzalez: cello
and an introduction by William Parker
( Q&A with audience to follow )

Stan’s Hat Flapping In The Wind is a collection of 19 new songs composed by William Parker, and performed by singer Lisa Sokolov & pianist Cooper–Moore. The album will be released April 1, 2016 on Centering Records. The Manna House performance on April 17th will be the =worldwide live premiere= of this material.

William Parker is – among his many great talents – a master of evocative song-craft, as readily evidenced on Corn Meal Dance, and the very recently released Great Spirit, by his Raining On The Moon ensemble. The compositions collected on Stan's Hat.. are, as ever, illuminated with Parker’s devotion to compassion for all life. They touch on the possibility of peace and truth prevailing in the present....

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