{"product_id":"william-parker-hamid-drake-first-communion","title":"William Parker \u0026 Hamid Drake – First Communion","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 530px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1812026940\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/track=2623953619\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/williamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/first-communion\"\u003eFirst Communion by William Parker \u0026amp; Hamid Drake\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[ AUM040 ]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Digital DL Only \/ \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eExclusively available \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/williamparker.bandcamp.com\/album\/first-communion\" title=\"William Parker \u0026amp; Hamid Drake \/ First Communion\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eon our Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHamid Drake: tabla, frame drum, drums\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Parker: balafon, doumbek, shakuhachi, bass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYES :-) \u003cbr\u003eThis is a top-shelf multi-track recording \u0026amp; mix of the first time that William Parker \u0026amp; Hamid Drake performed a duo concert. It took place at \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe original (spacious) \u003c\/span\u003eAUM Fidelity HQ in Brooklyn \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eon a beautiful Saturday evening into night, April 1, 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is here in its entirety (88min), except for my intro\/preamble in which I asked audience to please hold applause until the conclusion of concert because \"we are recording this communion\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover art here features a scan of the handbill\/ticket for the concert. The info pointed \u0026amp; plainly stated. Printed 80 (room capacity) of those at the great 7th Avenue Copy shop just around the corner – 8 per card-stock sheet \u0026amp; cleanly cut by the great folks there. Everyone showed up, and then more; alas the latecomers had to stay downstairs shooting pool \u0026amp; listening through the ceiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will not write on how tremendous the concert was, because your ears can bring you there now. I will state that it was wholly Holy in the room that night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI arranged the concert in order to \"warm things up\" (haha!), for the studio session which began 36 hours later on Monday morning, toward the album \u003ca href=\"..\/products\/william-parker-hamid-drake-piercing-the-veil\" title=\"William Parker \u0026amp; Hamid Drake – Piercing The Veil\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiercing The Veil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the first digital (or otherwise) release of the full concert since the 2CD set: '\u003cem\u003eFirst Communion + Piercing The Veil : volume 1 complete\u003c\/em\u003e' released in 2007; itself being a deluxe re-issue of \u003cem\u003ePiercing The Veil\u003c\/em\u003e, which originally came out on CD in 2001.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-SJ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. First Communion I A - 13:20\u003cbr\u003e2. First Communion I B - 07:12\u003cbr\u003e3. First Communion II - 13:51\u003cbr\u003e4. First Communion III A - 20:01\u003cbr\u003e5. First Communion III B - 15:12\u003cbr\u003e6. First Communion III C - 18:42\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcert \u0026amp; recording produced by Steven Joerg\u003cbr\u003eRecorded beautifully by Christina Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eon April 1, 2000 at AUM HQ in Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003eMixed \u0026amp; mastered by Michael Marciano \u0026amp; Steven Joerg\u003cbr\u003eOctober 23, 2006 at Systems Two Studio in Brooklyn\u003cbr\u003eCover art\/original hand-bill by Ming@409\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes is the Answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AUM Fidelity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48973381435546,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0417\/4118\/9274\/files\/OriginalHandbillCOVER.jpg?v=1786199925","url":"https:\/\/aumfidelity.com\/products\/william-parker-hamid-drake-first-communion","provider":"AUM Fidelity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}