Uncle Joe's Spirit House

Studio album by

William Parker Organ Quartet

Released

2010

Recorded

January 22, 2010
The Gallery Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Genre

Jazz

Length

64:30

Label

Centering
CENT1004

Producer

William Parker

William Parker chronology

Winter Sun Crying
(2009)

Uncle Joe's Spirit House
(2010)

Tender Exploration
(2010)

Uncle Joe's Spirit House is an album by American jazz double bassist William Parker, which was recorded in 2010 and released on the on Centering label.^[1]^[2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

In his review for AllMusic, arwulf arwulf states "Bassist William Parker's exceptionally fine and friendly-to-listen-to album Uncle Joe's Spirit House has been warmly received as a comparatively "inside" listening experience, because unlike virtually anything else in his discography prior to its release in 2010, this is a study in organ combo jazz... with every recording he sends out into the world, William Parker's personal blend of spirituality, surreality, and musicality references every aspect of his—and our—existence"^[3] The All About Jazz review noted "Uncle Joe's Spirit House is a deeply personal offering from a musician whose role as a scene leader and social activist is as significant as his instrumental prowess".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

"Uncle Joe's Spirit House" - 9:01
"Jacques' Groove" - 2:13
"Ennio's Tag" - 5:41
"Document for LJ" - 10:44
"Let's Go Down to the River" - 7:19
"Buddha's Joy" - 8:47
"The Struggle" - 8:46
"Theme for the Tasters" - 7:47
"Oasis" - 4:12

Personnel

References

^ Lopez, R., William Parker discography, accessed May 27, 2014
^ AUM Fidelity catalog, accessed May 27, 2014
^ ^a ^b arwulf, arwulf. William Parker - Uncle Joe's Spirtit House: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
^ Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, October 5, 2010

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (1974-1979) Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (1995) Painter's Spring (2000) O'Neal's Porch (2000) Piercing the Veil (with Hamid Drake, 2000) Raining on the Moon (2001) Bob's Pink Cadillac (2001) Scrapbook (2002) Luc's Lantern (2004) Summer Snow (with Hamid Drake, 2005) Alphaville Suite (2007) Corn Meal Dance (2007) Petit Oiseau (2007) Beyond Quantum (with Anthony Braxton and Milford Graves, 2008) Uncle Joe's Spirit House (2010) Out of This World's Distortions (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2010) The Gowanus Session (with Thollem McDonas and Nels Cline, 2012) 2 Blues for Cecil (with Andrew Cyrille and Enrico Rava, 2021)
Live albums	Melodic Art–Tet (with Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah, and Roger Blank, 1974) In Order to Survive (1993) Harras (with Derek Bailey and John Zorn, 1993) Sunrise in the Tone World (1995) The Peach Orchard (1997 & 1998) Posium Pendasem (1998) Mass for the Healing of the World (1998) 2 Days in April (with Fred Anderson, 1999) Mayor of Punkville (1999) Fractured Dimensions (1999) Raincoat in the River (2001) Eloping with the Sun (with Joe Morris and Hamid Drake, 2001) I Plan to Stay a Believer (2001, 2002, 2007, & 2008) Spontaneous (2002) Historic Music Past Tense Future (with Peter Brötzmann and Milford Graves, 2002) Sound Unity (2004) Requiem (2004) For Percy Heath (2005) Wood Flute Songs (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, & 2012) Double Sunrise Over Neptune (2007) Farmers by Nature (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2008) Tribute to Albert Ayler Live at the Dynamo (with Roy Campbell Jr., Joe McPhee, and Warren Smith, 2008) Winter Sun Crying (2009) Medicine Buddha (with Billy Bang, 2009) Love and Ghosts (with Gerald Cleaver and Craig Taborn, 2011) Essence of Ellington (2012)
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