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Spontaneous is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2002 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.
Notable quotes
“Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business.”
— Leo Burnett, in Communications of an Advertising Man : Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett (1961).
“Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.”
— Leo Burnett, in Communications of an Advertising Man : Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett (1961).
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
— Dale Carnegie, quoted in Permission to Play : Taking Time to Renew Your Smile (2003) by Jill Murphy Long, p. 69.
“Don't ever become a pessimist … a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”
— Robert A. Heinlein, in Time Enough for Love (1973).
“If it's not fun, you're not doing it right.”
— Fran Tarkenton, as quoted in The Story of You : And How to Create a New One (2006) by Steve Chandler.
“The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.”
— James Thurber, in an interview with Edward R. Murrow on the television show Small World, CBS-TV (25 March 1959).
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Spontaneous is a live album by bassist and composer William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra, which was recorded at the Vision Festival in New York in 2002 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label.
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Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Those who enjoy big-band abstractions immersed in wild, loud, and abrasive surroundings – 1960s style – should appreciate the freestyle energy emanating from the orchestra... the uninitiated will likely find this all overwhelmingly imposing, but the rewards are numerous for the disciplined listener who takes the time to listen closely". Jazz Review noted "Parker leads his band-mates through torrid swing vamps and variable pulses, yet the music is a study in perpetual motion guided by the soloists’ blaring lines. A high-octane effort for sure, although there’s a noticeable bonding process that occurs, which is a trait that has become a staple of this unit’s line of attack".
Track listing
All compositions by William Parker
"Spontaneous Flowers" - 28:55
"Spontaneous Mingus" - 32:50
Personnel
William Parker - bass
Roy Campbell, Jr. - trumpet, flugelhorn
Lewis Barnes, Matt Lavelle - trumpet
Dick Griffin, Masahiko Kono, Alex Lodico, Steve Swell - trombone