Double Sunrise Over Neptune is a live album by American jazz musician and composer William Parker, which was recorded in 2007 and originally released on the AUM Fidelity label.[1][2] Though best known as a bassist, Parker on this album plays various ethnic double reed instruments and the African stringed instrument doussn'gouni.

Double Sunrise Over Neptune
Live album by William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Released	2008
Recorded	June 20, 2007
Venue	Vision Festival, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York City
Genre	Jazz, free jazz
Length	65:48
Label	AUM Fidelity AUM 047
Producer	William Parker
William Parker chronology
Alphaville Suite (2007) Double Sunrise Over Neptune (2008) Petit Oiseau (2007)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos describes the album as perhaps the best of Parker's career, writing: "One who listens closely, and more than once, will reap great rewards from this, another excellent document in the growing and substantive discography of the consistently forward thinking Parker".[3]

The All About Jazz review noted "One of Parker's most fully realized large ensemble recordings, Double Sunrise Over Neptune is cosmic groove music with a global flair—a seamless merger of Eastern and Western traditions conveyed with passionate conviction".[4] The JazzTimes review by Brent Burton commented "this groovy large ensemble recording acknowledges that a little freedom goes a long way. The occasional explosion of brass-and-string squall is more or less leavened by a cool-blue pulse"[5]

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

1. "Morning Mantra" – 15:08
2. "Lights of Lake George" – 27:24
3. "O'Neal's Bridge" – 0:37
4. "Neptune's Mirror" – 22:39

Personnel

• William Parker – double reeds, doussn'gouni, conductor
• Sabir Mateen – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Rob Brown – alto saxophone
• Bill Cole – double reeds
• Dave Sewelson – baritone saxophone
• Lewis Barnes – trumpet
• Joe Morris – guitar, banjo
• Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay – vocals
• Jason Kao Hwang, Mazz Swift – violin
• Jessica Pavone – viola
• Shiau-Shu Yu – cello
• Brahim Frigbane – oud
• Shayna Dulberger – bass
• Hamid Drake, Gerald Cleaver – drums

References