Bob's Pink Cadillac

Bob's Pink Cadillac
Bob's Pink Cadillac
Studio album by William Parker Clarinet Trio
Released	2002
Recorded	January and August 2001; Strobe-Light Studio and Tonic, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	130:24
Label	Eremite; MTE032/033
Producer	Michael Ehlers
William Parker chronology

Bob's Pink Cadillac is a double album by bassist and composer William Parker's Clarinet Trio, clarinetist Perry Robinson and drummer Walter Perkins, which was recorded in the studio in January 2000 and live at Tonic in August 2001 and released on the Eremite label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

In his review for AllMusic, David Dupont states "The trio session offers plenty of room for unfettered blowing, and each member takes full advantage of the format".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by William Parker

Disc One:

"Bob's Pink Cadillac" – 13:55
"Overcoat in the River" – 10:40
"Blue Flower" – 18:26
"Fence in the Snow" – 28:44

Disc Two:

"Ebony Fantasy I" – 14:40
"Ebony Fantasy II" – 13:49
"Ebony Fantasy III" – 9:54
"Ebony Fantasy IV" – 11:45
"Ebony Fantasy V" – 8:38

Personnel[edit]

William Parker – bass, gralle, orchestra bells, jogibaba, vocals
Perry Robinson – clarinet, ocarina
Walter Perkins – trap drums, vocals

References[edit]

^ Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 3, 2014
^ Eremite catalog, accessed June 3, 2014
^ ^a ^b Dupont, David. William Parker – Bob's Pink Cadillac: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 3, 2014

[2] Eremite catalog, accessed June 3, 2014

[Allmusic-3] Dupont, David. William Parker – Bob's Pink Cadillac: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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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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