For those unaware, Mariah Parker has been playing music from the time she could reach the keys on the grand piano in her family home. As a composer, pianist and bandleader her work crosses cultural boundaries with an exuberant quest for defying musical labels or categorization.

Her academic tenure at UC Santa Cruz was distinguished by her involvement with ethnomusicologist Fred Lieberman and the iconic drummer Mickey Hart on the “Planet Drum” project, marking her early foray into the fusion of musical traditions.

Parker’s prowess as a composer and bandleader was further cemented through her vibrant performances in festivals in the U.S. and Europe. Her discography began with the critically acclaimed Sangria in February 2009, followed by Indo Latin Jazz Live in Concert in 2017, which enjoyed 16 weeks of prominence on the National Jazzweek Airplay chart.

Both albums have been celebrated globally for their innovative soundscapes and compositional brilliance and now she has brought out her brand new recording, along with the Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble, the diligently sculpted Windows Through Time.

1. The Very Wings
2. Windows Through Time
3. Sol de Barcelona
4. Espiritu Samba
5. Duende
6. Snowfall
7. Rendezvous

This magnificently sumptuous new recording opens on the fluttering silk of The Very Wings and the delicate Windows Through Time, and then we are brought forth the Spanish-hued Sol de Barcelona, and the vibrantly Latin-imbibed ebb and flow that drives Espiritu Samba.

Up next is my own personal favorite on this new album, the sombre, yet stunningly crafted gossamer of True North, the album rounding out on the strident Duende, closing on the lush hipsway that pulsates throughout Rendezvous.

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