Upcoming Performances
Huey’s Pocketwatch x AFA’s Inter(space) Residency at Loove Annex, BK
Every Wednesday from April 8- 29, 2026 9:00 PM
William Parker PocketWatch Residency
William Parker – composition, conducting, double reeds, etc
Rob Brown, Aakash Mitta, Devin Waldman – alto
Alfredo Colon, Isaiah Barr – tenor
Dave Sewelson – baritone
Diego Hedez – trumpet
Colin Babcock, Masahiko Kono – trombone Colson Jimenez – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
Hans Young Binter – piano
Ellen Christi, Kyoko Kitamura – voice
Patricia Nicholson – voice, spoken word
Current Performances
2026
GauciMusic Series at Downtown Music Gallery NY
March 21, 2026 8:30 PM
JUAN PABLO CARLETTI - Drums / WILLIAM PARKER - Contrabass / YONI KRETZMER - Tenor Sax
Osgood x DADA Jazz Festival
March 22, 2026 7:00 PM
Daniel Carter (sax, tp), Karen Borca (bassoon), William Parker (bass), Osgood (drums)
Arts For Art: Out Fest 2026
March 14-15, 2026 10:00 PM
Huey’s Pocketwatch and Cooper-Moore / DoYeon / William Parker Trio. at Loove Annex
DREAMS IN DARK TIMES: A Benefit for THE BOB AVAKIAN INSTITUTE at Revolutionary Books NY
February 3, 2026 7:00 PM
NYC Winter Jazzfest at Nublu
January 8, 2026 9:30 PM
William Parker
Huey’s Orchestra & Tomoki Sanders.
Concert: 3 Double Basses & a Bass Saxophone
December 30, 2025, 7:00–9:00 PM
Live in the Reading Room: Hideji Taninaka (double bass), Klaas Hekman (bass saxophone) and Wilbert de Joode (double bass).
On screen, live from New York: William Parker (double bass).
Jazz and Wine of Peace
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
William Parker: doson ngoni, shakuhachi, bass duduk, Serbian flute in F-sharp, ney flute, Cooper-Moore: ashimba, hoe-handle harp/Hamid Drake: frame drum, drums.
William Parker Solo Bass at Pit Record Store
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM 9:00 PM
William Parker, Hans Y.B., Selendis S.A.J., Joshua Matthews.
Universal Language as Music: An Evening with William Parker & Matthew Shipp
Tompkins Square Library
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
William and Matthew will be performing a variety of musical pieces and will discuss their lives and their work with local music historian, Jesse Rifkin.
2025
Artists on Artworks: William Parker on Jennie C. Jones
September 30,2025.
Artists on Artworks William Parker on Jennie C Jones, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, special evening of music on the Cantor Roof Garden responding to The Roof Garden Commission Jennie C Jones Ensemble, 2025.
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn: William Parker Presents Ellington in Mourning
August 15, 2025, a large ensemble program devoted to the music and legacy of Duke Ellington.
Black Chamber Folk Music / Watergh0st at The Sultan Room
July 27, 2025, at The Sultan Room, Black Chamber Folk Music trio with Daniel Carter, Cooper Moore and William Parker plus Watergh0st.
The Stone at The New School
April 16 to 19, 2025, Residency at The Stone: a four night residency with changing ensembles at The New School. Trio performance by Tomeka Reid (cello) William Parker (bass) Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet).
Black Music Symposium at Bennington College
March 21-22, 2025, performance and collaboration with the college music program.
Carriage Barn Music Series, Bennington College: William Parker and Cooper Moore
March 13, 2025, The Carriage Barn Music Series and Usdan Gallery present a concert by William Parker and Cooper-Moore, with featured guest Michael Wimberly.
2024
