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The Peach Orchard is a double live album by American jazz bassist William Parker and his group In Order to Survive, which was recorded at various venues in New York City in 1997-98 and released on the AUM Fidelity label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

In his review for AllMusic, Tom Schulte states "This cream of the New York, contemporary, free jazz scene veers from such challenging, busy compositions as the explosive first track "Thoth" to such reflective pieces as "Moholo," basically a study in rhythmic intricacy". The JazzTimes review noted "the quartet-rounded out by alto saxophonist Rob Brown, pianist Cooper-Moore, and drummer Susie Ibarra-interprets Parker's often daunting structures with a fiery clarity".

Track listing

All compositions by William Parker

Disc One:

"Thot" - 14:12
"Moholo" - 18:51
"Three Clay Pots" - 15:24
"The Peach Orchard" - 20:45

Disc Two:

"Posium Pendasem #3" - 11:36
"Leaf Dance" - 25:28
"Theme from Pelikan" - 17:10
"In Order to Survive" - 12:24

Tracks 2-2 & 2-3 recorded direct to DAT at Alterknit, NYC on February 7, 1997.
Tracks 1-2, 1-3 & 2-4 recorded on 8-track at Knitting Factory, NYC on July 2, 1997.
Tracks 1-1 & 1-4 recorded on 8-track at Context, NYC on March 20, 1998.
Track 2-1 recorded on 8-track at Context, NYC on March 21, 1998.

Personnel

William Parker - bass
Rob Brown - alto saxophone
Cooper-Moore - piano
Susie Ibarra - drums
Assif Tsahar - bass clarinet on Disc Two, track #1

References

Lopez, R., William Parker sessionography, accessed June 3, 2014
AUM Fidelity catalog, accessed June 3, 2014
^ Schulte, Tom. William Parker - The Peach Orchard: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1128. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Shoemaker, B., JazzTimes Review, April, 1999

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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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