The Politics of 10 Strings is a suite for double bass and guitar by the composer/bassist with guitarist Joe Morris. Parker, a vital force in the jazz vanguard for decades, is known as a bandmember (David Ware, Peter Brotzmann, Matthew Shipp), bandleader (Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra) and organizer, as well as player whose technique can be both brutal and tender and always imbued with a tangible sense of quest.