diff --git a/newsfragments/1957.feature.rst b/newsfragments/1957.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de1f8a9bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/1957.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``parity.trace_call``, deprecate ``parity.traceCall``
diff --git a/web3/_utils/module_testing/parity_module.py b/web3/_utils/module_testing/parity_module.py
index a171815c26..50eca0d0e8 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/module_testing/parity_module.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/module_testing/parity_module.py
@@ -95,6 +95,23 @@ def test_trace_transaction(self, web3: "Web3", parity_fixture_data: Dict[str, st
         trace = web3.parity.traceTransaction(HexStr(parity_fixture_data['mined_txn_hash']))
         assert trace[0]['action']['from'] == add_0x_prefix(HexStr(parity_fixture_data['coinbase']))
 
+    def test_traceCall_deprecated(
+        self, web3: "Web3", math_contract: "Contract", math_contract_address: ChecksumAddress
+    ) -> None:
+        coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase
+        txn_params = math_contract._prepare_transaction(
+            fn_name='add',
+            fn_args=(7, 11),
+            transaction={'from': coinbase, 'to': math_contract_address},
+        )
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning,
+                          match="traceCall is deprecated in favor of trace_call"):
+            trace = web3.parity.traceCall(txn_params)
+        assert trace['stateDiff'] is None
+        assert trace['vmTrace'] is None
+        result = hex_to_integer(trace['output'])
+        assert result == 18
+
     def test_trace_call(
         self, web3: "Web3", math_contract: "Contract", math_contract_address: ChecksumAddress
     ) -> None:
@@ -104,13 +121,13 @@ def test_trace_call(
             fn_args=(7, 11),
             transaction={'from': coinbase, 'to': math_contract_address},
         )
-        trace = web3.parity.traceCall(txn_params)
+        trace = web3.parity.trace_call(txn_params)
         assert trace['stateDiff'] is None
         assert trace['vmTrace'] is None
         result = hex_to_integer(trace['output'])
         assert result == 18
 
-    def test_eth_call_with_0_result(
+    def test_trace_call_with_0_result(
         self, web3: "Web3", math_contract: "Contract", math_contract_address: ChecksumAddress
     ) -> None:
         coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase
@@ -119,7 +136,7 @@ def test_eth_call_with_0_result(
             fn_args=(0, 0),
             transaction={'from': coinbase, 'to': math_contract_address},
         )
-        trace = web3.parity.traceCall(txn_params)
+        trace = web3.parity.trace_call(txn_params)
         assert trace['stateDiff'] is None
         assert trace['vmTrace'] is None
         result = hex_to_integer(trace['output'])
diff --git a/web3/parity.py b/web3/parity.py
index b82d7c367f..dab71195bc 100644
--- a/web3/parity.py
+++ b/web3/parity.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def trace_call_munger(
 
         return (transaction, mode, block_identifier)
 
-    traceCall: Method[Callable[..., ParityBlockTrace]] = Method(
+    trace_call: Method[Callable[..., ParityBlockTrace]] = Method(
         RPC.trace_call,
         mungers=[trace_call_munger],
     )
@@ -234,3 +234,4 @@ def trace_transactions_munger(
     traceReplayBlockTransactions = DeprecatedMethod(trace_replay_block_transactions,
                                                     'traceReplayBlockTransactions',
                                                     'trace_replay_block_transactions')
+    traceCall = DeprecatedMethod(trace_call, 'traceCall', 'trace_call')
diff --git a/web3/providers/async_base.py b/web3/providers/async_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb52887bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web3/providers/async_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+class AsyncBaseProvider:
+    _middlewares: Tuple[Middleware, ...] = ()
+    # a tuple of (all_middlewares, request_func)
+    _request_func_cache: Tuple[Tuple[Middleware, ...], Callable[..., RPCResponse]] = (None, None)
+
+    @property
+    def middlewares(self) -> Tuple[Middleware, ...]:
+        return self._middlewares
+
+    @middlewares.setter
+    def middlewares(
+        self, values: MiddlewareOnion
+    ) -> None:
+        # tuple(values) converts to MiddlewareOnion -> Tuple[Middleware, ...]
+        self._middlewares = tuple(values)  # type: ignore
+
+    def request_func(
+        self, web3: "Web3", outer_middlewares: MiddlewareOnion
+    ) -> Callable[..., RPCResponse]:
+        """
+        @param outer_middlewares is an iterable of middlewares, ordered by first to execute
+        @returns a function that calls all the middleware and eventually self.make_request()
+        """
+        # type ignored b/c tuple(MiddlewareOnion) converts to tuple of middlewares
+        all_middlewares: Tuple[Middleware] = tuple(outer_middlewares) + tuple(self.middlewares)  # type: ignore # noqa: E501
+
+        cache_key = self._request_func_cache[0]
+        if cache_key is None or cache_key != all_middlewares:
+            self._request_func_cache = (
+                all_middlewares,
+                self._generate_request_func(web3, all_middlewares)
+            )
+        return self._request_func_cache[-1]
+
+    def _generate_request_func(
+        self, web3: "Web3", middlewares: Sequence[Middleware]
+    ) -> Callable[..., RPCResponse]:
+        return combine_middlewares(
+            middlewares=middlewares,
+            web3=web3,
+            provider_request_fn=self.make_request,
+        )
+
+    async def make_request(self, method: RPCEndpoint, params: Any) -> RPCResponse:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Providers must implement this method")
+
+    async def isConnected(self) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError("Providers must implement this method")
+
+
+class AsyncJSONBaseProvider(AsyncBaseProvider):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.request_counter = itertools.count()
+
+    async def decode_rpc_response(self, raw_response: bytes) -> RPCResponse:
+        text_response = to_text(raw_response)
+        return await cast(RPCResponse, FriendlyJsonSerde().json_decode(text_response))
+
+    async def encode_rpc_request(self, method: RPCEndpoint, params: Any) -> bytes:
+        rpc_dict = {
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "method": method,
+            "params": params or [],
+            "id": next(self.request_counter),
+        }
+        encoded = FriendlyJsonSerde().json_encode(rpc_dict)
+        return await to_bytes(text=encoded)
+
+    def isConnected(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            response = self.make_request(RPCEndpoint('web3_clientVersion'), [])
+        except IOError:
+            return False
+
+        assert response['jsonrpc'] == '2.0'
+        assert 'error' not in response
+
+        return True