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Podcast
Rick Parker: Finding His Own Space
By
JASON CRANE,
Published: July 31, 2007
Jason Crane
Jason Crane is based in Albany, NY, where he hosts The Jazz Session, a jazz interview podcast.
On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews composer and trombonist Rick Parker. Parker's most recent album with the Rick Parker Collective is Finding Space (WJF Records, 2006). It was named one of the top CDs of 2006 by Michael Ricci, publisher of All About Jazz. Parker sees himself as a composer first, trombonist second. His passion for writing shows on Finding Space, an album of original music by Parker (plus one number by drummer Kyle Struve). Parker won an ASCAP Young Composer Award for the album's second track, "Nervous Energy.
