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Take Five With Jair-Rohm Parker Wells
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells - Published: November 10, 2009
Meet Jair-Rohm Parker Wells:
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an improvising musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. Curator of the MEETING series of festivals and developer of Loopadelica, a method of improvising with looping devices. Bassist with the improvising trio Decision Dream. Current with the releases AMDG (Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam) on Klanggold and Meditations on Albert Ayler on Ayler Records.Bio: American bassist, composer, programmer, conceptualist and record producer Jair-Rohm Parker Wells has been a resident of Stockholm, Sweden since 1985, he is widely recognized as a highly individual voice on the electric bass guitar, Ashbory bass, Fichter electric double bass and acoustic bass guitar, he has also distinguished himself as a programmer and synthesist developing with Max/MSP, Csound, Java and hardware modular synthesis systems. As a record producer and composer he has collaborated with many of the more prominent names in the international art world such as: Rhys Chatham, Peter KihlgÄrd, Machine Gun, Lydia Grey, Johannes Bergmark, Daniel Carter, Magnus Alexanderson, Tony Bianco, Robert Musso, Elliott Sharp, Olaf Rupp, Reeves Gabrels and the legendary Finnish band Kra. Instrument(s): Teachers and/or influences? I knew I wanted to be a musician when... Your sound and approach to music: Your teaching approach: Your dream band: Favorite venue: Your favorite recording in your discography and why? The first Jazz album I bought was: What do you think is the most important thing you are contributing musically? Did you know... How would you describe the state of jazz today? What are some of the essential requirements to keep jazz alive and growing? What is in the near future? If I weren't a jazz musician, I would be a:
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Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an improvising musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. Curator of the MEETING series of festivals and developer of Loopadelica, a method of improvising with looping devices. Bassist with the improvising trio Decision Dream. Current with the releases AMDG (Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam) on Klanggold and Meditations on Albert Ayler on Ayler Records.


