Jazz Articles about Jeff Parker

A Fireside Chat with Jeff Parker

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

It is not always necessary to classify things. Sure, it makes it easy for the consumer in all of us to be able to find or relate to something if it is referred to as a four letter word, “jazz," “blues," or “rock," but does that mean Elvis, the proposed “king" of rock, has anything remotely to do with the Velvet Underground, also found under the “rock" section? And following such logic, does 'The Godfather' (found under dramas) have anything ...

Jeff Parker: Like-Coping

by Mark Corroto
March 1, 2003

Guitarist Jeff Parker presents what, for lack of a better term, is the new ‘Midwest cool.’ On his first release as a leader (besides the hard to find Vega on the French label Marge), he plays with an authenticity that could be mistaken for intellectualism.

His brand of enlightened swing has strengthened the recordings of bands such as Tortoise, Isotope 217, Tricolor, Aesop Quartet, and the various incarnations of the Chicago Underground. Cognizant of the jazz guitar ...