Jazz Articles about John Parricelli

John Parricelli: Alba

by John Kelman
January 6, 2008

Even with the internet's global reach, albums are sometimes unfairly overlooked, with John Parricelli's superb 2000 release Alba one that deserved to push this British guitarist into the international spotlight. A first-call session player who has, in the jazz sphere, worked with artists including Kenny Wheeler, Iain Ballamy and Martin Speake, Parricelli is a musical chameleon who never loses sight of his own identity. He takes the best elements of Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner through ...