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Jonathan Parker Octet At Wonderland Ballroom In Washington DC
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Michael Martinez
Award-winning DC Composer & Saxophonist JONATHAN PARKER Brings His Octet To The Wonderland Ballroom 1101 Kenyon Street NW, Washington DC December 17th at 8pm and 10 pm Sets Will Feature Music From Parker's Upcoming Release INTERLOPER New York, NY: On Wednesday, December 17th Jonathan Parker brings his octet to Washington DC's quintessential dive bar, The Wonderland Ballroom. Never one to shy away from presenting world-class music in unconventional settings, this past year has seen Parker feature his various ...
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Jonathan Parker To Release Interloper On One Trick Dog Records
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Michael Martinez
New York, NY: One Trick Dog Records is pleased to announce the release of Interloper, the second studio album from Washington DC-based saxophonist Jonathan Parker. Recorded at both Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn, NY and the legendary Inner Ear Studio in Arlington, VA, Interloper features Parker's writing and arranging for jazz octet. While firmly rooted in the post-bop tradition, Parker's writing and playing also draw influences from more contemporary sources. The result is a recording which pairs the sensitivity and ...
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BJURecords Releases New Recordings From: Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble, Sketches & Owen Howard!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
CD Release Celebrations! Sketches: Saturday, October 25 @ An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD Tuesday, November 4 @ Korzo (Konceptions), Brooklyn, NY Wednesday, November 19 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Owen Howard: November 7 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, which was launched in January of 2008, and now boasts a catalog of more than forty-five recordings, proudly releases the newest wave of recordings on the label; Not Dark Yet, the debut ...
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The Jonathan Parker Group Holds Forth from Shanghai
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
Where I stand with hard bop is where I stand with a number of styles. It has to have that “some- thing" or there's no use even trying. Hard bop done right is not a music that some old lady would say of, “Oh my, that's nice!" At least not the old ladies that were old when I was young. The one's with the floral sack dresses who could still make cookies like they came from heaven. Cookies and old ...
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Jonathan Parker - Jonathan Parker Group (2010)
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Something Else!
By S. Victor Aaron Many up and coming jazz artists we've covered here typically come from just about every corner of the U.S.A., attend a prestigious music school and, perhaps after some intermediate stop at a regional jazz hub, eventually end up in the intensely competitive but vibrant environs of New York City. After all, “if you can make it in NYC, you can make it anywhere," so the saying goes. The story of the young alto saxophonist Jonathan Parker ...
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