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Matt Parker is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, woodwind player, composer and producer with more than 25 years of performing and more than 40 album credits, from Maynard Ferguson's big band to New Orleans R&B to music written for resonant rooms. His newest project is the quietest thing he has released. 432 Hz Piano & Winds I, released August 28, 2026 on BYNK Records, is the first single in a new series of ambient music tuned to 432 Hz. Parker plays piano under his own bass clarinet, clarinet and flute, with no synthesizers, and lets the acoustic instruments resonate. It is available name-your-price on Bandcamp.

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Sugarfoot Stomp

By The Candy Shop Boys

Label: BYNK Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Sugar Foot Stomp (Dippermouth Blues); Kicking The Gong Around; G Man Got the T Man; I Want To Be Evil; St. James Infirmary; Light My Fire; The Candy Man; Come Together; Hound Dog; When I Get Low I Get High; Little Red Corvette; James Bond Theme; Let's Face The Music and Dance; Black & Tan Fantasy; Caravan; Man With The Golden Arm; The Midgets; Harlem Nocturne; Cotton Tail; Isfahan; Bernie's Tune

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432 Hz Piano & Winds I

By Matt Parker

Label: BYNK Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 432 Hz Piano & Winds I

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First They Came: A Performance in Three Movements

By Matt Parker

Label: BYNK Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: First They Came: A Performance in Three Movements (Live)

News: Recording

Alan Hampton's 'Little White Lies' New Single Captures Spontaneous Take

November 7, 2025

Alan Hampton's “Little White Lies"—Pasadena Studio Session Captures Spontaneous Take on American Song Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer Alan Hampton returns with a new single: a stripped-down, heartfelt rendition of the 1930 American song “Little White Lies." Recorded in a single sitting at his Pasadena studio, Hampton performed the song in two live takes—guitar and vocals, then ...

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Parker Plays X

By Richard X Bennett

Label: BYNK Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Style V Substance; Countertransference; Bus 61; Semi Vintage; Barbaric Yawp; Joy Comes with the Morning; No Cigarettes No Coffee No Weed No Sleep; Two Years Later; Belly First; Night Hawk; Everyman Parker; Sagebrush

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Vijay Iyer, Cal Tjader, Ella Fitzgerald & Ahmad Jamal

by Joe Dimino
May 14, 2023

We begin the 802nd episode of Neon Jazz honoring the late Ahmad Jamal with his trio live in Chicago. From there, we explore new music from Richard X Bennett & Matt Parker, The Joi Jazz Orchestra and Dean Mucetti. We also spin music from Ukraine-based Carlo Muscat who collaborated with Tony Tixier. Finally, we profile musician ...

News: Recording

Richard X Bennett & Matt Parker Bring Their All-Encompassing Musical Visions Together With 'Parker Plays X,' Set For Release May 5 By BYNK Records

April 4, 2023

Friends and collaborators Richard X Bennett and Matt Parker heighten their creative relationship with the May 5 release of their album Parker Plays X on BYNK Records (Because You Never Know). The record finds pianist-composer Bennett and saxophonist Parker co-leading a session for the first time as they—along with bassist Adam Armstrong and drummer Julian Edmond—explore ...

Article: Album Review

Martin Speake / Alex Maguire: Feathers

by Matt Parker
September 11, 2019

A partnership which perhaps could and should have developed years ago, saxophonist Martin Speake and pianist Alex Maguire both attended the legendary Barry Jazz School in 1979 which featured an incredible cast of tutors ,including Stan Sulzmann, Keith Tippett, Gordon Beck, Allan Holdsworth and many other “A" list British jazz musicians. Amazingly Speake and Maguire failed ...

Article: Album Review

Keith Tippett: The Unlonely Raindancer

Read "The Unlonely Raindancer" reviewed by Matt Parker

by Matt Parker
May 26, 2019

Some people find that solo piano albums, no matter how highly regarded they may be, struggle to hold their attention for a full listen. This can often be attributed to the relatively small timbral palette apparently available to pianists. However, nothing could be further from the truth regarding the extraordinary performances of Keith Tippett documented in ...