Parker's Mood - Music

Horace Parlan January 19 1931 – February 23 2017 Was An American Hard Bop And Post-Bop Piano Player. He Is Noted For His Contributions To The Classic Charles Mingus Recordings Mingus Ah Um And Blues & Roots A.O.. Born In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania In 1931 In His Birth Year Parlan Was Stricken With Polio Resulting In The Partial Crippling Of His Right Hand. The Handicap Though Has Contributed To His Development Of A Particularly "pungent" Left-Hand Chord Voicing Style While Comping With Highly Rhythmic Phrases With The Right. Between 1952 And 1957 He Worked In Washington DC With Sonny Stitt And Then Spent Two Years With Mingus' Jazz Workshop. In 1973 Parlan Moved To Copenhagen Denmark. He Later Settled In The Small Village Of Rude In Southern Sjælland Denmark. In 1974 He Did A State Department Tour Of Africa With Hal Singer. His Later Work Notably A Series Of Duos With The Tenor Saxophonist Archie Shepp Including The Album Goin' Home Is Steeped In Gospel Music. He Was Recipient Of The 2000 Ben Webster Prize Given By The Ben Webster Foundation. He Died In 2017 In Korsør Denmark. Discography As Leader Movin' & Groovin' Blue Note 1960 Us Three Blue Note 1960 Speakin' My Piece Blue Note 1960 Headin' South Blue Note 1960 On The Spur Of The Moment Blue Note 1961 Up & Down Blue Note 1961 Happy Frame Of Mind Blue Note 1963 Arrival SteepleChase 1974 No Blues Steeplechase 1975 Frank-Ly Speaking Steeplechase 1977 Goin' Home Steeplechase 1977 Trouble In Mind Steeplechase 1980 Blue Parlan Steeplechase 1978 Hi-Fly Steeplechase 1978 Musically Yours Steeplechase 1979 The Maestro Steeplechase 1979 Pannonica Enja 1981 Like Someone In Love Steeplechase 1983 Glad I Found You Steeplechase 1984 Little Esther Soul Note 1987 Alone Steeplechase We Three Teichiku 1997 Kojo No Tsuki M & I Jazz 1998 Relaxin' With Horace Stunt 2004 With Archie Shepp Goin' Home SteepleChase 1977 Trouble In Mind SteepleChase 1980 Black Ballads 1992 As Sideman With Gene Ammons Gene Ammons In Sweden Enja 1973 1981 With Dave Bailey One Foot In The Gutter Epic 1960 Gettin' Into Somethin' Epic 1961 With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Tough Tenor Favorites Jazzland 1962 - With Johnny Griffin
Goin' To The Meeting Prestige 1962 Jaw's Blues Enja 1986 With Lou Donaldson The Time Is Right 1959 Sunny Side Up 1960 Midnight Sun 1960 With Pierre Dorge The Jazzpar Prize 1992 With Booker Ervin That's It! 1961 Exultation! 1963 With Dexter Gordon Doin' Allright Blue Note 1961 Stable Mable SteepleChase 1975 With Slide Hampton Jazz With A Twist Atlantic 1962 Explosion! The Sound Of Slide Hampton Atlantic 1962 With Langston Hughes Weary Blues MGM 1958 With Roland Kirk Gifts & Messages 1964 Slightly Latin 1965 With Charles Mingus Blues & Roots Atlantic 1959 Mingus Ah Um Columbia 1959 A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry Doxy 1957 With Zoot Sims Motoring Along 1975 With Idrees Sulieman Bird's Grass SteepleChase 1976 1985 Groovin' SteepleChase 1985 With Stanley Turrentine Look Out! Blue Note 1960 Comin' Your Way Blue Note 1961 Up At "Minton's" Blue Note 1961 Jubilee Shout!!! Blue Note 1962 Salt Song CTI 1971 With Tommy Turrentine Tommy Turrentine read less