Sunday, May 24, 2015

Matt Parker ....

ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014Downbeat Magazine

ONE OF THE BEST SOPRANO SAXOPHONISTSThe 36th Annual Jazz Station Awards

A Fort Lauderdale native, Parker came to New York in 1999 where he had the opportunity to play with musicians such as Phil Woods, Jane Ira Bloom, Reggie Workman, Charlie Persip , Junior Mance and many others while attending the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

He spent two years with Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Nouveau Band, touring in the U.S. and abroad. Matt can be heard on the band's M.F. Horn VI: Live at Ronnie Scott's. You can see Matt performing in NYC with  Hess Is More, The Candy Shop Boys,  2s & 4s and the Mingus Big Band. His debut album Worlds Put Together (BYNK Records) has been receiving rave reviews since its 2013 release


Published on Jan 17, 2015
Matt Parker - tenor saxophone
Alan Hampton - bass
Reggie Quinerly - drums

Performed at The Slipper Room NY, NY.
Recorded by Alexis Berthelot. 
Audio mixed and mastered by Lawson White.
Filmed by Lauren Webster.

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