Aaron Parks

Pianist Aaron Parks is a forward-thinking jazz musician who found the public’s interest during his period with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Created in Seattle, Washington, Parks started playing piano at a age group and by enough time he was 14 got enrolled in an early on entrance degree system in the College or university of Washington. Originally, Parks pursued both technology and music levels; nevertheless, his prodigious skill earned out and by age group 16 he previously used in the Manhattan College of Music. While there, he researched with mentioned pianist Kenny Barron and received many competitive accolades, including becoming called the 2001 Cole Porter Fellow from the American Pianists Association. At age group 18 he became a member of Blanchard’s ensemble and consequently documented four albums using the veteran trumpeter, including 2003’s Jump, 2005’s Flow, the soundtrack towards the 2006 Spike Lee film Inside Guy, and Blanchard’s 2007 Grammy-winning opus AN ACCOUNT of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina). Besides using Blanchard, Parks offers performed with a number of performers including trumpeter Christian Scott, drummer Kendrick Scott, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, while others. Parks offers released many albums under his personal name, including his 2008 Blue Take note debut, Invisible Movie theater. Parks, who in addition has documented with Christian Scott, Kendrick Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Kurt Rosenwinkel, was a fundamental element of the Wayne Plantation Quartet with Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, and Eric Harland. non-esuch released their self-titled recording in 2011. The pianist consequently authorized to ECM and released the single piano providing Arborescence in nov 2013. He also produced sideman performances on Will Vinson’s Live at Smalls and Yeahwon Shin’s Lua Ya, and Reside in Japan along with his very own trio of Thomas Morgan and RJ Miller. It had been recorded over the pianist’s mobile phone during a display and released free of charge on his Bandcamp web page. Parks trim Groovements within a collaborative trio with Danish bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk and drummer Karsten Bagge for Stunt in 2016. He transferred back again to ECM in 2017 for his sophomore label time, Find just how, released in the past due spring. It highlighted bassist Ben Road and drummer Billy Hart in the tempo section and was motivated partly (regarding to Parks) with the music of Alice Coltrane and Shirley Horn (for whom Hart performed); both of whom prioritized space and subtlety in structure and improvisation.