Tag Archives: Elliott Sharp/Zeena Parkins

A significant figure in NY City’s avant-garde music community because the ’70s, Elliott Clear is a composer and instrumentalist whose body of work runs the gamut from experimental and contemporary classical pieces to blues, noise rock, and digital music. Clear was created in Cleveland, Ohio on March 1, 1951, and …

Zeena Parkins takes on the harp, piano, accordion, and sampler in a number of improvised, songs, contemporary composed, and avant-garde jazz configurations. Delivered in Detroit, Michigan, she researched dance, harp, and traditional piano, and gained an excellent Arts level from Bard University. Parkins shifted to N.Con.C. in 1984, where she …