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05-21-2011, 04:56 PM
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| |  Jeff Parker
Anybody else here dig Jeff Parker? I was exposed to him through his membership in Tortoise (one of my favorite bands), they're an instrumental/experimental band if I had to categorize. Anyway that music is very structured and relatively simple (obviously not a bad thing), but he comes from a jazz background and has excellent solo stuff as well. I have two of his albums, Like-Coping and The Relatives which are quite good; he's got a great sound and has chord knowledge up the wazoo. He's in a band called Isotope 217 as well, which I suppose is like Tortoise's jazzier cousin; also great music, though I suggest checking out his aforementioned solo albums first.
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05-21-2011, 05:03 PM
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Big fan.
Parker has such an identifiable tone...and everything he plays is skewed thru his way of thinking...makes for some unsettling, interesting music. |
05-21-2011, 07:06 PM
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Ah I see you're in Chicago, have you ever seen him live in a jazz setting? I assume plays there often. I've seen him live with Tortoise a couple of times but would very much like to see him in a different kind of show. |
05-21-2011, 07:27 PM
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I have, but he doesn't play as often as i'd like!
Great player though, someone who should be better known...thanks for bringing him up. |
05-21-2011, 11:58 PM
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Huge Tortoise fan. Have not listened to the solo stuff but I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip. |
05-22-2011, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont  I have, but he doesn't play as often as i'd like!
Great player though, someone who should be better known...thanks for bringing him up. | Agreed, he's got a bunch of shows coming up in Chicago in the next few days and in June by the way. jeffparkersounds.com Quote:
Originally Posted by FatJeff Huge Tortoise fan. Have not listened to the solo stuff but I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip. | You'll enjoy listening to them for the first time; I heard those two albums after only hearing him with Tortoise and Isotope 217, so hearing these was totally different. Damn good music.
Gotta love Tortoise eh?
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05-22-2011, 12:50 PM
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Dug the "Like-Coping" clip. Not so much the Tortoise clip. Jeff P. is news to me. Thanks for bringing him up, Extrap'. |
05-30-2011, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by M-ster Dug the "Like-Coping" clip. Not so much the Tortoise clip. Jeff P. is news to me. Thanks for bringing him up, Extrap'. | No problem; yeah you'll like his solo stuff, he's got a very individual sound. |
02-17-2012, 03:58 PM
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I knew he was around like 10 years ago, but since I just got into guitar 6 months ago, I just recently checked him out on you tube. I really dug his TONE. I just scored his "relatives" & Like-Coping CD's. The Like Coping CD is really good, I like what he does layering different time feels. He has a brand new one out called "Bright Light in Winter," which I don't own yet, but he has 3 tunes up on his web-site. It sounds really GOOD. I don't really dig the Tortoise stuff, but I am really into his solo work, and I imagine the stuff with Fred Anderson is top shelf. Again, he has a really BEAUTIFUL tone. |
02-19-2012, 09:09 AM
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He also plays (played?) with the Chicago underground Quartet
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