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Aaron Parks
Aaron Parks plays a duo concert with Adam Baldych in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2014.
Aaron Parks plays a duo concert with Adam Baldych in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2014.
Background information
Born (1983-10-07) October 7, 1983 (age 41)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano
Years active2001–present
LabelsBlue Note, Nonesuch, ECM, Ropeadope
Websiteaaronparks.com

Aaron Parks (born October 7, 1983) is an American jazz pianist.

Career

A native of Seattle, Parks studied at the University of Washington at the age of 14[1] through the Transition School and Early Entrance Program as a double major in computer science and music. At 15 he was selected to participate in the Grammy High School Jazz Ensembles which inspired him to move to New York City and transfer to the Manhattan School of Music. At Manhattan one of his teachers was Kenny Barron.[1] During his final year he began touring with Terence Blanchard's band, recording three albums with him for Blue Note, including the Grammy-winning A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).[1][2] Parks can be heard on the soundtracks to Their Eyes Were Watching God and the Spike Lee films Inside Man, She Hate Me, and When the Levees Broke.

Parks released his first four albums on Keynote Records between 1999 and 2002. In 2008, he released Invisible Cinema, his debut for Blue Note.[3] Following this he released two albums for ECM, and is currently an artist on Ropeadope Records.

He is a member of the band James Farm with saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Matt Penman, and drummer Eric Harland.[1][4] He has toured with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel.[1][5]

Awards and honors

Discography

As leader

  • The Promise (Keynote, 1999)
  • First Romance (Keynote, 2000)
  • The Wizard (Keynote, 2001)
  • Shadows (Keynote, 2002)
  • Invisible Cinema (Blue Note, 2008)
  • Alive in Japan (Independent, 2013)
  • Arborescence (ECM, 2013)
  • Groovements (Stunt, 2016)
  • Find the Way (ECM, 2017)[7]
  • Little Big (Ropeadope, 2018)
  • Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man (Ropeadope, 2020)[8]
  • Volume One with Matt Brewer & Eric Harland (Ahem, 2022)
  • Volume Two with Matt Brewer & Eric Harland (Ahem, 2022)

As member

James Farm
With Joshua Redman, Matt Penman and Eric Harland

  • James Farm (Nonesuch, 2011)
  • City Folk (Nonesuch, 2014)

As sideman

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Collar, Matt. "Aaron Parks". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ GRAMMY.com Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "CRITICS' CHOICE: NEW CDS; Aaron Parks". New York Times. August 18, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "James Farm". Nonesuch. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Aaron Parks". Blue Note. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ Panken, Ted (July 2016). "25 for the Future / Aaron Parks". DownBeat. Vol. 83, no. 7. Chicago. p. 36. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. ^ "Aaron Parks". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man | Aaron Parks". Aaronparksmusic.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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