The Jason Parker Quartet

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1.	Down 07:43	info	download
2.	You and Me 06:56	info	download
3.	Today or Tomorrow 07:05	info	download
4.	Tree of Life 10:46	info	download
5.	Lost in the Mist 06:42	info	download
6.	The Sweet Spot 07:27	info	download
7.	I'll Close My Eyes 03:10	info	download
8.	Fare Thee Well 03:07	info	download

about: Seattle favorite, trumpeter/composer Jason Parker leads a thoroughly modern quartet through a wide range of original material that pays homage to the jazz tradition. Parker's debut album features an exciting group of Seattle musicians who have tried to create a unique and contemporary album.

It was a visit from Dizzy Gillespie and band to Jason's elementary school that started him on the path to becoming a musician. 8 year-old Jason worshipped at the feat of Diz for 30 minutes, and immediately asked his parents to buy him a trumpet. He played in jazz and rock bands all throughout high-school and college, but put down the horn after graduation to focus on a career in radio. Starting on the midnight-6am shift at his college radio station in Los Angeles, Jason worked his way through better and better shifts in LA, Eugene and Denver, finally working his way to Program Director of a major adult rockstation in Seattle. After winning the prestigious Gavin Award for A3 Major Market Program Diretor of the Year, Jason walked away from his promising career to turn his attention back to the horn.

Jason currently leads the Jason Parker Quartet, one of Seattle’s busiest jazz bands. He also plays with the improv-funk group Water Babies, Soul Provider Sensational Soul &Funk Review, Sarah Shannon, and the Jason Parker/Josh Rawlings duo, and occasionally sits in with Crooked Fingers, DeVotchKa, and many others.

Since moving to Seattle 12 years ago, Jason has played and recorded with local luminaries Byron Vannoy, Carrie Akre, Josh Rawlings, Sean Nelson, Brian Kirk, D'vonne Lewis, Nathan Spicer, Ty Bailie, Heather Duby, Evan Flory-Barnes, Darrius Willrich and Choklate, as well as national artists Tom Scott, Crooked Fingers and Sarah Shannon. His bands have shared stages with Elvis Costello, The Presidents of the UnitedStates of America, DeVotchKa, Little River Band, Greta Matassa, Micah P. Hinson and others, and have been featured at Bumbershoot, EMP's Jazz in January, Summer Concerts at Chateau Ste. Michelle, and The Triple Door. Jason has been asked to play for The

Seattle Supersonics, Starbucks, Microsoft, UW Medical Center, Gov. Gary Locke and Pike Place Market.

Jason is also an avid educator, teaching private trumpet lessons, classes in recording, performance and music theory, and is an instructor and board member for The Right Brain Center for the Arts.

J&J Music and Broken Time Records are proud to announce the release of “Jason Parker Quartet”, the debut CD from the Seattle-based Jason Parker Quartet. The new CD features four of trumpeter Jason Parker’s original compositions, Parker’s unique arrangement of a traditional Jewish prayer, one original by pianist Josh Rawlings and two not-so-standards from the books of Chet Baker and Blue Mitchell.

The quartet consists of Parker on trumpet & flugelhorn (Crooked Fingers, Sarah Shannon, Carrie Akre), backed by Seattle’s hottest young rhythm section: Josh Rawlings on piano (Hadley Caliman, Soul Kata, Water Babies); Evan Flory-Barnes on bass (Marc Seales, Aaron Parks, Jovino Santos Neto) and Earshot Golden Ear Award recipient D’Vonne Lewis on drums (Choklate, Marc Seales, Industrial Revelation).

Visit www.jasonparkermusic.com for more info.
credits: released 01 June 2007
Jason Parker - trumpet/flugelhorn
Josh Rawlings - piano
Evan Flory-Barnes - bass
D'Vonne Lewis - drums

Produced by Nate Omdal
Recorded and mixed by Mike Dodge

All songs by Jason Parker (Parker Bros. Music) except Track 1 by Miles Davis, Track 3 by Josh Rawlings, Track 4 Traditional, arranged by Jason Parker, and Track 7 by Billy Reid.

Recorded at Embassy Studios in Seattle, February 1, 2007
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