J D Parran has made many appearances at New York’s Vision Festival, AACM series, and Interpretations series. He has performed and/or recorded with James Jabbo Ware, Anthony Davis, Edward Kidd Jordan, Nels Cline, Reggie Workman, Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, Amiri Baraka, Joseph Jarman, Leroy Jenkins, George Lewis, Henry Threadgill, Wadada Leo Smith Douglas Ewart, Marty Ehrlich and Adam Rudolph among others.
Parran is currently performing with his quartet Harlem Reunion as well as recording with Andrew Drury and Cristian Amigo’s Deep Ecology Trio, Jason Robinson, Scott Robinson, Adam Rudolph’s Go Organic Orchestra and Thurman Barker. He and his bass saxophone are now touring with Amir Elsaffar’s Rivers of Sound after the release of their CD, NOT TWO.
J D Parran’s most recent releases on the Mutable Music label are the collaborative Particle Ensemble and his Window Spirits Solo. His performances on clarinets, saxophones and flutes are legendary.
In his hometown, St Louis, he was a founding member of the Black Artist Group (BAG) where he participated in the early artistic statements of Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, James Jabbo Ware, Hamiet Bluiett and Baikida Carroll.
His recordings including You Have the Right to Remain Silent, Concerto for Clarinet by Anthony Davis, Andrew’s Hill’s Beautiful Day and Marty Ehrlich’s Trumpet in the Morning have garnered him critical acclaim as a soloist.
He teaches at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Brooklyn College Conservatory, Greenwich House Music School and in Performance Music Workshop in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
About Elevated Moon, J D says:
"Amir is a tireless crafter/creator of artworks. His acumen in astrology and heavy connection to music give me energy and musical voice in this collaboration. With dance and multimedia, the piece can now breath intergalactically. "
In Elevated Moon, J D Parran is performing on winds: flutes, bamboo saxophone, base deduc and percussion: moires, bells, and chimes.
Here are three tracts of J D's music please wait a few moments for the music to load:
Parran is currently performing with his quartet Harlem Reunion as well as recording with Andrew Drury and Cristian Amigo’s Deep Ecology Trio, Jason Robinson, Scott Robinson, Adam Rudolph’s Go Organic Orchestra and Thurman Barker. He and his bass saxophone are now touring with Amir Elsaffar’s Rivers of Sound after the release of their CD, NOT TWO.
J D Parran’s most recent releases on the Mutable Music label are the collaborative Particle Ensemble and his Window Spirits Solo. His performances on clarinets, saxophones and flutes are legendary.
In his hometown, St Louis, he was a founding member of the Black Artist Group (BAG) where he participated in the early artistic statements of Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, James Jabbo Ware, Hamiet Bluiett and Baikida Carroll.
His recordings including You Have the Right to Remain Silent, Concerto for Clarinet by Anthony Davis, Andrew’s Hill’s Beautiful Day and Marty Ehrlich’s Trumpet in the Morning have garnered him critical acclaim as a soloist.
He teaches at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Brooklyn College Conservatory, Greenwich House Music School and in Performance Music Workshop in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
About Elevated Moon, J D says:
"Amir is a tireless crafter/creator of artworks. His acumen in astrology and heavy connection to music give me energy and musical voice in this collaboration. With dance and multimedia, the piece can now breath intergalactically. "
In Elevated Moon, J D Parran is performing on winds: flutes, bamboo saxophone, base deduc and percussion: moires, bells, and chimes.
Here are three tracts of J D's music please wait a few moments for the music to load:
Moon Sample was used in the Elevated Moon performance of September 28th, 2017
It includes Recorded gong performed by Stephen Flinn, Recorded moires, marimbas, ogene Alu, bamboo chimes, porch chimes, and bass flute performed by J D Parran recordings by Ethan Allen, and the programming of J D's Parran's iPad triggering.
It includes Recorded gong performed by Stephen Flinn, Recorded moires, marimbas, ogene Alu, bamboo chimes, porch chimes, and bass flute performed by J D Parran recordings by Ethan Allen, and the programming of J D's Parran's iPad triggering.
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