Jazz
Horace Parlan
1931–2017. American pianist. in the Hard Bop tradition.
Horace Parlan was a distinctive hard bop pianist known for his adaptively idiosyncratic technique due to childhood polio affecting his right hand. Associated with figures like Dexter Gordon and NHØP in his later European period.
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The Maestro
Horace Parlan in Copenhagen
A European tour with Miriam Makeba in 1970 had brought Parlan to Copenhagen, where four off-days gave him time to look around the city. He liked what he saw and two years later he settled down in Copenhagen. Horace Parlan enjoys playing solo piano – but haven’t had the chance to do it all that often. Parlan’s aim in making this CD was to give highly personal interpretations of compositions which he has cherished over the years but which have not been over-recorded. He says: "I am not a Tatum – I have to make the material fit my particular style and I spent quite a bit of time working on the arrangement. I wanted to do a reflective CD – no racehorse tempos, no pyrotechnics – and also make the harmonic structures as interesting as possible."
Glad I Found You
Stable Mable
SWING LOW
Bernt Rosengren Big Band
SPEAKIN MY PIECE (BLUE NOTE CLASSIC SERIES)
Arrival
Musically Yours
Frank-ly Speaking
No Blues
Blue Parlan
Trouble In Mind
Alone
Like Someone In Love
Hi-Fly
Goin' Home
