Aaron Parks

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Aaron Parks

Background information
Born	(1983-10-07) October 7, 1983
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Piano
Labels	Blue Note Records
Associated acts	James Farm, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Terence Blanchard, Mike Moreno

Aaron Parks (born October 7, 1983 in Seattle, WA) is a jazz pianist.^[1]

Personal

Parks studied at the University of Washington at the age of 14 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. During his final year he began touring with Terence Blanchard's band, recording three albums with him for Blue Note Records, including the Grammy-winning A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina).^[2] Parks has also toured with Kurt Rosenwinkel and has recorded for Blue Note Records.^[3] He is a member of James Farm, a quartet featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, bassist Matt Penman, and drummer Eric Harland.^[4]

Parks can be heard on the soundtracks to Their Eyes Were Watching God and Spike Lee films including Inside Man, She Hate Me, and When the Levees Broke.

Parks is a Yamaha Performing Artist. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Awards

Jas Hennessy Piano Solo Competition at Montreux (Third Place)
Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association (First Place)
Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition (Third Place)

Discography

As Leader

The Promise (1999)
First Romance (2000)
The Wizard (2001)
Shadows (2002)
Invisible Cinema (2008, Blue Note Records)
Alive in Japan (2013)
Arborescence (2013, ECM)

As Sideman

Bounce (2003) - Terence Blanchard
Flow (2005) - Terence Blanchard
On My Way Back Home (2005) - Daisuke Abe
Short Songs (EP) (2006) - Amanda Baisinger
Casually Introducing Walter Smith III (2006) - Walter Smith III
Lucid Dream (2006) - Patrick Cornelius
A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (2007) - Terence Blanchard
Night Songs (2007) - Ferenc Nemeth
Between the Lines (2007) - Mike Moreno
The Source (2007) - Kendrick Scott
Anthem (2007) - Christian Scott
Catch of the Day (2008) - Matt Penman
Prelude ... to: Cora (2008) - Ambrose Akinmusire
Promises (2008) - Will Vinson
Triptych (2008) - Justin Vasquez
Dear Someone"' (2009) - Anders Christensen
In A Dream (2009) - Gretchen Parlato
First In Mind (2011) - Mike Moreno
Dreams Come True (2011) - CANT
Star of Jupiter (2012) - Kurt Rosenwinkel^[5]
Lua ya (ECM, 2013) - Yeahwon Shin
Foolhardy (2013) - Lage Lund^[6]

Collaborations

James Farm (2011) - with Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, Eric Harland

References

↑ Collar Matt. "Biography: Aaron Parks". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
↑ GRAMMY.com
↑ "Aaron Parks". Blue Note. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ "James Farm". Nonesuch. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
↑ http://www.kurtrosenwinkel.com/archives/2762
↑ http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1360.html

External links

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 90624294 LCCN: no2003095603 ISNI: 0000 0000 7850 3223 GND: 135329280

Persondata
Name	Parks, Aaron
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	October 7, 1983
Place of birth
Date of death
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