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Flute, bass flute, piano, keyboards, composer, bandleader, educator, broadcaster! NEWS: Recent and forthcoming performances
Eddie Parker's Mister Vertigo at the VORTEX, London October 16th 2009 new tunes and all! Turning World at Cafe Jazz, CARDIFF October 8th 2009 (dedicated in memory of Jed Williams) Jazz on 3 broadcast with Mercury Award nominees LED BIB, October 22nd 2009 Twittering Machine with Stuart Hall, Julian Siegel and Paul Clarvis Vortex May 17th 2008 Duo with Organist Robert Houssart at Bath Festival, Bath Abbey May 23rd 2008 Turning World, Under the Edge Jazz Club, Wooton Under Edge, Gloucs May 25th 2008 Turning World, Pump House, Bristol, July 2nd 2008 Turning World, Lounge on the Farm, Merton Farm, Canterbury, Kent July 13th 2008 Mister Vertigo Brecon Jazz Festival 10th Aug 2008... eddie also lead Brecon's education project leading up to the festival which celebrated it's 25th birthday. More info on exciting music education and community projects will soon be available at www.grooveon.org.uk eddie parker's Sketchbook of Music and Sound Program 2 broadcast on Resonance FM 13th and 17th May 2008 Creative Music Breaks with eddie parker in the idyllic surroundings of the Forest of Dean... email for details... more news coming soon...
“Listening to an Eddie Parker solo, one is reminded of the person in “The hound of the Baskervilles" who knew hundreds of secret paths across the moors, even in darkness... apart from the fact that she was a girl and had never heard any music, the similarities are enormous... “If, as it often seems, jazz musicians are to be judged on their ability to imitate dead American saxophonists, Eddie Parker is in for a tough time because he plays the flute with his own clear inimitable voice. Eddie knows every nook and cranny of modern music and uses this knowledge to surprise, excite and delight us. Few musicians are taking the hard road and pushing jazz forward; Eddie is one of the few.” DJANGO BATES
“Eddie Parker has a deliciously rich coppery tone, tells subtle stories in his solos, and is a fine composer into the bargain. It’s not surprising that record producers in the States, hearing Bheki Mseleku’s album for the first time asked, Who the hell’s the flute player?” JOHN FORDHAM
“Eddie Parker’s flute is fast becoming one of the UK’s most important popular jazz voices” TIME OUT
“World-class flute player, fine composer, inspiring bandleader” THE TIMES
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