J.D. Parran

J.D. Parran er ein USA-amerikansk musikar, lærar og komponist, som spesialiserer seg innan jazz og fri improvisasjonsmusikk. Han speler sopran-, alt-, tenor-, baryton- og bass-saksofon, i tillegg til klarinett, tverrfløyte og nagaswaram.

Parran har spelt inn musikk med Stevie Wonder og John Lennon.

Diskografi

Som leiar

• J. D. Parran & Spirit Stage (Y'All of New York, 1997)
• Omegathorp: Living City (Y'All of New York, 2005)

Som sidemann

Med Anthony Braxton

• 4 (Ensemble) Compositions (Black Saint, 1993)
• Creative Orchestra (Koeln) 1978 (hat ART, 1995)
• Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 (hatART, 1995)
• Tentet (New York) 1996 (Braxton House, 1996)
• Ensemble (New York) 1995 (Braxton House, 1997)
• Four Compositions (Washington, D.C.) 1998 (Braxton House, 1999)
• Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1 (Leo, 2002)
• Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 2 (Leo, 2003)
• Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 3 (Leo, 2005)
• Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4 (Leo, 2007)
• GTM (Knitting Factory) 1997 Vol. 2 New (Braxton House, 2011)
• Orchestra (Paris) 1978 (Braxton Bootleg, 2011)

Med Thomas Buckner

• Full Spectrum Voice (Lovely Music, 1991)
• Inner Journey (Lovely Music, 1998)

Med Don Byron

• Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993)
• You Are #6: More Music for Six Musikars (Blue Note, 2001)
• Love, Peace, and Soul (Savoy, 2012)
• Company, 1983 (Honest Jons 2020)
• Company, Trios (Incus, 1986)

Med Anthony Davis

• Variations in Dream-Time (India Navigation, 1982)
• Hemispheres (Gramavision, 1983)
• Return from Space (Wonder Nonfiction) (Gramavision, 1985)
• Undine (Gramavision, 1987)
• Tania (Koch, 2001)
• Notes from the Underground (BMOP/sound, 2014)

Med Marty Ehrlich

• The Long View (Enja, 2002)
• A Trumpet in the Morning (New World, 2013)

Med Julius Hemphill

• Julius Hemphill Big Band (Elektra Musikar, 1988)
• One Atmosphere (Tzadik, 2003)

Med andre

• The Band, Rock of Ages (Capitol, 1972)
• Hamiet Bluiett, The Clarinet Family (Black Saint, 1987)
• Peter Brötzmann, Berlin Djungle (FMP, 1987)
• Paul Butterfield, Better Days (Bearsville, 1973)
• Nels Cline, Lovers (Blue Note, 2016)
• Bill Dixon, 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur (AUM Fidelity, 2008)
• Douglas Ewart, Angles of Entrance (Arawak, 1998)
• Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come Easy Go (Naive, 2008)
• Andrew Hill, A Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 2002)
• Human Arts Ensemble, Whisper of Dharma (Universal Justice, 1972)
• Jason Hwang, Unfolding Stone (Sound Aspects, 1990)
• Leroy Jenkins, Mixed Quintet (Black Saint, 1979)
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (Geffen, 1980)
• George E. Lewis, Chicago Slow Dance (Lovely Music, 1981)
• John Lindberg, Trilogy of Works for Eleven Instrumentalists (Black Saint, 1985)
• Annea Lockwood, Thousand Year Dreaming (What Next?, 1993)
• Jackie Lomax, Three (Warner Bros., 1972)
• Ken Peplowski, Grenadilla (Concord Jazz, 1998)
• Lou Reed, Set the Twilight Reeling (Warner Bros., 1995)
• Marc Ribot, Requiem for What's-His-Name (Les Disques Du Crepuscule, 1992)
• Jason Robinson, Resonant Geographies (pfMENTUM, 2018)
• Jason Robinson, Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform, 2012)
• Alan Silva, Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra (Eremite, 2001)
• Luther Thomas, Funky Donkey Vol. 1 (Creative Consciousness, 1977)
• Edward Vesala, Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)
• Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium 1 (Tamla, 1982)