Jeff Parker (musician)

Jeff Parker (born April 4, 1967) is an American jazz and rock guitarist based in Los Angeles. Parker is best known as an experimental musician, working with avant-garde electronic, rock, and improvisational groups.

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• Jeff parker july 2016 los angeles
• As leader
• With Tortoise
• References

Parker plays guitar in the post-rock group Tortoise and was a founding member of Isotope 217 and the Chicago Underground Trio in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and has worked with George Lewis, Ernest Dawkins, Brian Blade, Joshua Redman, Fred Anderson, and Jason Moran. He has released three solo albums: Like-Coping, The Relatives and Bright Light in Winter.

As leader

Like-Coping (Delmark, 2003)

Out Trios, Vol. 2 (with Michael Zerang and Kevin Drumm) (Atavistic, 2003)

Song Songs Song with Scott Fields (Delmark, 2004)

The Relatives (Thrill Jockey, 2005)

Bright Light in Winter (Delmark, 2012)

The New Breed (International Anthem, 2016)

Slight Freedom (Eremite, 2016)

With Tortoise

TNT (Thrill Jockey, 1998)

In the Fishtank (In the Fishtank, 1999)

Standards (Thrill Jockey, 2001)

It's All Around You (Thrill Jockey, 2004)

The Brave and the Bold (Overcoat, 2006)

Beacons of Ancestorship (Thrill Jockey, 2009)

The Catastrophist (Thrill Jockey, 2016)