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s I’ve mentioned before, I’m in the middle of planning a tour for the Jason Parker Quartet. We’re going out in May and I’m busy contacting venues up and down the West Coast, from Vancouver BC to San Diego. I realized early on in the process that I needed an EPK, or Eletronic Press Kit.
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Thanks to my friend Kai, who is a frequent commenter on this blog, copies of the Jason Parker Quartet CD “No More, No Less” have been left all around Munich, Germany! Kai agreed to be my accomplice in the 100 CD’s Project, and he and his wife Grace spent their Saturday placing my CD’s around [...]
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y 100 CD’s Project takes a big leap into unknown territory thanks to my new friend SPC Garret. He read about the project and volunteered to be my accomplice at Camp Taji near Baghdad.
Garret is going to place some JPQ CD’s around his FOB (Forward Operating Base) at the gym, and the MWR (Morale, [...]
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Back in October I wrote a blog post featuring 10 Jazz Musicians You Should Follow On Twitter. I promised that it would be the start of an “ongoing, if irregular, series”. So far it’s been more irregular than ongoing!
Today I officially make the series ongoing, but with a twist. Instead of focusing on jazz [...]
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ll Jason Parker Quartet albums, including our newly released “No More, No Less”, have been on sale all week. Everyone who is on my mailing list got notice of the sale on Monday and have been taking advantage of it all week. Thanks to all who have grabbed copies so far.
Today is the last day [...]
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his past Saturday my band Water Babies played a double-bill at a The Comet Tavern with our friend, saxophonist Lee Redfield. Lee’s band plays pop covers in a jazz style, funkier soul-jazz tunes and some more free, modal kinds of explorations. Water Babies plays what we call “Spontaneous Funk”, which is all improvised funk music. [...]
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My brother Brett lives in Brooklyn and agreed to be my 100 CD’s Project accomplice for New York. Today I received an email from him with pictures and descriptions of where he left them.
With his son Bayard in tow, he traveled from mid-town to Greenwich Village, picked perfect locations, and wrote such wonderful descriptions [...]
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My accomplices are still hard at work, helping me spread the 100 CD’s Project far and wide! Thanks to my friend Matt in Ohio, the Buckeye State can now enjoy the music on my new CD, Jason Parker Quartet – “No More, No Less”.
Matt dropped a couple in Akron the other day, and has promised [...]
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his weekend, in response to the feeding frenzy of consumerism that is Black Friday, I decided to offer downloads of all Jason Parker Quartet CD’s for free. I thought about reducing the price down to $1.00 or something cheap, but in the ended figured I’d just give ‘em away and see what happened.
The Debate [...]
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n honor of Black Friday, I’ve decided to counter the rampant consumerism by offering all Jason Parker Quartet CD’s for free. All weekend long you can download all 3 of our CD’s, “No More, No Less”, “Live @ JazzTV” and “The Jason Parker Quartet” free of charge!
All you have to do is visit my [...]
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