Chris Parker (musician)
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Chris Parker | |
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Birth name | Christopher Parker |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) crossover jazz, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Christopher Parker (born 1950)[1][2] is an American jazz/jazz fusion drummer.
Biography
Early life
Born in Chicago and raised in New York City, Parker is the oldest of five sons born to Dorothy Daniels and artist Robert Andrew Parker, all but one of whom went on to play drums professionally.[1][2]
During his childhood, his father, himself an amateur jazz drummer, attached wooden blocks to the hi-hat and bass drum pedals, so that Parker's feet could reach the pedals to play the drums along with records. His father introduced him to the music of
Simultaneously pursuing his interest in art, Parker attended the
Musical career
Four years later he played in a band called Encyclopedia of Soul, which later on became known as
In 1986, Parker was invited to be a part of
Discography
With Joe Beck
- Beck (Kudu, 1975)
With Stephen Bishop
- Red Cab to Manhattan (Warner Bros. Records, 1980)
With Bonnie Raitt
- Give It Up (Warner Bros. Records, 1972)
With Sinéad O'Connor
- Am I Not Your Girl? (Chrysalis Records, 1992)
With Cher
- Cher (Geffen, 1987)
With Candi Staton
- Chance (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
With Aretha Franklin
- La Diva (Atlantic Records, 1979)
With Melanie
- Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face (Midsong International, 1978)
With Michael Bolton
- The Hunger (Columbia Records, 1987)
- Soul Provider (Columbia Records, 1989)
With Bruce Cockburn
- Dart to the Heart (True North Records, 1994)
With
- Double Fun (Island Records, 1978)
With Judy Collins
- Home Again (Elektra Records, 1984)
With Melba Moore
- Melba '76 (Buddah Records, 1976)
With Natalie Cole
- Stardust (Elektra Records, 1996)
With Phoebe Snow
- Never Letting Go (Sony, 1977)
- History (Charisma Records, 1992)
With Chaka Khan
- CK(Warner Bros. Records, 1988)
With Irene Cara
- Anyone Can See (Network Records, 1982)
With Teddy Pendergrass
- TP (Philadelphia International, 1980)
With Art Garfunkel
- Songs from a Parent to a Child (Columbia Records, 1997)
With Elvis Costello
- Painted from Memory (Mercury Records, 1998)
With Barry Manilow
- Barry Manilow II (Arista Records, 1974)
With Donald Fagen
- Kamakiriad (Reprise Records, 1993)
With Michael Franks
- Passionfruit (Warner Bros. Records, 1983)
- Skin Dive (Warner Bros. Records, 1985)
- The Camera Never Lies (Warner Bros. Records, 1987)
- Abandoned Garden (Warner Bros. Records, 1995)
With Patricia Kaas
- Dans ma chair (Columbia Records, 1997)
With Laura Nyro
- Smile (Columbia Records, 1976)
With Maria Muldaur
- Maria Muldaur (Reprise Records, 1973)
With Mark Murphy
- What a Way to Go (Muse Records, 1990)
With Jackie Lomax
- Livin' For Lovin' (Capitol Records, 1976)
With Don McLean
- Don McLean (United Artists Records, 1972)
With
- Sunshower (PANAM, 1977)
References
- ^ a b c About Chris: Chris Parker, Artist and Musician. Art Lampoon. Retrieved March 10, 2024. "Born in Chicago in 1950, Chris Parker is the son of painter Robert Andrew Parker and Dorothy Parker. The oldest of five boys, Chris grew up painting alongside his father. At age 12, Chris competed in the Silvermine Artists’ Guild’s show and won the Laura M. Gross Prize for his watercolor of “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” presented to him by Thomas Messer, the longtime curator and director of the Guggenheim. At 14, Chris was invited to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, studying with the pre-eminent artists in residency there, and became intrigued with plein air painting in oil and watercolor. Chris was invited back to Skowhegan for a junior residency at 16 and at the end of that residency was awarded a prize for greatest growth and development. Awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City at the age of 17, Chris studied there under such artistic luminaries as Eva Hesse, Malcolm Morley and Brice Marden while pursuing a degree in Fine Arts."
- ^ ProQuest 2925324377.
After serving in the Army Air Corps as an airplane and engine mechanic, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1952. He then moved to New York City, where one of his prints was included in an exhibition of young artists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He taught art for a few years at the New York School for the Deaf, studied for a summer at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and built his printmaking skills at the Atelier 17 studio. [...] He is survived by his sons, Christopher, Anthony, Eric and Nicholas, all of whom play drums professionally, and Geoffrey, an artist, and by six grandchildren. His first marriage, to Dorothy Daniels, ended in divorce.
- ^ a b c "Chris Parker". Drummerworld. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ^ Smith, G.E. (October 23, 2017). "On touring with Bob Dylan while still working at Saturday Night Live; on working with and getting to know Bob Dylan". American Academy of Television. emmytvlegends.org. Retrieved July 17, 2018.