Much of pianist Horace Parlan's distinguished jazz life has been marked by an intriguing series of ebbs and flows. At times his artistry has received the attention and praise it deserves, while at ...

Handicap or no handicap, if the music weren’t terrific, there would be nothing to talk about. And it is terrific. I have a new hero: Pianist Horace Parlan. Until recently, I had heard of Parlan, but ...

Unless you're a true jazz aficionado you've probably never heard of Horace Parlan who made news headlines in 2017 because the 86-year-old musician died on February 23rd. According to his obituary in ...

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Horace Parlan, a jazz pianist who overcame the limited use of his right hand to develop a distinctive punchy style that made him a stalwart of the hard-bop movement of the 1950s and 1960s and a ...

The country of Denmark has loomed large in the history of Jazz. Touring musicians found great venues and avid fans there, and legendary recordings were made at the clubs in Copenhagen. Beginning in ...