In his birth year, Parlan was stricken with polio, resulting in the partial crippling of his right hand. The handicap, though, has contributed to his development of a particularly "pungent" left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with highly rhythmic phrases with the right.
Between 1952 and 1957, he worked in Washington DC with Sonny Stitt and then spent two years with Mingus' Jazz Workshop. In 1973, Parlan moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. He later settled in the small village of Rude in southern Zealand. In 1974 he did a State Department tour of Africa with Hal Singer.
His later work, notably a series of duos with the tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, including the album Goin' Home, is steeped in gospel music.
Hi-Fly is a studio album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan, featuring performances recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album was produced using direct to disc recording and the CD reissue included alternate takes of all six tracks.
Reception
Allmusic writer Ken Dryden gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated: "The ease with which Parlan and Raney handle "Hi-Fly" over Little's walking bass is the mark of masters."
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (/ˈhɒrəs/ or /ˈhɔːrəs/), was the leading Romanlyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintillian regarded his Odes as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."
Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (Sermones and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings".
His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from Republic to Empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime. For some commentators, his association with the regime was a delicate balance in which he maintained a strong measure of independence (he was "a master of the graceful sidestep") but for others he was, in John Dryden's phrase, "a well-mannered court slave".
Family Guy is an American animated adult comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Characters are listed only once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character with whom they are associated.
Griffin family
Peter Griffin
Peter Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the patriarch of the Griffin household, an Irish-Americanblue-collar worker. He is a lazy, immature, obese, laid-back, dim-witted, outspoken, eccentric alcoholic. Peter's jobs have included working at the Happy Go Lucky Toy Factory, working as a fisherman, and currently working at Pawtucket Brewery.
Lois Griffin
Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) (voiced by Alex Borstein) is Peter's wife and the mother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is a Scots/Anglo American housewife who cares for her kids and her husband, while also teaching children to play the piano. She is also very flirtatious and has slept with numerous people on the show; her past promiscuous tendencies and her hard-core recreational drug-use are often stunning but overlooked.
A nice portrait of a nice jazz musician, Horace Parlan by Horace Parlan catches up with Parlan, now in his eighties, in Denmark where he has lived for the past 20-some years. Parlan's childhood polio bout partially paralyzed his right side, which makes his story of success in the extremely competitive New York jazz scene of the '50s all the more remarkable. The film contains Parlan's reminiscences of his career, including his years with Mingus on the mercurial leader's most fabled recordings (Ah Um, for starters) and his own classic recordings for the Blue Note label. Mingus's first wife Celia stops by for a visit (their first meeting in 40 years), and Parlan plays several classic compositions, still as nimble as ever on the keys. The filmmaker is to be commended for capturing a slice of l...
published: 19 Jan 2018
Horace Parlan Monk's Mood
Horace Parlan play Monk's Mood, Piano solo
published: 14 May 2017
Firm Roots - Horace Parlan 1986
Horace Parlan: piano
Andrej Olejniczak: sax
Horacio Fumero: bass
Peer Wyboris: drums
Live on Spanish Television RTVE - 1986
Tracklist:
01 Goin' Home 0:00
02 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 6:11
03 Go Down Moses 10:54
04 Steal Away To Jesus 15:15
05 Deep River 21:29
06 My Lord What A Morning 26:20
07 Amazing Grace 31:01
08 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 35:23
09 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 40:44
10 Come Sunday 43:27
published: 06 Feb 2017
Little Esther - Horace Parlan 1986
Horace Parlan: piano
Andrej Olejniczak: sax
Horacio Fumero: bass
Peer Wyboris: drums
Live on Spanish Television RTVE - 1986
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan* – Goin' Home
1 Goin' Home 6:08
2 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 4:40
3 Go Down Moses 4:18
4 Steal Away To Jesus 6:14
5 Deep River 4:49
6 My Lord What A Morning 4:38
7 Amazing Grace 4:20
8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 5:19
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:42
10 Come Sunday 7:43
• Arranged By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Composed By – Trad.* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Design – Per Grunnet
• Engineer [Assistant] – Flemming Rasmussen
• Engineer [Recording] – Freddy Hansson
• Composed By – D. Ellington*
• Photography By – Nils Winther
• Photography By [Front] – Gorm Valentin
• Piano – Horace Parlan
• Producer – Nils Winther
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded April 25, 1977 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen.
Origina...
published: 29 Oct 2017
Horace Parlan Trio We Three
Tracks:
1 Us Three 00:00
2 Summertime 03:36
3 Broken Promises 09:06
4 Solar 15:01
5 Wild Is The Wind 19:56
6 Bags Groove 27:02
7 Fran Dance 32:59
8 Little Esther 38:25
9 Billy’s Bossa 43:28
10 Have You Met Miss Jones? 49:28
11 Blues For H. P. 54:40
Credits
Bass – Mads Vinding
Drums – Ed Thigpen
Piano – Horace Parlan
published: 20 Apr 2021
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Songwriter - Richard M. Jones
Album - "Trouble in Mind"
Record date - February 6, 1980
Release date - 1980
Label - SteepleChase
Sound recording - The Orchard Music/SteepleChase
Personnel Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Horace Parlan - piano
_____ Trouble in Mind is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album consists mainly of early and traditional blues and follows up to their 1977 album of duets on spirituals Goin' Home.
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A nice portrait of a nice jazz musician, Horace Parlan by Horace Parlan catches up with Parlan, now in his eighties, in Denmark where he has lived for the past ...
A nice portrait of a nice jazz musician, Horace Parlan by Horace Parlan catches up with Parlan, now in his eighties, in Denmark where he has lived for the past 20-some years. Parlan's childhood polio bout partially paralyzed his right side, which makes his story of success in the extremely competitive New York jazz scene of the '50s all the more remarkable. The film contains Parlan's reminiscences of his career, including his years with Mingus on the mercurial leader's most fabled recordings (Ah Um, for starters) and his own classic recordings for the Blue Note label. Mingus's first wife Celia stops by for a visit (their first meeting in 40 years), and Parlan plays several classic compositions, still as nimble as ever on the keys. The filmmaker is to be commended for capturing a slice of life of this oft-underrated performer.
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Released - May 28, 2002
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A nice portrait of a nice jazz musician, Horace Parlan by Horace Parlan catches up with Parlan, now in his eighties, in Denmark where he has lived for the past 20-some years. Parlan's childhood polio bout partially paralyzed his right side, which makes his story of success in the extremely competitive New York jazz scene of the '50s all the more remarkable. The film contains Parlan's reminiscences of his career, including his years with Mingus on the mercurial leader's most fabled recordings (Ah Um, for starters) and his own classic recordings for the Blue Note label. Mingus's first wife Celia stops by for a visit (their first meeting in 40 years), and Parlan plays several classic compositions, still as nimble as ever on the keys. The filmmaker is to be commended for capturing a slice of life of this oft-underrated performer.
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Released - May 28, 2002
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So that's what i'm doing it for..... Go to your local recordstore, the internet or whatever, and get the original!!
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Enjoy !!!
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Tracklist:
01 Goin' Home 0:00
02 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 6:11
03 Go Down Moses 10:54
04 Steal Away To Jesus 15:15
05 Deep River 21:29
06 My Lord Wh...
Tracklist:
01 Goin' Home 0:00
02 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 6:11
03 Go Down Moses 10:54
04 Steal Away To Jesus 15:15
05 Deep River 21:29
06 My Lord What A Morning 26:20
07 Amazing Grace 31:01
08 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 35:23
09 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 40:44
10 Come Sunday 43:27
Tracklist:
01 Goin' Home 0:00
02 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 6:11
03 Go Down Moses 10:54
04 Steal Away To Jesus 15:15
05 Deep River 21:29
06 My Lord What A Morning 26:20
07 Amazing Grace 31:01
08 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 35:23
09 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 40:44
10 Come Sunday 43:27
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan* – Goin' Home
1 Goin' Home 6:08
2 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 4:40
3 Go Down Moses 4:18
4 Steal Away To Jesus 6:14
5 Deep...
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan* – Goin' Home
1 Goin' Home 6:08
2 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 4:40
3 Go Down Moses 4:18
4 Steal Away To Jesus 6:14
5 Deep River 4:49
6 My Lord What A Morning 4:38
7 Amazing Grace 4:20
8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 5:19
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:42
10 Come Sunday 7:43
• Arranged By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Composed By – Trad.* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Design – Per Grunnet
• Engineer [Assistant] – Flemming Rasmussen
• Engineer [Recording] – Freddy Hansson
• Composed By – D. Ellington*
• Photography By – Nils Winther
• Photography By [Front] – Gorm Valentin
• Piano – Horace Parlan
• Producer – Nils Winther
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded April 25, 1977 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen.
Originally released in 1977.
Track 10 - previously unissued
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Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan* – Goin' Home
1 Goin' Home 6:08
2 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 4:40
3 Go Down Moses 4:18
4 Steal Away To Jesus 6:14
5 Deep River 4:49
6 My Lord What A Morning 4:38
7 Amazing Grace 4:20
8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 5:19
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:42
10 Come Sunday 7:43
• Arranged By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Composed By – Trad.* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Design – Per Grunnet
• Engineer [Assistant] – Flemming Rasmussen
• Engineer [Recording] – Freddy Hansson
• Composed By – D. Ellington*
• Photography By – Nils Winther
• Photography By [Front] – Gorm Valentin
• Piano – Horace Parlan
• Producer – Nils Winther
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded April 25, 1977 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen.
Originally released in 1977.
Track 10 - previously unissued
"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
I do not own the rights to this material. Copyright infringement is not intended. If you are the owner of the copyright and want to remove the music please contact me. Thanks!
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Tracks:
1 Us Three 00:00
2 Summertime 03:36
3 Broken Promises 09:06
4 Solar 15:01
5 Wild Is The Wind 19:56
6 Bags Groove 27:02
7 Fran Dance 32:59
8 Litt...
Tracks:
1 Us Three 00:00
2 Summertime 03:36
3 Broken Promises 09:06
4 Solar 15:01
5 Wild Is The Wind 19:56
6 Bags Groove 27:02
7 Fran Dance 32:59
8 Little Esther 38:25
9 Billy’s Bossa 43:28
10 Have You Met Miss Jones? 49:28
11 Blues For H. P. 54:40
Credits
Bass – Mads Vinding
Drums – Ed Thigpen
Piano – Horace Parlan
Tracks:
1 Us Three 00:00
2 Summertime 03:36
3 Broken Promises 09:06
4 Solar 15:01
5 Wild Is The Wind 19:56
6 Bags Groove 27:02
7 Fran Dance 32:59
8 Little Esther 38:25
9 Billy’s Bossa 43:28
10 Have You Met Miss Jones? 49:28
11 Blues For H. P. 54:40
Credits
Bass – Mads Vinding
Drums – Ed Thigpen
Piano – Horace Parlan
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Songwriter - Richard M. Jones
Album - "Trouble in Mind"
Record date - February 6, 1980
Release date - 1980
Label ...
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Songwriter - Richard M. Jones
Album - "Trouble in Mind"
Record date - February 6, 1980
Release date - 1980
Label - SteepleChase
Sound recording - The Orchard Music/SteepleChase
Personnel Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Horace Parlan - piano
_____ Trouble in Mind is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album consists mainly of early and traditional blues and follows up to their 1977 album of duets on spirituals Goin' Home.
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This upload have the purpose of promoting a fine piece of music. Has no commercial purpose. Music and photography belong to the their rightful owners. Absolutely no copyright infringement intended. If any of the copyright owners find this abusive or offensive, please contact me and I will delete it asap.
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Songwriter - Richard M. Jones
Album - "Trouble in Mind"
Record date - February 6, 1980
Release date - 1980
Label - SteepleChase
Sound recording - The Orchard Music/SteepleChase
Personnel Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Horace Parlan - piano
_____ Trouble in Mind is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album consists mainly of early and traditional blues and follows up to their 1977 album of duets on spirituals Goin' Home.
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This upload have the purpose of promoting a fine piece of music. Has no commercial purpose. Music and photography belong to the their rightful owners. Absolutely no copyright infringement intended. If any of the copyright owners find this abusive or offensive, please contact me and I will delete it asap.
A nice portrait of a nice jazz musician, Horace Parlan by Horace Parlan catches up with Parlan, now in his eighties, in Denmark where he has lived for the past 20-some years. Parlan's childhood polio bout partially paralyzed his right side, which makes his story of success in the extremely competitive New York jazz scene of the '50s all the more remarkable. The film contains Parlan's reminiscences of his career, including his years with Mingus on the mercurial leader's most fabled recordings (Ah Um, for starters) and his own classic recordings for the Blue Note label. Mingus's first wife Celia stops by for a visit (their first meeting in 40 years), and Parlan plays several classic compositions, still as nimble as ever on the keys. The filmmaker is to be commended for capturing a slice of life of this oft-underrated performer.
............................................................
Released - May 28, 2002
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Why search for your favorite music in my channel? Because i'm always trying to name the musicians, place and date of the recordings!
............................................................
Please let me know if i have missed something.
............................................................
Make it easy on yourself.. check my playlists, or search my channel for your favorite artist/song.....
............................................................
Subscribe yourself to the channel to keep up with the latest uploads
............................................................
Have Fun!!
...........................................................
I Will remove any video if asked too.
...........................................................
And most of all !!!
...........................................................
I hope that , trough these video's, i have inspired you to go and get the original recordings because there is nothing like the original!!
So that's what i'm doing it for..... Go to your local recordstore, the internet or whatever, and get the original!!
...........................................................
Enjoy !!!
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FAIR USE DISCLAIMER: I do not own copyright for this copyrighted artwork, but under Section 107 United States Copyright Law as noted by the United States Copyright Office (Copyright Act 1976), allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
I state here in a good faith that I have made and uploaded here this copy of this copyrighted artwork completely for the purposes of teaching and research, that my action - i.e. my production of the copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here on Youtube in this particular case - is totally non-profit, and that I believe that my production of this copy of this copyrighted artwork and sharing of it here in Youtube in this particular case can only increase value of this copyrighted artwork and produce only positive effects for this copyrighted artwork in its potential market.
Tracklist:
01 Goin' Home 0:00
02 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 6:11
03 Go Down Moses 10:54
04 Steal Away To Jesus 15:15
05 Deep River 21:29
06 My Lord What A Morning 26:20
07 Amazing Grace 31:01
08 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 35:23
09 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 40:44
10 Come Sunday 43:27
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan* – Goin' Home
1 Goin' Home 6:08
2 Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen 4:40
3 Go Down Moses 4:18
4 Steal Away To Jesus 6:14
5 Deep River 4:49
6 My Lord What A Morning 4:38
7 Amazing Grace 4:20
8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 5:19
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:42
10 Come Sunday 7:43
• Arranged By – Archie Shepp (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Composed By – Trad.* (tracks: 1 to 9)
• Design – Per Grunnet
• Engineer [Assistant] – Flemming Rasmussen
• Engineer [Recording] – Freddy Hansson
• Composed By – D. Ellington*
• Photography By – Nils Winther
• Photography By [Front] – Gorm Valentin
• Piano – Horace Parlan
• Producer – Nils Winther
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Archie Shepp
Recorded April 25, 1977 at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen.
Originally released in 1977.
Track 10 - previously unissued
"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
I do not own the rights to this material. Copyright infringement is not intended. If you are the owner of the copyright and want to remove the music please contact me. Thanks!
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Tracks:
1 Us Three 00:00
2 Summertime 03:36
3 Broken Promises 09:06
4 Solar 15:01
5 Wild Is The Wind 19:56
6 Bags Groove 27:02
7 Fran Dance 32:59
8 Little Esther 38:25
9 Billy’s Bossa 43:28
10 Have You Met Miss Jones? 49:28
11 Blues For H. P. 54:40
Credits
Bass – Mads Vinding
Drums – Ed Thigpen
Piano – Horace Parlan
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Trouble in Mind
Songwriter - Richard M. Jones
Album - "Trouble in Mind"
Record date - February 6, 1980
Release date - 1980
Label - SteepleChase
Sound recording - The Orchard Music/SteepleChase
Personnel Archie Shepp - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Horace Parlan - piano
_____ Trouble in Mind is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan, featuring performances recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. The album consists mainly of early and traditional blues and follows up to their 1977 album of duets on spirituals Goin' Home.
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This upload have the purpose of promoting a fine piece of music. Has no commercial purpose. Music and photography belong to the their rightful owners. Absolutely no copyright infringement intended. If any of the copyright owners find this abusive or offensive, please contact me and I will delete it asap.
In his birth year, Parlan was stricken with polio, resulting in the partial crippling of his right hand. The handicap, though, has contributed to his development of a particularly "pungent" left-hand chord voicing style, while comping with highly rhythmic phrases with the right.
Between 1952 and 1957, he worked in Washington DC with Sonny Stitt and then spent two years with Mingus' Jazz Workshop. In 1973, Parlan moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. He later settled in the small village of Rude in southern Zealand. In 1974 he did a State Department tour of Africa with Hal Singer.
His later work, notably a series of duos with the tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, including the album Goin' Home, is steeped in gospel music.