Horace Parlan (1931-2017)

[clifford_thornton]

Rest in peace to the great and highly individual pianist, who spent the last 44 years in Denmark:

http://www.jazzpromoservices.com/jazz-news/horace-parlan-r-i-p/

[sidewinder]

I am sorry to hear this, he was always a favourite. Will be sure to play some of his music this weekend.

BBC radio broadcast a short documentary about him last year, recorded largely in conversation at his care home. He came across with great dignity.

RIP. 

 

 

[Cyril]

OMG.

I'm glad he died peacefully in his sleep.

Rest in peace, Horace Parlan. Thanks for the music.....

[JSngry]

RIP & much love. He's been one of those people who I started off really liking only to find that the more I listened to him, the more I heard. It so often works the other way around, but not for this guy. Depth of character!

[catesta]

Thank you and RIP

[Peter Friedman]

Horace Parlan has been in very poor health for some time. But it is still very sad news to hear of his death.  I have a wonderful DVD about him at home, but as I am out of town cannot come up with the title. Loved his work with Mingus and his Blue Note albums as both leader and sideman. The series of albums he made for Steeplechase are delightful and highly recommended to those unfamiliar with them.

As was true also of pianist Carl Perkins, Parlan demonstrated the ability to be a very fine jazz pianist even though he had a physical disability effecting his hand.

R.I.P.

[mjzee]

Sad to hear.  I'll play his Mosaic box tonight in his honor.  RIP.

[HutchFan]

Very sad news.  R.I.P.

 

So many great ones are passing!  

[JSngry]

Skoo Skoo Chee!!!

 

[CJ Shearn]

RIP, very sad news.  Great playing with the Turrentine's as well.

[soulpope]

Horace Parlan R.I.P ....

[JSngry]

Because they can.

 

[Mark Stryker]

Everyone knows that he only had limited use of his right hand because of childhood polio, right? (Just two fingers were operative, I think.) The videos show how he actually played, which is quite amazing. Scroll to the 7:55 mark for a good demonstration.

 

Edited February 24, 2017 by Mark Stryker

[alankin]

Sad news.  I was just looking at his Mosaic box earlier this week.  I will have to play it this weekend.  (There's too much of this going on!)

[Michael Weiss]

Oh fuck. What a great human being. Had a few wonderful phone conversations just over the last several months. Damn.

Love watching Dizzy and Clifford over his shoulder.

[BFrank]

I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know he was still alive.

RIP, Mr. Parlan!

[Morganized]

 

interesting interview

[jeffcrom]

I became aware of Mr. Parlan's work back in the 1970s, when, as a teenager, I heard him on a Mingus album I checked out from my small-town public library. Over the years, I admired his work on his own albums, and as a sideman. RIP.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

so he really never came back for US dates? if he did it wold of gone down big here.  RIP

[JohnS]

Very sad news.  A legacy of an important body of work

[Ken Dryden]

I just reviewed a CD by a band interpreting his work. Parlan had lost his wife a few years ago and was living in a nursing home,

but he generously gave his remaining royalties to help fund the recording. He left an impressive legacy.

[king ubu]

Very sad news. Heard him (with Turrentine and Mingus) very early on when I started exploring jazz, and always enjoyed his playing a lot. Much love!

[brownie]

Always impressed by his musicianship and even more impressed by the courage he showed throughout his life.

R.I.P.

[paul secor]

A favorite since I first heard him with Mingus to his solo sessions and the duos with Archie Shepp on Steeplechase. Many thanks to Morganized for posting the video. Horace Parlan comes across as a genuinely nice man. And thanks to brownie for pointing out that he did lead a courageous life.

Thank you for everything you gave, Mr. Parlan

[sidewinder]

For anyone who can access BBC IPlayer Radio - here's a link to the Horace Parlan documentary..

 

Portrait Of Horace Parlan