Aaron Parks

jazz // rock

Aaron Parks was born in Seattle “” though he currently lives in Brooklyn with the rest of his taste-making hipster brethren “” and you can almost hear the city in his music. The pitter-patter of rain in the cymbals, the grey swoop of fog in the guitar, and the occasional glimpse of sun in the piano; “Nemesis” is a Mt Rainier in the haze, and “Roadside Distractions” is a fish flying through the air at Pike Place Market. Or maybe I’m reading too much into it all. But either way it’s a nifty album “” take a listen and see for yourself.

A city’s worth of sounds.
Aaron Parks – Nemesis
Aaron Parks – Roadside Distraction
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Posted by Andrew Ladd on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 under jazz.

6 Responses to “Aaron Parks”

  1. Rob said on February 23rd at 7:31 pm :

    These were awesome, I am no compelled to go find more.

  2. Troy said on February 23rd at 9:38 pm :

    Love this guy’s stuff, the guitar part’s so good, I actually thought it was a trumpet when I first heard it.

  3. Ronnie said on February 25th at 4:03 pm :

    Really liked Nemesis. Thought it started out a little… tame sounding perhaps, but really enjoyed it in the end. Lovely guitar work.

  4. Zack said on February 27th at 8:11 pm :

    I’m pretty sure he spent years living in New Orleans

  5. Izzy said on March 5th at 3:26 pm :

    I can’t believe he’s only 26, his music is refined beyond his years. I can’t pick it out which, but I think he’s done some soundtracks.

  6. Janie Gumm said on June 25th at 11:54 pm :

    The music is over the top and outstanding the only thing that would be better would to recriut Adam Routte from Woe Of Tyrants granted its heavy metal but the boy was classically trained and has an eclectic sound that needs to be shared with a like soul!!!

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