Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan contracted polio at the age of five and began to study the piano
at eight as a therapy for his partially paralysed right hand. He overcame his
physical disability to develop his own style of playing and became a
world-renowned be-bop jazz pianist particularly known for his performances with
Charles Mingus on the tracks 'Mingus Ah Um' (1959) and 'Blues & Roots' (1960).
He started his musical career playing in a band with Sonny Stitt, and then spent
two years with the Mingus Jazz Workshop. He was a prolific performer from the
early 1960s until the later 1990s, recordi...
Careless LoveArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
Sophisticated LadyRed Mitchell and Horace Parlan
St. James InfirmaryArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
When Lights Are LowArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan
Bewitched, Bothered and BewilderedJohnny Griffin, Horace Parlan, Buddy Catlett and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Careless LoveArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
Trouble In Mind
2:36
Sophisticated LadyRed Mitchell and Horace Parlan
3:44
St. James InfirmaryArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
Trouble In Mind
4:22
When Lights Are LowArchie Shepp and Horace Parlan
Phat Jam In Milano
6:42
Blue MoonClark Terry, Red Mitchell and Horace Parlan
Brahms Lullabye
7:26
Bewitched, Bothered and BewilderedJohnny Griffin, Horace Parlan, Buddy Catlett and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
3:44
